Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Monday, October 14, 2019

TIAs Manual






Note: Great job done by Shri Naga Bhushanam, Sr. TIA/Vijayawada, SCR by enabling the  hyperlinks at Index page of TIAs Manual for easy accessing of the information at fingertips. Thank you.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Appendix 3 IREM exam 2017 & 2018 analysis


Total candidates - 2505
Passed - 523  ( 21%)

Absent/Failed - 1982  (79%)


                                           
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
Description
SSO
TIA
ISA
TOTAL
Appeared
1986
292
227
2505
Passed
451
42
30
523
Pass %
23 %
14 %
13 %
21 %
Absent/Failed
1535
250
197
1982
Absent/Failed %
77 %
86 %
87 %
79 %

Top Performers - Zonal Railways - All 3 Groups

Railway
Appeared
Passed
Passed %
NR
410
109
27 %
WCR
160
45
28 %
WR
167
40
24 %
SCR
148
39
26 %
CR
172
38
22 %
NCR
132
38
29 %
ECoR
162
32
20 %


Ratio of Hindi Medium to English Medium  is 3:2


Comparison of 2016 & 2017/2018


2016
2017/2018
Remarks
Appeared
2255
2505
Increased
Passed
393
523
Increased
Failed
1862
1982
-
Pass percentage
17 %
21 %
Improvement



Note: The above approximate analysis has been done with the help of Excel file provided by Shri Krishna Kumar, New Delhi.  



Thursday, October 10, 2019

Article on GST - by Shri Keshav Kaplush, IRAS

Shri Keshav Kaplush is a blogger and a dynamic IRAS officer with innovative ideas.  He worked as Sr.AFA/Accounting Reforms and GST. He is a faculty at Ctara - Centralized Training Academy for Railway Accounts, Secunderabad on the GST subject. At present, he is working as DFM/Secunderabad Division.  


Please click the below link for accessing his article on
“GST – Compliance in Railways is a story of vision and mission”.




Note: Thank you Keshav Kaplush sir, for permitting me to post your article. 

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Very good initiative - Reforming Railway establishment codes and manuals




Indian Railways want to simplify the establishment code and manuals for improving transparency and efficiency.

Northern Railway has developed webpage asking for suggestions for modifications of Indian Railway Establishment Codes & Manuals from all stakeholders including officers, staff, recognized unions/associations and individuals.


All are requested to provide their valuable suggestions on following link by 15th October 2019.


                                                          Click here

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Indian Railways Organisational structure


IR Organisational Structure
  
Damodara Prasad K
Sr.AFA (Retd.)
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IR Organisational Structure

IR Organisational Structure

MR and RB

Minister for Railways: Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of State for Railways: Angadi, Shri Suresh Channabasappa
         Chairman Railway Board Mr V. K. Yadav
         Financial Commissioner -Vijay Kumar
         Member (Traction) Mr Rajesh Tiwari
         Member Staff Mr Manoj Pande (L/A)
         Member Engineering Mr Vishwesh Chaube
         Member (Rolling Stock) Mr Rajesh Agrawal
         Member Traffic Mr P.S. Mishra
         Member (S&T) Mr Rajesh Tiwari (L/A)
         Member (Materials Management) Mr P.S. Mishra (L/A)


Divisional Departments
        ACCOUNTS
        COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL
        ENGINEERING
        PERSONAL
        MECHANICAL
        MEDICAL
        OPERATING
        SECURITY
        RAJBASHA
        SAFETY
        STORES

ACCOUNTS: ORGANISATIONAL SETUP

         Rly Bd – FC
AM(Finance) , AM (Budget) AM (Internal Audit)
AM (Revenue)
Adv (F),(B),(AR)
         Pr.Ex Dir – Accounts ,  
         Ex Dir -- F(Budget) , F (RM),  F(Exp I&II)
F(Comml), F(PPP), F( Stores) , F(E) ,F(PC I&II),
Accounts (Transformation Cell)
         Director, Jt. Director, Dy. Director
         Section Officers
         Zonal – HAG - PFA  (PHOD)
SAG – FA&CAO - G, T, S&W, C, CI, CII
SG/JAG – Dy. - G,T,S&W, CNI,II,III
C&P,Sr.EDPM,
         Division- SrDFMs
SS/JS    - Sr.AFAs , WAOs , AFAs

FUNCTIONS & SECTIONS

        Gen Accounts - Admn , Establishment (G &NG)
PF & Pension, Settlement , Budget , Books , Exp. Bills  ,
Exp. Finance , Estt. Finance Efficiency , Inspection , Internal Audit , Audit / Draft  Paras
        Traffic – Fin ,Tfc Book , Budget ,O/S, Coaching
(LPC,FPC, EFTs, BPTs, BSheet, Millitary Bills ,Parcel , HCD ) Goods ( Rates , W&D , E/s , MPAs, O/s)
        Stores & W/Shop – Fin , Budget  , Bills , M&P , RSP ,
WMS , Incentive ,Costing
(list is only illustrative & not exhaustive)   

FINANCE FUNCTIONS

        Establishment – posts/creation & extn , allowances , reimbursements , cadre & scale check, pay fixation , writeoffs
        Works – WP, M&P, RSP , estimates , indents , tenders , agreements , waivals , arbitrations ,
        Stores  - Vetting of indents , ANEs , TC minutes , POs
        Workshops – Costing , Incentive schemes
        Earnings – tariff rebate / incentive/rate schemes , writeoffs, augmentation of  facilities  ,claims
        Misc – delegation of powers , financial reviews , allocation & incidence of exp , competency of sanction 

ACCOUNTS FUNCTIONS

        Internal Check of all transactions.
        Settlement of  all claims.
        Maintenance of accounts as per rules
        Ensure that there are no accounting  irregularities.
        Post audit of  paid vouchers / transactions.
        Inspection of executive offices & Stations, Stock verification
        Compilation and presentation of accounts to audit for certification. 

