CCEA - Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

 

CCEA - Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

• CCEA is one of the Cabinet Committees

Composition of CCEA in 2021 year 

Prime Minister	Shri Narendra Modi
Minister of Defence	Shri Raj Nath Singh
Minister of Home Affairs	Shri Amit Shah
Minister of Road Transport and Highways	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Finance;	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Agriculture	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of External Affairs	Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of Education	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

 

Cabinet Committees are 

1. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

2. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

3. Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs.

4. Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth.

5. Cabinet Committee on Security.

6. Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.

7. Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development.

8. Cabinet Committee on Accommodation.

• All committees except Cabinet Committee on Accommodation and Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs are headed by Prime Minister.

The object of the Cabinet committees are 

1.  To lessen the enormous workload of the Cabinet. 

2. Facilitate an in-depth examination of policy issues 

3. Principle of the division of labour and effective delegation

4. Frame proposals for the Cabinet’s consideration

5. Also, take decisions, but of course, Cabinet can review such decisions. 

• COM - Council of Ministers is a Constitutional body by Articles 74 & 75 of Constitution of India, whereas the Cabinet Committee is an extra-constitutional body (not mentioned in the Constitution of India)  in emergence. 

• Although Cabinet committees are not constitutional bodies, their work cannot be under estimated as they provide crucial guidance to the Cabinet. 

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Office Order 01 of 2017 Approval of Railway Projects

 

Approval of Railway Projects - Office Order No 01 of 2017 

•  Click here for OO 01 of 2017   (Authority: Ministry of Finance modified OM No. 24(35)PF-II/2012 dated 05.08.2016 

 

• Procedure for Appraisal and approval of New Public funded Projects in IR 

Delegation of Powers

Cost of the Project	IPA - In Principal Approval	Appraised by	Approved by
Up to Rs.100 Crores	Member Finance	Member Finance	Chairman & CEO, Railway Board
Rs. 100 Crores to Rs.500 Crores	Member Finance	Railway Board	Minister of Railways (after being examined and recommended by the RB)
Rs. 500 Crores to Rs.1000 Crores	Member Finance	NITI Aayog, Expanded Board for Railways chaired by CRB & CEO	Minister of Railways
Rs. 1000 Crores & above	Member Finance	NITI Aayog, EBR - Expanded Board for Railways chaired by CRB & CEO	CCEA - Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

• Projects costing Rs. 50 Crores and above  - Preparation of DPR - Detailed Project Report is mandatory before they are processed for sanction of the competent authority. 

 

• In Simple, All projects irrespective of cost - IPA - In Principal Approval by Member Finance

 

• Rs. 100 Crores to Rs. 1000 Crores - Approval by Minister of Railways.  Less than Rs.100 Crores - CRB & CEO and More than 1000 Crores - CCEA

Works Programme - 2024-25 Salient Features

 

Works Programme 2024-25 - Salient features 

• Source: Railway Board letter dated 11.08.2023  

Works in Progress: 

• Priority should be given. 

• Complete them in time bound manner.

• Timely Utilization of Investments  

• The object is to reduce throw-forward liabilities

• Zero-based Review: A review should be done for works that have been sanctioned but have yet to commence in spite of a lapse of considerable time.  Because they may be lost relevance in the present scenario and need to be dropped. 

New Works:

• Secondary

• Proposed only if deferring the same is not possible 

• Sanctioned as Umbrella Works only

Umbrella works   

• Introduced in the year 2018-19   

• Railway Board Letter No. 2017/CE-I/WP/2018-19/1pt. Dated 19.07.2018, 30.09.2019, 14.10.2022, 27.10.2022, 30.01.2023 & 28.03.2023

         Umbrella Works - Railway Board letters - Steps to browse  

Steps	Browse
I	www.Indianrailways.gov.in
II	Ministry of Railways
III	Railway Board
IV	About Indian Railways
V	Railway Board Directorates
VI	Civil Engineering
VII	1. Works Programme
VIII	Works Programme
IX	Umbrella policy - Datewise

 

• The New works - Sanctioned only as Umbrella Works 

• Name & Cost  - finalized by the Nodal Directorate in RB (duly consulting with the other concerned Directorates and associate finance.   

