Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Thursday, September 7, 2023

GSV - Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya

 

GSV - Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya 



  • NRTI - National Rail & Transportation Institute deemed to be a University - Subsumed into GSV - Gati Shakti Vishwavidyala 

 

  • GSV  - Established in 2022 at Vadodara 

 

  • India’s First University in Transport & Logistics sector in India

 

  • A World-class multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional, futuristic institution in the Transport sector. 

 

  • Established duly enacted Central Universities (Amendment) Bill 2022 in Lok Sabha

 

  •  Covering Roads, Railways, Shipping, Aviation, etc. 

 

  •  Mandate: Create a resource pool of best-in-class professionals for the entire transportation sector across technology, management, and policy comprising multidisciplinary teaching, executive training, and research.

 

  • Chancellor: Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways. 


  • Vice-Chancellor: Professor (Dr.) Manoj Choudhary, Ph.D.- IIT/Kanpur  

 







Courses offered:  (Specialization in Rail Engineering & Transport Management) 


B.Tech courses: 


  1. Civil Engineering 

  2. Electrical Engineering 

  3. Mechanical Engineering 

  4. Electronics & Communication Engineering 

  5. Artificial Intelligence & Data Science 


MBA Courses: 

  

  1. Logistics & Supply Management 

  2. Transportation Technology  


Graduation Courses:  


  1. BBA in Transportation Management 

  2. B.SC in Transportation Technology

 


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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

WISE - Workshop Information System

 


 

WISE - Workshop Information System  



  • Source: Chapter 8 of Rolling Stock Code



  • Developed by CRIS - Hardware at Central Location at CRIS data Centre  

 

  • WISE - Workshop Information System - Implemented across all IR POH Workshops - Covers Complete Design, Development, Implementation, and support of Centralised Application for management of IR Workshops 

 

  • Covers all Rolling stock i.e., Coaches, Wagons, Locomotives, OCVs, Special Stock, DEMU, MEMU/EMU, etc  



  • Object: 360-degree view of total Rolling Stock assets under maintenance and their maintenance life cycle across IR & advance prediction of asset demands to production or maintenance requirement.   



  • Initial IT Program for Workshops   -  UNIX-COBOL based application package in 1980-90 years  



  • WISE - Not covered for Production Units.  Efforts are on the way to develop suitable modules for Manufacturing Workshops too in the coming days. 

 

  • Integration with CMM, FMM, IMMS, IPAS, HRMS & eDRISHTI - Data exchange amongst, facilitating to get real-time reports.  

 

  • Integration between Divisions, Zonal Hqrs, and Railway Board 

 

  • Accessible through Internet 

 

  • Single point access to all Managers through a common web portal ROAMS - ROlling Asset Management System  

 

  • CMM for Coaching Depots and FMM for Wagon Depot are part of ROAMS.    

 

  • 34 POH Workshops covered so far (till 2021 January) 



  • First, Second, and Third - Covered under WISE   

 

Workshop

Railway

Date

First

LGDW - Carriage Workshop Lallaguda, Secunderabad

SCR

12.06.2018

Second

TPTW - Carriage Repair Shop, Tirupati

SCR

20.06.2018

Third

Rayanapadu Workshop

SCR

21.06.2018

 

WISE Modules - Total 6  



  1. Rolling Stock Module 

 

2.               Material Module 

 

3.               Assembly Module 

 

4.               Production Module 

 

5.               Management Dashboard Module  

 

6.               Master Data Management Module  

 

Advantages



  1. Minimum Paperwork 
  2. Reports are available online on a real-time basis 
  3. Visibility of Rolling Stock, its maintenance history, material and man-hour consumption 
  4. POH arising for the next 1 year can easily be seen 
  5. Optimization of Shop floor inventory 
  6. Reduce Rolling stock holding in Workshops 

 

Abbreviations: 



  1. WISE - Workshop Information SystEm 
  2. POH - Periodic OverHaul
  3. IOH - Intermediate OverHaul 
  4. NPOH - Non Periodic OverHaul 
  5. CRIS - Centre for Railway Information Systems 
  6. OCV - Other Coaching Vehicle (Salons, Inspection Cars, Medical Cars, Tourist cars, Parcels & Horse vans, Composite luggage power cars, Pantry cars & Brake Van) 
  7. DEMU - Diesel Electric Multiple Unit 
  8. MEMU - Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit
  9. CMM - Coaching Maintenance Management 
  10. FMM - Freight Maintenance Management 
  11. IMMS - Integrated Material Management Information System 
  12. HRMS - Human Resources Management System 
  13. IPAS - Integrated Payroll & Accounting System
  14. ROAMS - ROlling stock Asset Management System

 

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Hierarchy of Railway Officers


Hierarchy of Railway Officers


SN

GRADE

RAILWAY BOARD

Rank of Secretary

ZONAL RAILWAYS

1

JTS Junior Time Scale

          -

      -

AFA Assistant Financial Advisor

2

STS Senior Time Scale

DD - Deputy Director

Under Secretary

Sr.AFA Senior Assistant Financial Advisor

3

JAG Junior Administrative Grade

JD - Joint Director

Deputy Secretary

Dy.FA&CAO Deputy Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer

4

SG Selection Grade

Director

Deputy Secretary

Dy.FA&CAO Deputy Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer

5

SAG Senior Administrative Grade

ED - Executive Director

Joint Secretary

FA&CAO Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer

6

HAG Higher Administrative Grade

PED Principal Executive Director

Joint Secretary

PFA Principal Financial Advisor

7

HAG +  - Higher Administrative Grade Plus

AM Additional Member

Additional Secretary

GM  - General Manager

8

Secretary to Government of India

MF Member, Finance

Secretary

              -

9

Principal Secretary to the Government of India

Chairman & CEO, Railway Board

Principal Secretary

                  -