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Results of LDCE of Accounts Dept SCR

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CIVIL HEADS - Important one. asked many times in previous III A exams.

Civil Heads

v      Introduced w.e.f 01.04.1989.

v      The Railways will book the payments and receipts relating to the heads controlled by other Civil Departments (except those relating to services rendered by the Railways to the latter as a commercial Department).   Such heads are known as Civil Heads.

v      The amounts are straight away booked to Civil Heads.

v      Civil Heads formed as distinct sub head below the Public Account in the Monthly Account Current.

v      At the end of the financial year, the balances under Civil Heads are not carried forward to the Next financial year.  These Heads are closed to “Government” in Railway Accounts.

v      Examples are

                                 1.        Recoveries of Income Tax from employees and contractors/suppliers.

                                 2.        C G I S recoveries (Rs.30 for Gr. C Staff etc)

                                 3.        Recoveries of P L I (Postal Life Insurance) from the employees.

                                 4.        Interest on Loans from Central Govt. and Railway Funds.

v      Advantages:

    

                                 1.        Elimination of cash payment for transactions where Railways functioned merely as agents of other Civil Depts (example is recovery of income tax from salaries behalf of Income Tax Dept.).

                                 2.        It is no longer necessary for the Railways to issue cheques for payments due by Railways for recoveries or recover cash for payment made.

                                 3.        Avoid inflated turnover (of cash) of RBI/Other Banks firstly at the paying end and then at the receiving end without any tangible results.

                                 4.        Process of booking under PAO  Suspense Head has been greatly reduced.

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RESULTS

Question Papers - LDCE

Question papers - Appendix2 exam

 Question papers - Appendix3 exam 

 Books & Budget   Expenditure 

  Stores   Workshop Accounts 

Establishment     Traffic  Book keeping 

Appendix 3 Exam  70% Exam (AFA post)

LDCE(AFA post)   Differences between  

Allocations

Railway PSUs  Miscellaneous 

Official Language for LDCE & 70% Exam 

Management Accounting for LDCE

Group D to Group C Exam

Objective type/Multiple choice questions 

PPTs on different Railway Subjects

LDCE QUESTION PAPERS - ACCOUNTS DEPT - DLW/VARANASI

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Paper one   Paper Two

Reforms - LDCE of all Depts (except Accounts) MCQ pattern

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Historical Reforms - Indian Railways

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Railway Board - Re-organization 

• Source: DOPT letter dated 02.09.2020

 

•  New Set up - CRB/ CEO and Four Members

 

• Surrender of 3 Member posts in Apex Grade

Old Set up  (CRB + 8 Members)	Changes in	New Set up (CRB/CEO + 4 Members)
CRB - Chairman, Railway Board	Designation	Chairman & CEO, Railway Board
FC - Financial Commissioner	Designation	Member (Finance) - MF
Member-Traffic (MT)	Designation	Member (O&BD - Operations & Business Development) - M/O&BD
Member - Traction  (MTR)	Designation	Member (T & RS -Traction & Rolling Stock) - M/TRS
Member - Signal & Telecommunications (MST)	Designation	Member (Infrastructure) - M/Infra
Member - Rolling Stock (MRS)	Utilized as	Director General (HR-Human Resources) in Apex Grade
Member - Staff (MS)	Surrendered	-
Member - Engineering (ME)	Surrendered	-
Member - Material Management (MMM)	Surrendered	-

Broad Distribution of work to be handled by the Board Members

Chairman Railway Board & Chief Executive Officer(CEO)CRB	• • • • • • • • • •	HR Safety Security Health Planning In frastructure Vigilance Efficiency & Research Public Relations Heritage Secretary's Branches Transformation Cell & Corporate Co-ordination.
Member (Infrastructure),Railway BoardM/lnfra.	• • • • •	Works, Civil Engineering Bridges Signal & Telecom Land & Amenities Station Development & Railway Electrification
Member {Traction & Rolling Stock(TRS)},Railway Board M/TRS	• • • • • • •	Production Units Mechanical Workshops Coaches Locomotives Train sets Environment and House Keeping Electrical Maintenance of Coaching Stock Traction Distribution Power Supply & Renewable Energy Materials Management
Member         {Operations        & Business Developmen           D)} ,Railway Board- M/O&BD	•	Traffic Transportation Coaching Tourism & Catering Commercial Non-Fare Revenue Marketing & Business Development &
Member           (Finance),Railway Board- MF	• • • •	Accounts Finance Budget Revenue, Stat. & Econ & Economic Unit.