• Plan Head Coordinators (at Railway Board) will communicate the tentative Zonal Railway-wise distribution/break-up outlay against Umbrella Works 

• The above exercise should be completed by D+7 days from the Pink Book uploading

• After receiving the tentative outlay against Umbrella Works, the Zonal Railways may process the New Works as Umbrella Works through IRPSM. 

• Proposal stage - Zonal-level Concurrence is not necessary.  But a copy of the proposal should be endorsed to Associate Finance for further action. 

• Process in IRPSM - Indian Railways Projects Sanction & Management.  

                                 The proposal under Umbrella work  

Steps	Process
1	Login IRPSM https://ircep.gov.in/IRPSM/
2	New Proposal
3	Process under GM’s Umbrella Works
4	Name of the Umbrella Work
5	Creation of the Proposal
6	Sent the Proposal to CE/P&D (Chief Engineer /Planning & Design)
7	Processed for Shortlisting
8	Noting
9	Justification
10	Vetting (in Zonal Railway)

 

Plan Heads - Groups  

Group	Plan Heads	Total	Remarks
A	11, 14, 15, 31 & 35	5	In connection with P.Way
B	16, 17, 18, 29. 30, 32, 33, 36, 42, 51, 53, 64 & 65	13	Other than P.Way
Other than A & B	21, 22, 41, 61, 71, 72, 73, 81 & 82	9	M&P, RSP, Capital Suspense Heads, Investments & MTP (Metro)
	Total	27

Lapsable Period  - Plan Heads   

                        Unutilized provision of Umbrella works - Lapse 

Plan Heads	Lapsable Period	Example for 2022-23 Works
A	Same Financial year	31.03.2023
B	Next Financial Year	31.03.2024

Target Dates for FY 2024-25 - Submission of Proposals to Railway Board

Volume	Description	Target Date
I	Works in Progress	15.12.2023
II	New Works (Individual)	01.12.2023
III	Other Volumes	15.12.2023

  

Group A & B Plan Heads -  Nodal EDs (Executive Directors in SAG Rank) in RB 

Group A Plan Heads ( Total 5 )

PH No	PH Description	Nodal ED
11	New Lines	ED/GS/Civil I
14	Gauge Conversion	ED/GS/Civil I
15	Doubling	ED/GS/Civil I
31	Track Renewals	PED/CE(P)
35	RE - Railway Electrification	ED/GS/Electrical

  Group B Plan Heads ( Total 13) 

PH No	PH Description	Nodal ED
16	Traffic facilities	ED/GS/Civil I
17	Computerization	ED/C&IS
18	Railway Research	ED(E&R)
29	Level Crossing Gate	ED/GS(S&T)
30	ROB/RUB	EDCE(B&S)
32	Bridge Works	EDCE(B&S)
33	S&T Works	ED/GS(S&T)
36	Electrical Works	ED/EEM
42	Workshops/PUs	EDME/E&HM & Project
51	Staff Welfare	ED/L&A
53	Customer amenities	ED/GS/Station Development
64	Other Specified Works	ED/L&A
65	Training / HRD	ED/Training & MPP

Key points for MCQ - Works Programme 2024-25  

1. Priority to Works in Progress ( compare to New Works) 

2. Umbrella Works - Introduced in the 2018-19 year 

3. Works Programme - Processed through IRPSM 

4. IRPSM stands for Indian Railways Projects Sanction & Management 

5. D + 7 days -  PH Coordinators at RB will communicate the tentative Zonal Railways distribution/break-up of outlay against Umbrella works from the PB uploading. 

6. PB stands for Pink Book 

7. Proposal stage - Finance Concurrence not required 

8. New Works - Sanctioned as Umbrella Works only 

9. Plan Heads - divided - Group A (5), Group B (13) & Others (9) 

10. Total Plan Heads - 27 

11. Lapsable period - Group A Plan Heads - Same Financial Year 

12. Lapsable period - Group B Plan Heads - Next Financial Year 

13. Works Programme 2024-25 - Last Date - Volume I (Works in Progress) & Volume III (Other volumes) - 15.12.2023 

14. Works Programme 2024-25 - Last Date - Volume II (New Works ) - 01.12.2023

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