PTO - Preferential Traffic Order

 

PTO - Preferential Traffic Order   

• Section 70 of the Railways Act, 1989 - First comes first to serve - Basis for Booking and transportation of Goods.  No priority or No preference  

 

•  Section 71 of Railway Act, 1989 - Orders are issued by Central Government to Railways Administration from time to time - For giving priority or preference to booking and transportation of particular types of commodities in the interest of the Nation / Public in General or for Industrial Development. 

 

• PTO - Preferential Traffic Order - Published by the Central Govt in Gazetted and informed the Railway Administration.  

 

• PTO validity - 1 Year.  

 

• The priority route is decided and Goods are carried by that route only

Priority	Traffic
A	Military Traffic sponsored by MILRAIL and approved by the Railway Board
B	Emergency Relief works (for natural calamities like floods, drought, earthquakes etc)  - Sponsored by an Officer, not below the rank of Dy.Secretary of Central / State Government or by a Non-Government Organisation.   Food grains, Levy Sugar for PDS - Public Distribution System & other welfare programs sponsored by FCI - Food Corporation of India and Other commodities sponsored by the Central Govt agencies which are approved by the Railway Board.
C	All Programmed traffic - Approved by the Railway Board or Zonal Railways under Monthly / Quarterly Programme.   Coal - Sponsoring by Coal companies (Public or Private - Accepted by EDRM/Kolkata for ER, ECR, SER, SECR & ECoR. For other Railways - COM/CFTM RMS - Raw Material for Steel plants - Sponsored by Steel producers - Accepted by EDRM/Kolkata for ER, ECR, SER, SECR & ECoR. For other Railways - COM/CFTM Edible Salt - Sponsored by Salt Commissioner - Accepted by Zonal Railways  Fertilizers - Sponsored by Fertiliser plants  - Accepted by Zonal Railways   POL - Petroleum, Oil & Lubricants - Sponsored by Oil Companies - Accepted by Railway Board
D	All other Traffic not included in A, B & C

General Instruction:  

•  Block Rake traffic is preferred over Peice-meal Traffic. 

•  Traffic will have preference over other Traffic within the same class of Priority in the following order: 

 

1. Traffic guaranteed under special Schemes 

2. Traffic booked from Full rake handling siding having mechanized loading facility. 

3. Single Point Block rakes over two-point / multi-point mini rakes  

4. Two days in a week shall be reserved and notified for allotment of rakes as per the ODR - Date of Registration irrespective of the class of priority.   

•  Any Traffic under special orders of the Ministry of Railways / Railway Board / Zonal Railways 

Key points for MCQ 

1. PTO stands for Preferential Traffic Order 

2. PTO validity - 1 Year   

3. PTO - Issued by Central Govt and published in Gazette

4. No of Priorities under PTO - 4 

5. MIL RAIL - Military wing of the Railways  (Office at Sena Bhawan, Army Hqrs) 

6. Railways Act - Year 1989 

7. PDS stands for Public Distribution System 

8. RMS stands for Raw Material for Steel plants 

9. POL stands for Petroleum, Oil, & Lubricants

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RGP - Rail Green Points

  

RGP - Rail Green Points 

 

• Source: Click for the Rate Circular of 2022 issued by the Railway Board 

Salient features of RGP 

 

• RGP stands for Rail Green Points 

• e-RD stands for Electronic Registration of Demand (in FOIS) 

 

• FOIS stands for Freight Operations Information System 

 

• RGP indicates saving of Carbon emission while Transportation by Rail instead of Road transportation. 

 

• Applicable for Freight Customers registered on the e-RD portal of FOIS  

 

•   RGP will be reckoned Financial year basis 

 

• RGP reflected on the Freight user's account in the FBD portal in FOIS

• FBD stands for Freight Business Development  

 

• RGP module in FOIS portal - Developed by CRIS 

 

Disclaimer:  

 

• No link between RGP and Carbon Credits 

 

• What is Carbon Credit (CER - Certified Emission Reduction)?  

 

• Carbon Credits / CER units  - Issued by UNFCCC measured in tonnes of CO2 equivalent.  

 

• UNFCCC stands for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

• Anyone can purchase Carbon Credits to compensate for emissions to support their Projects.  

• RGP - The Customer is not entitled to any claim or compensation or benefit at present or in the future.   

• FGF - Feel Good Factor: Motivate the Freight Customers to transport more by the Rail instead of Road.  Corporate customers may like to mention RGP in their Annual Reports. 

TERI: 

• TERI stands for The Energy & Resource Institute - one of the World’s pre-eminent think tanks and research institutes in the field of energy, climate change, and sustainability.  

 

• Hqrs: New Delhi 

 

• The basis for RGP calculation:    TERI developed a calculator for the estimation of GHG ( Green House Gas) emission in tonnes of CO2 for Road and Rail based on Tonne-KM.  

• Emission factor per Tonne-KM - Rail mode 0.009 CO2 (Kgs)  and Road mode 0.040 CO2 (Kgs).  That means Rail transportation is 4 times more energy efficient compared to Road Transportation

 

Distribution of RGP for an RR (Rail Receipt) 

Type	RGP Distribution / Credited to
If Consignor and Consignee are the same	Consignor
If Consignor and Consignee are not the same	Equally distributed between Consignor & Consignee
If Consignor and Consignee are not the same and only one of them is registered in the FBD portal	Registered customer
In the case of Physical RR (Railway Receipt)	Consignor

 

Freight Business Development portal 

•  https://indianrailways.gov.in/ or https://www.fois.indianrail.gov.in/RailSAHAY 

 

• Launched on 5th January 2021 

 

•  “One stop - Single Window” Solution for all freight customers. 

 

• Game changer

Salient features of FBD:

  1.    Dedicated Freight portal

2.   Online tracking facility for suppliers

3.   Ensure all operations stay customer-centric

4.   Simplify the process of Goods Transportation

5.   Embraced a “Freight on Priority”

6.    Attracting new customers with the help of BDUs – Business Development Units ( established at the Zonal and Division level)

Key points for MCQ  

1. RGP - Applicable for Freight customers registered on the e-RD portal of FOIS 

2. RGP - Recknoned Financial Year basis. 

3.  No link between RGP and Carbon Credits 

4. Carbon Credit means CER units (Certified Emission Reduction) 

5. CER units issued by UNFCCC  

6.  TERI Headquarters - New Delhi 

7. RGP basis - Calculator for the estimation of GHG -Developed by TERI  

8.  CO2 is a Chemical Compound consisting of 1 Carbon atom and 2 Oxygen atoms.  

9. Abbreviations / Acronyms in connection with RGP are as follows: 

SN	Abbreviation / Acronym	Stands for
1	RGP	Rail Green Points
2	e-RD	Electronic Registration of Demand
3	FOIS	Freight Operations Information System
4	FBD	Freight Business Development (portal)
5	BDU	Business Development Units (Zonal Railways & Divisions)
6	CER	Certified Emission Reduction (Carbon Credits units)
7	UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
8	FGF	Feel Good Factor
9	TERI	The Energy & Resource Institute
10	GHG	Green House Gas (emissions)
11	CO2	Carbon Dioxide
12	E-TRR	Electronic Transmission of Railway Receipt
13	RR	Railway Receipt