Previous | Now |
Railway Branch | Railway Board |
Public Works Dept | Railway Dept |
Secretary, Railway Branch | Chairman & CEO, Railway Board |
Dy.Secretary – Accounts | Member (Finance) - MF |
Dy. Secretary – Traffic | Member (O&BD - Operations & Business Development) - M/O&BD |
Dy. Secretary – Construction | Surrendered now. (Previously it was Member - Engineering) |
Circle | Zonal Railway |
Consulting Engineer | General Manager |
Govt Examiner of Accounts | PFA – Principal Financial Advisor |
· Initially (i.e., Before 1905) regulation and control of Government Railways was exercised by the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department (PWD) of Government of India.
·
Till 1905 (the year
Railway Board was established), the Railway Branch was headed by The
Secretary and 3 Deputy Secretaries (Traffic, Accounts & Construction) – like The Chairman, FC & Members as in
current Railway Board set up.
·
The entire Railway
system was divided into seven circles (like present Zonal Railways )
·
One Consulting Engineer and one Government
Examiner of Accounts were posted to each of these seven circles. (like General
Manager and PFA-Principal Financial Adviser)
·
The accounting and
auditing functions of the Railway Branch were combined and looked after
by The Accountant General, Public Works Department.
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