Salient features

·        CEO plus 4 Members

·        CEO – Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India

·        DG/HR – Apex scale (equivalent to Member)

·        Addl. Members – Total 20  (HAG +)

·        PED – Principal Executive Directors – Total – 12  (HAG)

·        Member -  Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India

·        HR   - Under CEO

·        S&T – Under Member/Infrastructure

·        RE – Under Member/Infrastructure

·        Works, Civil Engineering  - Under Member/Infrastructure

·        Information Technology (IT)  – under Member/O&BD

·        Rolling Stock, Traction Distribution – Under Member/TRS

·        Stores – Under Member/Infrastructure

 

HIERARCHY AT RAILWAY BOARD AND ZONAL RAILWAYS

SN	GRADE	RAILWAY BOARD	ZONAL RAILWAYS
1	JTS – Junior Time Scale	-	AFA –Assistant Financial Advisor
2	STS – Senior Time Scale	DD - Deputy Director	Sr.AFA – Senior Assistant Financial Advisor
3	JAG – Junior Administrative Grade	JD - Joint Director	Dy.FA&CAO – Deputy Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
4	SG – Selection Grade	Director	Dy.FA&CAO – Deputy Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
5	SAG – Senior Administrative Grade	ED - Executive Director	FA&CAO – Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer
6	HAG – Higher Administrative Grade	PED – Principal Executive Director	PFA – Principal Financial Advisor
7	HAG +  - Higher Administrative Grade Plus	AM – Additional Member	GM  - General Manager
8	Secretary to Government of India	MF – Member, Finance	-
9	Principal Secretary to Government of India	CRB – Chiarman, Railway Board	-

Historical Reforms In Indian Railways  - Salient features

·        Vision: Making Indian Railways the growth engine of India's vikas yatra.

·        On 24^th December, 2019, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a transformational organisational restructuring of the Indian Railways.

·        Corporatization structure instead of Government organisation.  

·         Existing 8 Group A services (i.e., Traffic, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Signal & Telecom, Stores, Personnel, and Accounts) are merged/unified as Single Central Service i.e., IRMS – Indian Railway Management Service from the next recruitment scale.  

·        Modalities and unification of services will be worked out in consultation with DoPT – Dept of   Personnel and Training and UPSC – Union Public Services Commission with the approval of Alternate Mechanism to be appointed by Cabinet in order to ensure fairness and transparency.

·        The process shall be completed within a year.

·         Newly recruited officers  - From Engineering as well as Non-Engineering disciplines as per need.

·        The recruited officers will be posted as per their aptitude and specialization to allow them to specialize in one field and develop an overall perspective and prepare them to take up general management responsibilities at Senior levels.

·        Selection of General Management positions shall be through a merit-based system.

·        From Departmental lines to Functional lines.

·        The existing service of IRMS – Indian Railway Medical Service – re designated as IRHS – Indian Railway Health Service.

Railway Board – New set up

·        CRB, Chairman, Railway Board will act as CEO – Chief Executive Officer.

·        4 Members – Each for Infrastructure, Operations & Business Development, Traction & Rolling Stock and Finance

·        CRB shall be the Cadre Controlling officer – Responsible for HR – Human Resources with assistance from a DG (HR)

·        3 Apex level posts shall be surrendered from Railway Board and all the remaining posts of the Railway Board shall be open to all officers regardless of the service which they belonged.

·        Also have Independent Members who will be highly distinguished professionals with deep knowledge and 30 years experience incl: at the top levels in Industry, Finance, Economics and Management fields.

·        The Independent Members will help Railway Board in setting a strategic direction.

Backdrop:

·        Unification of services has been recommended by Prakash Tandon committee (1994), Rakesh Mohan Committee (2001), Sam Pitroda Committee (2012) and Bibek Debroy Committee (2015)

·         In continuation of the reforms already taken such as, Merger of Railway Budget with General/Union Budget, Model SOP, Private trains etc.

·         Outcome of 2 days conference “Parivartan Sangoshthi” held in New Delhi on 7^th & 8^th December, 2019 and Extraordinary meeting of the Railway Board on 8^th December, 2019.

·        To speed up the ambitious programme of modernization of Indian Railways with investment of Rs. 50 lakh Crores over the next 12 years.

·        At present, departments are vertically separated from top to bottom and are headed by a Secretary level officer (Member] in the Railway Board. This organization of the department runs deep down to the grass root level of the Railways.

·        Unification of services will end this 'departmentalism', promote smooth working of Railways, expedite decision making, create a coherent vision for organisation and promote rational decision making.

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