Codes - Indian Railways

Codes - Indian Railways

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SN	Code	Index Letter	Dept	Year of First edition	Year of Latest edition	No of volumes	Remarks
1	Accounts Department	A	Accounts	1940	1983	2	Part I - General Accounts. Chapters 1 to 19 Part II - Traffic Accounts. Chapters 20 to 34
2	Engineering Code	E	All Depts			1	19 chapters
3	Finance Code	F	All Depts		1981	2	Part 1 - 11 Chapters Part 2 -  Classification of expenditure & receipts
4	Administration & Finance - An introduction	G	All Depts	1976	1991	1	12 chapters
5	Rolling Stock	M	Mechanical	1940	2016	1	11 chapters. Previous name is Mechanical Dept code (workshops)
6	Establishment Code	R	Personnel	1940	1985	2	Part I - 1 to 12 chapters Part II - 13 to 20 chapters
7	Stores Code	S	Stores	1938	1990	2	Part I - 1 to 11 chapters Part II - 12 to 33
8	Traffic Dept (Commercial)	T	Commercial	1939		1	19 chapters

Notes:

• The erstwhile Indian Railway General Code (provisional edition published in the year 1938) was re-written in two separate texts under the titles " The Indian Railway Administration and Finance—An Introduction " and " Indian Railway Finance Code ".

• Code Revision cell was constituted in 1973 year

• Paragraph Numbers.-For convenience of indexing and of reference, the paragraphs have been numbered according to a 3/4 figure "Code".  First 1 or 2 digits indicate chapter number.  Last 2 digits indicate Para Number.

Examples:

1) 1302 - A I- paragraph 2 of Chapter XIII of Accounts Code Volume I

2) 116 - F I indicates Paragraph 16 of chapter I of Finance Code volume I

• Forms indicate as follows.  The index letter of the code in question being prefixed to the number of the paragraph in which the form is Illustrated Code Index letter is prefixed (unlike suffixed in case of Paragraphs)

• Example: S-1313  .  That is the form that is described and illustrated in Paragraph 13 of Chapter XIII of Stores Code.  (combined Requisition and issue Note for drawing materials from stores Depots)

•  Simply, The Index letter of the Code is prefixed for Form Number and is suffixed for Paragraph Number.

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