Functions of Accounts Dept and Computerisation
By Shri Uday Kiran Bora,
PS to PFA/SCR
Mobile No. 92423 23381
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Book Keeping 
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Financial Scrutiny 
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Budget 
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Internal check 
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Bill passing/ prompt settlement 
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Tendering 
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Management accounting 
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No frauds and irregularities 
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Inspections or Internal Audit 
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Capital & Revenue Accounts (Accrual)
  = Profit & Loss Account, Balance sheet etc. 
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Finance Concurrence 
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Compilation 
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Expenditure 
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Voted = Expenditure, Establishment 
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Transparency 
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Statistics Data 
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Canons of Financial Propriety 
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Offices (SSO/A) 
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 Finance Accounts (Cash)= Single Account
  Current and Appropriation Accounts – Statutory Audit 
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Need for Expenditure 
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Sanction/ 
Certification 
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Earnings 
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Charged = Establishment & Expenditure 
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No cartel/ring formation 
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Traffic costing 
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Computerised Environment 
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Stations (Sr. TIAs) 
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Financial Justification & Rate of
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Exchequer control 
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Stores 
(Sr. ISA/ASVs) 
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Computerisation (CRIS – IT ARM
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Book Keeping 
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Financial Scrutiny 
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Budget 
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Internal check 
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Bill passing/ prompt
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Tendering 
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Management accounting 
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No frauds and irregularities 
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Inspections or Internal
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IPAS 
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IRPSM 
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VeRBS 
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1. Expenditure 
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IPAS 
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IREPS 
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IPAS 
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ALL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 
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WISE 
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e-Lekha Portal 
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IPAS 
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IMMS 
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e-Recon 
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IMMS 
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2. Earnings 
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UTS 
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PMS 
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E-PAYMENT 
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TAMS 
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Full forms of
Abbreviations/Acronyms
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IPAS 
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Integrated
  Payroll & Accounting System 
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E-RECON 
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Electronic
  Reconciliation 
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IRPSM 
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Indian
  Railways Projects Sanction & Management 
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VeRBS 
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VPN enabled
  Rail Budget System (VPN - Virtual Private Network) 
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iMMS 
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Integrated
  Material Management System 
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FOIS 
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Freight
  Operations Information System 
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UTS 
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Unreserved
  Ticketing System  
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PRS 
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Passenger
  Reservation System 
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POS 
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Point of Sale 
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PMS 
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Parcel
  Management System 
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E-Payment 
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Electronic
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TAMS 
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Traffic
  Accounts Management System 
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IREPS 
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Indian
  Railway Electronic Procurement System 
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WISE 
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Workshop
  Information System 
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CRIS 
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Centre for
  Rail Information System 
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