Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Friday, September 5, 2025

Differences between Internal Audit & External Audit

 

                               

                                Differences between

Aspect

Internal Audit

External Audit

Independence

Within organisation

Independent of Railways

Authority

Accounts Dept (PFA)

C&AG of India

Purpose

Compliance, control, efficiency

Legality, propriety, true & fair accounts

Scope

Concurrent, risk evaluation

Annual, statutory audit

Frequency

Continuous

Annual / periodical

Reporting To

Railway management

Parliament (through PAC)

Cost

Railway administrative expenditure

Major Head 3002 - erstwhile Demand Number 03

Charged to Railway revenues

Major Head 3001 - erstwhile Demand Number 02) 


Thursday, September 4, 2025

Internal Audit and Differences between Internal Check & Internal Audit

 Internal Audit 

And

 Differences between Internal Check & Internal Audit


Internal Audit:


Objectives:


  • A Service to Management

  • Provides assurance of an effective system of Internal Control that is not excessive.

  • Ensure reliability and integrity of accounting and financial system & Operating Performance. 

  • Ensure compliance with policies, plans, procedures, laws & regulations. 

  • Ensure adequacy of arrangements for safeguarding the Assets.

  • Facilitate prevention & detection of frauds. 

  • Highlight the deficiencies (in the system, control, practices etc), 

  • Efficiency & scope for economy in the utilisation of resources. 


Internal Audit Cell


  • Functioning at Hqrs as well as Divisions. 

  • Normally consists of one SSO, One TIA and one ISA under the control of Dy.CAO/G or Sr.DFM

  •  Theme Based Audit is one of the Important function of the Internal Audit Cell



Differences between Internal Check & Internal Audit



SN

Internal Check

Internal Audit

1

Check of Day to Day transactions.  Work of One person is proved independendently or complementary to the work of another

Selected few topics - Checking in all aspects to ensure effectiveness of System, Compliance of policies & Prevention of frauds.

2

Checking by the Same section staff

Review activity carried out by Persons totally independent of Internal check personnel

3

Frequency  Daily/Regular Basis

Frequency - Periodic Basis

4

Built in device

Not built in device

5

Object: Early detection of fraud or prevention of frauds at the time of passing Bills

Suggests System improvement & ensure compliance, service to the Management, Compliance of policies

6

Checking every aspect

Checking few selected topics thoroughly(in all aspects) in order to achieve the object of System improvement/Service to Management

7

Object: Narrow

Object: Broad

8

Basis: Transaction/Bill/Event

Basis: System as a whole


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Shri Sun Shyam Singh, SSO(A)/Malda, ER  - Accounts Dept




Shri Gaurav Chandan, SSO(A)/Baroda House/New Delhi, NR - Accounts Dept



Shri Nagendra, AMM/Hubli, SWR





Shri Dhananjaya Mishra, CRS, IRITM, Lucknow  - Commercial Dept








Smt Laxmi Iyer, SSO(A)/Nagpur, SECR - Accounts Dept




Smt Gomathi Balaji, SSO(A), Chennai, SR  - Accounts Dept




Shri Shravan Kumar, SSO(A), BLW, Varanasi - Accounts Dept




Shri Ravi, AFA, Allahabad, NCR  - Accounts Dept




Shri Sayantan Saha, JAA, Rangiya, NFR  - Accounts Dept




Smt Vibha, AA, Mumbai, CR  - Accounts Dept




Smt Vijaya Durai, AFA, Hubli, SWR  - Accounts Dept




Shri Prahlad Kumar, SSE, JMPW, ER - Mechanical Dept





Shri Dharmaraja, AA & Shri Dhasarathan, AA of Salem, SR - Accounts Dept





Smt Sujitra, SSO(A), Madurai, SR - Accounts Dept



Shri Niraj Singh, SSO(A), Hazipur, ECR  - Accounts Dept 




Shri Ankit Verma, AWM, RCF, Kapurthala - Mechanical Dept




Shri Balyogeshwar Prasad, Commercial Inspector, Howrah, ER - Commercial Dept




Shri  Rajesh Kak, SSO(A), RCF, Kapurthala - Accounts Dept




Smt Laxmipriya, SSO(A), Madurai, SR - Accounts Dept




Shri Sreevalsan, Sr. TIA, SR - Accounts Dept



Ms Heena Rani, AA, Hubli, SWR - Accounts Dept




Shri Pratap Kumar, SSO(A), Palghat, SR - Accounts Dept




 
Feedback of Shri Meena, AFA/Trichy, SR



Feedback of Shri Ravi Kumar, ADFM/GTL/SCR 



Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Cabinet Committees (of Government of India)

 


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.

Note: The number and names of Cabinet Committees are not fixed and may change from time to time by executive order.

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


Objects: 

  1. To lessen the enormous workload of the Cabinet. 

  2. Facilitate an in-depth examination of policy issues

  3. Principle of 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. 

Difference between Council of Ministers (COM) & Cabinet Committee

  • COM - Council of Ministers is a Constitutional body by the Articles 74 & 75 of Constitution of India

  • Where as Cabinet committee is an extra constitutional body (not mentioned in the Constitution of India) set up under the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules, 1961 framed under Article 77 of the Constitution. 

 Note: Cabinet Committees are empowered to take decisions on behalf of the Cabinet, though such decisions are subject to review by the Cabinet.


कैबिनेट समितियाँ हैं:


1. कैबिनेट की नियुक्ति समिति।

2. आर्थिक मामलों की कैबिनेट समिति।

3. राजनीतिक मामलों की कैबिनेट समिति।

4. निवेश और विकास पर कैबिनेट समिति।

5. सुरक्षा पर कैबिनेट समिति।

6. संसदीय मामलों की कैबिनेट समिति।

7. रोजगार और कौशल विकास पर कैबिनेट समिति।

8. आवास पर कैबिनेट समिति।

नोट: कैबिनेट समितियों की संख्या और नाम निश्चित नहीं हैं और समय-समय पर कार्यकारी आदेश द्वारा बदले जा सकते हैं।

आवास पर कैबिनेट समिति और संसदीय मामलों की कैबिनेट समिति को छोड़कर, सभी समितियों की अध्यक्षता प्रधानमंत्री करते हैं।

उद्देश्य:

  1. कैबिनेट के भारी कार्यभार को कम करना।

  2. नीतिगत मुद्दों की गहन जाँच को सुगम बनाना।

  3. श्रम विभाजन और प्रभावी प्रत्यायोजन का सिद्धांत।

  4. कैबिनेट के विचारार्थ प्रस्ताव तैयार करना।

  5. निर्णय लेना भी शामिल है, लेकिन निश्चित रूप से, कैबिनेट ऐसे निर्णयों की समीक्षा कर सकता है।

मंत्रिपरिषद (COM) और कैबिनेट समिति के बीच अंतर

  • COM - मंत्रिपरिषद भारत के संविधान के अनुच्छेद 74 और 75 के अनुसार एक संवैधानिक निकाय है।

  • जबकि कैबिनेट समिति एक अतिरिक्त संवैधानिक निकाय (भारत के संविधान में उल्लिखित नहीं) है, जिसकी स्थापना संविधान के अनुच्छेद 77 के अंतर्गत बनाए गए भारत सरकार (कार्य संचालन) नियम, 1961 के अंतर्गत की गई है।

नोट: कैबिनेट समितियों को कैबिनेट की ओर से निर्णय लेने का अधिकार है, हालाँकि ऐसे निर्णय कैबिनेट द्वारा समीक्षा के अधीन होते हैं।


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