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Showing posts with label Reforms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reforms. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

LDCE - MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS -OBJECTIVE TYPE

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Salient features of LDCE/70% Selection -  Objective type questions

70% Selection
·         Applicable to all Departments, except Accounts.  Separate instructions for similar pattern in Accounts Dept will follow.

·         100 % -MCQ -Multiple Choice Questions  - Selections -70% exam - 100 marks

·         100 marks consists of

1.       70 Marks - Technical subjects & Official Language

2.       30 Marks - Establishment and Financial Rules

·         Qualifying marks - 60

·         Non -safety categories - Best among failure scheme for SC/ST candidates - will continue

30% LDCE
·         Two stages

1.       Pre-qualifying exam

A.      Multiple choice questions -100 Marks (Technical subject -40 marks, General Knowledge & Official Language-30 Marks & Establishment & Financial Rules -30 marks)

B.      Qualifying Marks -75 (No of candidates should be restricted to 5 times the number of vacancies)

C.      For SC/ST candidates - Qualifying Marks  -45 ( 3/5th of the qualifying marks) -Non Safety categories

D.      Negative Marks - 1/3rd of marks for wrong answer

2.       Main Examination

A.      One Descriptive paper

B.      Profession subject only

C.      Total Marks -100

D.      Qualifying Marks - 60

E.       For SC/ST candidates - Qualifying Marks  -36 ( 3/5th of the qualifying marks) -Non Safety categories
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Transformation Cell


Transformation Cell

·                     Constituted by Railway Board on 09.03.2017.
·                     During the last 14 months (from 2017 Oct to 2018 Nov) - Nearly 170 Circulars are  issued.  That means, On an average 12 circulars are being issued every month or 3 circulars every week ,which is remarkable.
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·                     PED - Principal Executive Director  is in charge of the Transformation Cell.  Under him 8 Nodal Executive Directors work, drawn from different disciplines like Traffic, Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, S&T, Personnel, Accounts ,etc.
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·                     It hires young professionals — MBAs, BTechs, CAs — from the private sector to assist.
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·                     It overrides all the other existing Directorates for issuing the orders/circulars duly taking the approval of CRB and other related Member.
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·                     Mandated with the implementation of 55 new ideas.
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·                     Story behind formation: Railways had crowd sourced ideas of reformation ,from its 13 lakh employees and has received 1.5 lakh suggestions on issues regarding cleanliness, improving passenger amenities, safety of the railway employees,  increasing earnings from freight and processing of making journey in Indian railways a pleasant experience for its 23 million passengers .
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·                     To infuse new ideas and adopt latest technologies that can bring a change in the working of railways, the Indian Railways is in the process of creating a new Transformation Directorate which works to implement the suggestions made during Rail Vikas Shivir which was attended by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in November 2016.
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·                     During the last two years, four directorates have been created to look into specific areas. These include ,non fare revenue, mobility, environment and heritage.
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·                     Improving financial health of the railways and providing world class amenities to passengers are the top most agendas of the Government. The ministry has been having regular meetings with Niti Aayog to carry out reforms in Indian Railways.

·                     Achievements so far:

1.    Model SOP - in delegation of more powers to DRMs and other branch officers.
2.    Uniformity of provisions in Works, Earnings & Services contracts
3.    New GCC
4.    Re engagement of retired staff and officers
5.    Miscellaneous matters

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