 

Rail PSUs

         Rail India Technical and Economic Services Limited -RITES
         Ircon International Limited -IRCON , formally known as Indian Railway Construction Company Limited
         Centre for Railway Information Systems -CRIS
         Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited-IRFC
         Container Corporation of India Limited-CONCOR
         Konkan Railway Corporation Limited-KRCL
         Rail Tel Corporation of India Limited-RailTel
         Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited-IRCTC 
         Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited -PRCL
         Rail Vikas Nigam Limited –RVNL
         Rail Land Development Authority-RLDA
         Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited-DFCCIL
         Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd. –MRVC
         Burn Standard Company Ltd -BSCL
         Braithwaite & Co. Ltd –BCL

PUs and others

Locomotives:
         Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh manufactures diesel & electric locomotives.
Venture of Indian Railways & General Electric. They manufacture high capacity diesel locomotives, used especially for freight transportation.
         Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works in Patiala, Punjab upgrades & overhaul the locomotive Rolling Stock:
         Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, Tamilnadu
         Rail Wheel Factory in Bangalore, Karnataka
         Rail Wheel Plant, Bela in Chhapra, Bihar

IR Training Institutes

Centralised Training Institutes

          Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune, for officers of civil engineering department.
          Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik, for officers of electrical engineering department.
          Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur, for officers of mechanical and engineering department.
          National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara
          National Rail and Transportation Institute/University,  Vadodara
          Railway Staff College, Vadodara, for all officers and centralised training for officers of accounts, personnel, stores & medical departments.
          Centralized Training Academy for Railways Accounts, Secunderabad, for financial & managerial training for officers & staff of accounts department. (IRIFM-Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management/Secunderabad is coming up for Rly Finance and Accounts officers’ training)
IR Zones and Hqrs./Divisions
1Central RailwayMumbai
1) Mumbai 2) Nagpur
3) Bhusawal 4) Pune
5) Sholapur
2Eastern RailwayKolkata
1)  Howrah-I
2)  Howrah-II
3)  Sealdah
4)  Malda
5)  Asansol
6)  Chitaranjan
7)  Kolkata Metro
3East Central RailwayHajipur
1)  Danapur
2)  Mugalsarai
3)  Dhanbad
4)  Sonpur
5)  Samastipur
4East Coast RailwayBhubaneshwar
1) Khurda Road 2) Waltair
3) Sambhalpur
5Northern RailwayBaroda House, New Delhi
1) Delhi-I
2) Delhi-II
3) Ambala
4) Moradabad
5) Lucknow
6) Firozpur
6North Central RailwayAllahabad
1) Allahabad
2) Jhansi
3) Agra
7North Eastern RailwayGorakhpur
1) Izzatnagar
2) Lucknow
3) Varanasi
4) DLW
8North Frontier RailwayMaligaon, Guwahati
1) Katihar
2) Alipurduar
3) Rangiya
4) Lumding
5) Tinsukhia
9North Western RailwayJaipur
1) Jaipur
2) Jodhpur
3) Bikaner
4) Ajmer
10Southern RailwayChennai
1) Chennai
2) Madurai
3) Palghat
4) Trichy
5) Trivendrum
11South Central RailwaySecunderabad
1)Secunderabad
2) Hyderabad
3) Guntakal
4) Vijaywada
5) Nanded
6) Guntur

IR Zones and Hqrs./Divisions

12South Eastern RailwayGarden Reach, Kolkata
1) Kharagpur
2) Adra
3) Chakradharpur
4) Ranchi
5) Shalimar
13South East
Central RailwayBilaspur
1) Bilaspur
2) Nagpur
3) Raipur
15Western RailwayChurchgate
1) BCT
2) Vadodara
3) Ahemdabad
4) Ratlam
5) Rajkot
6) Bhavnagar
16West Central RailwayJabalpur
1) Jabalpur
2) Bhopal
3) Kota
17 Metro Railway, Kolkata
18 South Coast Railway, VSKP
14South Western RailwayHubli
1)  Bangalore
2)  Mysore
3)  Hubli
4)  RWF/YNK

 

General

         IR has fourth largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 67,368-kilometre  and total track length of 121,407kilometre as of March 2017.
         Routes are electrified with 25 kV AC electric traction while 33% of them are double or multi-tracked.
         Indian Railway (IR) runs more than 20,000 passenger trains daily.
         Most premium passenger trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi Exp run at peak speed of 145 km/h with Gatiman Express between New Delhi and Agra touching peak speed of 160 km/h.
         Indian railways has also started a Semi superfast train by the name of Vande Bharat Express (Code name "Train-18“) runs maximum track speed of 180 km/h.
         In the freight segment, IR runs more than 9,200 trains daily. The average speed of freight trains is around 24 kilometres per hour.
         As of March 2017, Indian Railway's rolling stock consisted of 277,987 freight wagons, 70,937 passenger coaches and 11,452 locomotives.
         IR is the world's eighth-largest employer, it had 13.08 lakh employees as of March 2017.
        1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge, is the predominant gauge used by IR and spans 61,680 km of route (92% of total route network).
and 610 mm (2 ft) narrow gauge tracks are present on fewer routes. The metre gauge tracks were 3,479 kilometres (5% of total route network) and narrow gauges tracks were 2,208 km (3% of total route network) as of 31 March 2017.
        There are  7,349 stations across India.