Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Monday, March 11, 2024

Constitutional Provisions (Articles) - Indian Railways

 

Constitutional Provisions (Articles) - Indian Railways


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Picture

Article

Description

1

112 

Annual Financial Statement (Budget)

2

113 (1)

Charged Expenditure

3

113 (2)

Voted Expenditure

4

114 (1)

Appropriation Bill

5

115

Supplementary, additional or excess grants

6

116

Vote On Account (VOA), Vote Of Credit & Exceptional Grants

7

120

Language to be used in the Parliament

8

210

Language to be used in the Legislature

9

266 (1)

Consolidated Fund of India

10

267 

Contingency Fund of India

11

266 (2)

Public Account of India

12

343

Official Language of the Union

13

344

Commission (OL) & Committee of Parliament on OL

14

345

Official Language or Languages of the States - Can adopt one or more languages as Official Language

15

346

Language for the time being authorized as Official Language will be used for communication between one State & Other State and between a State & the Union

16

347

Special provision relating to language spoken by a Section of the population of a State

17

348

Language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Courts 

(Acts, Bills, Ordinances, orders, regulations, and bye-laws issued under the Constitution shall be in the English language)

18

349

Special Procedure for the enactment of laws relating to languages 

19

350

Language to be used in the Representations for redressal of grievances by an Individual (citizen) - Any language can be used 


(for Central Govt employees - Only English or Hindi)

20

351

Development of Hindi Language - Directives


Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Working Hours in Workshops

  


Working Hours - Workshops 


  • Sources: 1. Chapter 3 of Rolling Stock Code (Paras 301 to 304) 

               2. The Factories Act, 1948 ( Sections 51 to 56 of Chapter 6)   

 

  • Weekly - Should not exceed 48 hours 


  • Normally 8 ½ hours per day  on week days (5 days) and 5 ½ hours on Saturday and Sunday being the Rest.  


                            Normal Working Hours - Per Week  


Week days 

(5 days)

Saturday

 (1 day)

Sunday 

 (1 day)

Total Working hours

8 ½ hours per day 

Total= 42 ½ hours

5 ½ hours

Rest


42 ½ hours + 5 ½ hours = 48 hours


  • Any departure from an 8 hour per day (6 days - 48 hours) involving payment of wages - Requires the specific sanction of the Railway Board. 

 


Period

Not to exceed

Per Day

9 Hours

Per Day - With Intervals @ ½ Hour 

(Spread over)

10 ½ Hours

Per Week 

48 Hours

Without Interval (½ hour) in a Day

5 Hours

 

  • Weekly holiday - Sunday.  


  • If Sunday is a working day, workers should have a holiday for a whole day  on one of the 3 days immediately before or after the Sunday.   

 

Exemption from the Above Conditions:  


  •  On some occasions, certain staff can be exempted. 

 

  • In the opinion of “The Occupier of the Factory”  (The GM can appoint CWM or any other Officer as “The Occupier of the Factory” in order to fulfill the relevant provisions of “The Factories Act, 1948” 

 

  • Sanction of the concerned State Government should be obtained through the GM. 

 

  • Section 64 of the Factories Act, 1948 


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