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RCT - Railway Claims Tribunal

 RCT - Railway Claims Tribunal

Object of the establishment of RCT: 

1. Provision for compensation by Railways on account of loss, damage of goods etc., and also due to accidental deaths and injury was maintained. 

 

2. To reduce the burden on civil courts for Railway related compensation and refund of fares. 

 

3. Speedy disposal of claims at the earliest.  

Functions of RCT

1. Inquiring into and determining claims against a Railway Administration.

 

2. The refund of fares or freight

 

3.  Compensation for death or injury to passengers

• Source: The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 

 

• Enacted to provide speedy disposal of claims against the Railway Administration. 

•  The Indian Railways Act, 1890 was replaced by The Railways Act, 1989 came into force from 01.07.1990 

 

• Principal Bench - New Delhi 

• Total Benches  - 19 

• Jurisdiction of Benches as per States / UTs (Not on Zonal Railways) 

 

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iGOT - Mission Karmayogi

 

iGOT    -   Mission Karmayogi

• The brainchild of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

 

•  iGOT stands for Integrated Government Online Training

 

• Shift from Rule to Role basis with the indigenous competency framework - FRAC, linked to personnel successes 

• For each Position in Government, FRAC defines the Roles, Activities, and Competencies needed by an individual for effective performance

• FRAC stands for Framework for Roles Activities & Competencies 

 

• Position: Designation + Location of an individual

 

• Roles: Set of sequential activities carried out to complete a defined objective or outcome

 

• Activity: Action is taken to contribute toward the successful completion of the objective /outcome

• Competency: Combination of attitudes, skills, and knowledge req. for successful performance

 

• Competencies  - 3 types

1. Domain  - Skills and knowledge req. for a domain. Typically concentrated in a department, but maybe needed by others as well

          E.g. Railways operations, Maintenance, etc 

2.   Behavioural - Values, strengths, and observable behaviours applicable across the govt.

            E.g. Problem solving, Ethics

3. Functional  - Cross-cutting skills & knowledge needed to perform across domains and positions

            

E.g. Public Procurement, Project execution

Solution Hubs: 

• Learning Hub: Competency building through suitable content / CBPs - Competency Building Products and assessments   

 

• Discussion Hub:  Platform for query resolution - enabling the officials to benefit from the experience of the other. 

 

• Networking Hub: To interact with the Experts who may be in a position to help solve a problem. 

 

• Career Hub: Vacancy posts linked to the Competencies.  Right Candidate for Right Post.

 

• Competency Hub: Repository of FRAC for all positions & Competency records for all staff. 

 

• Events Hub: Synchronous interactive and peer learning 

Content Scoring Framework 

Content scoring	Percentage
Instructional Method	25%
Assessment design	20%
Competency & Skills	20%
Diversity & Inclusion	15%
Learner engagement	15%
Learner support	5%
Total	100%

Key Statistics

• More than 90 MDOs ( Ministries, Departments & Organizations) 

• 2 Crore Government employees ( Central, State, and Local Government) 

 

• 46 Lakhs Central Government employees   ( Railways - 13 Lakhs) 

 

Key Takeaways  (for MCQ) 

1. DOPT stands for Department Of Personnel & Training 

2. NPCSCB stands for National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building 

3. iGOT stands for Integrated Online Government Training 

4. FRAC stands for Framework for Roles Activities & Competencies 

5. SPV stands for Special Purpose Vehicle

6. SPV is Karmayogi Bharat 

7. e HRMS stands for Electronic Human Resource Management

8. ISTM stands for Institute of Secretariat Training & Management  - Premier Central Training Institue under DOPT 

9. CBC stands for Capacity Building Commission 

10. CBC Chairperson  - Shri Adil Zainulbhai 

11. IBRD/World Bank Loan for Mission Karmayogi Project  - 47 Million Dollars (Rs.365 Crores)   - Final maturity of -11 years with a grace period of 4.5 years 

12. MDOs stand for Ministries, Departments & Organizations

13. CBP  - Capacity Building Products 

E Auction & Asset Management of Commercial Earning Contracts or NFR Non Fare Revenue

Commercial Earning Contracts – NFR Non-Fare Revenue – 

E Auction & Asset Management

M.Nageswara Rao 9492432160

Source: Railway Board Letter No. 2022/TC(FM)/10/04 dated 11.04.2022

Salient features: 

• Pilot Project – 13 Divisions in IR

• Introduced E Auction instead of Tendering system

• Through IREPS

• Tender Committee not required

• Asset creation by Asset holder

• Auction catalogues – Published on IREPS in public domain

• Eligibility criteria is Financial Turnover (Self declaration & documents uploaded by bidders)

• Bidders’ identity masked. Only H1 rate will be visible.

• Auto decision – On the spot award to H1, if rate is equal to or more than RP.

•  Minimum Notice period – 12 days

• Standard Conditions of Contract issued by Railway Board. 

Financial Turn Over:  

• Eligibility criteria for Commercial Earning Contracts through E Auction. 

• Verification of Turn Over Certificates – done after awarding Contract to H1

• Self-Declaration plus Documents uploaded by the Bidders

Auto Extension: 

• Every 2 minutes

• If any fresh bid received within last 2 minutes

• Maximum – 10 times

RP Reserve Price:

• Fixed by ACO – Auction Conducting Officer

• Not to be disclosed to the Bidders.

• Vetting not required. 

EMD / SD

• 5 % 

• Instant deduction of 5 % of EMD of H1. 

• No blockage of EMD of other Bidders

• Forfeiture of EMD in case of wrong declaration of Financial Turnover.

ACO – Auction Conducting Officer

• JAG or Sr. Scale (Independent charge), if JAG is not available.

• For encryption of RP – Reserve Price 

• RP fixed by ACO and to be kept confidential 

 

Bidders pre requisites

• DSC – Digital Signing Certificate

• One time registration in IREPS

• Online payment of Rs.10000 towards one time registration

• Having Current Bank Account in SBI – State Bank of India

• Lien marking funds – for EMD 

• Updating Financial Turnover details in IREPS

Advantages:

1. Prevention of Assets idling

2. Increased competition

3. Removal of entry barriers

4. Reduction in cycle time for placement of Contracts

5. Elimination of pilferages in payments

6. Unique code for each Asset to prevent duplication

7. Linkage of Asset code ID with Auction lots

8. System generated Bid Sheet and Contract

9. Contract can be placed within 15 days from the awarding the Contract.  

Examples of Commercial Assets to be auctioned:

1. Parcel category - SLR Compartments, Parcel Vans

2. Parking category – Premium, Radio Taxi, Access Controlled, Two-wheeler, Four-wheeler and Mixed

3. Advertising - Out of Home.  

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