Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Difference between M&P and T&P

Difference between M&P and T&P

 

Source: Para 1019 & 1020 of Rolling Stock Code

 

SN

M&P

SN

T&P

1

M&P stands for Machinery & Plant

1

T&P stands for Tools & Plant

2

A Machine that remains stationary nd immovable (Job comes to Machine) and all Vehicles (all types)

2

An item that is movable (Machine comes to Job)

3

Examples: All immovable Machines, Staff cars, Lorries, Buses, Ambulances, Road Mobile cranes,  etc

3

Examples: Pneumatic drills, power saws, tools and plants such as jigs & fixtures. Small tools & equipment. Upkeep of Office such as Furniture, computers, printers etc 

4

Costing more than Rs. 50 Lakhs and Vehicles irrespective of its cost  processed through M&P Portal (maintained by Railway Board)

 

Costing up to Rs. 50 Lakhs each - (except Vehicles) can be sanctioned by Zonal Railways under GM’s powers

4

Costing up to Rs. 10 Lakhs referred as T&P and procured by Zonal Railways 

5

Charged to Capital (Plan Head 41 - M&P)

5

Charged to Revenue

 

Key Points for MCQ



  1. M&P stands for Machinery & Plant 
  2. T&P stands for Tools & Plant 
  3. M&P - Job comes to Machine
  4. T&P - Machine comes to Job 
  5. M&P - costing more than Rs. 50 Lakhs processed through M&P Portal
  6. All Road vehicles treated as M&P irrespective of Value and processed through M&P Portal
  7. M&P portal maintained by Railway Board 
  8. M&P - costing less than Rs. 50 Lakhs - processed by Zonal Railways under GM’s powers
  9. T&P - costing up to Rs. 10 Lakhs charged to Revenue
  10. M&P charged to Capital (Plan Head 41) 

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Deleted Questions Procedure in CBT conducted by NAIR for LDCE and 70% Selection Examinations

 


Deleted Questions Procedure in CBT 



Source: Railway Board Letter No.  E(GP)2022/2/4 dated 26.10.2022  (RBE No.134/2022) Click for download  and dated 28.11.2022 Click for download




SN

Example

Applicable / Not Applicable

Final Score calculation

1

Answered 150 questions or less than 150 questions, but the deleted question is not one of the attempted question

Not Applicable

Out of 150

2

Answered 150 questions and 5 questions of these have been deleted

Applicable

Out of 145 (recalculated out of 150)

3

Attempted 130 questions (out of required 150 questions) and 2 questions of 130 questions have been deleted

Applicable

Out of 148 (recalculated out of 150)




ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES


SN 1 - Answered 150 questions or less than 150 questions, but the deleted question is not one of the attempted questions :  


Candidate A answered 140 Questions. Out of  140 questions, 120 are Correct  and 20 are incorrect.  His score is as follows.




No. of Questions

Marks

Correct answers

120 x 1

120

Incorrect answers

20 x ⅓ 

Minus 6.67

Net Marks


113.33



Net score:  113.33 out of 150

SN 2 - Answered 150 questions and 5 questions of these have been deleted   :  


Candidate B answered 150 Questions. Out of  150 questions, 141 are Correct,4 are incorrect and 5 are deleted  His score is as follows.




No. of Questions

Marks

Correct answers

141 x 1

141

Incorrect answers

4 x ⅓ 

Minus 1.33

Net Marks


139.67



Provisional Score:  139.67 out of 145 


Now recalculate the same for out of 150


145      —----------  139.67 


150     —------------   ?


= 150 / 145 x 139.67  = 113.45


So Net Score = 144.49 out of 150 



SN 3 - Attempted 130 questions (out of required 150 questions) and 2 questions of 130 questions have been deleted   :  


Candidate C answered 130 Questions. Out of  130 questions, 100 are Correct,28 are incorrect and 2 are deleted  His score is as follows.



No. of Questions

Marks

Correct answers

100 x 1

100

Incorrect answers

28 x ⅓ 

Minus 9.33

Net Marks


90.67



Provisional Score:  90.67 out of 148 


Now recalculate the same for out of 150


148      —----------  90.67 


150     —------------   ?


= 150 / 148 x 90.67  = 113.45


So Net Score = 91.90 out of 150 


Disclaimer:  


  • Some questions in the CBT for LDCE conducted on 20 November 2022 are deleted by the Railway Board . 


  • The above write up just throws light on the Railway Board’s Policy of deleted questions.  The blogger tried to explain in simple manner the Railway Board’s policy regarding the same.


  • The blogger is not responsible for the mistakes or discrepancies in the above calculations or method of calculation if any.


  • The candidates need to go through the Railway Board letters cited above (hyperlinks provided for download) and calculate their score accordingly. 


Note: Any mistakes in the above calculations may please be brought to the notice of the blogger for correction. Thank you


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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Additional Pension / Family Pension

                      

Additional Pension / Family pension

  1. Pension/Family pension is increased by 20% on reaching 80 years of age. 

  2. This is called Additional pension.

  3. The additional pension is as under: 


On reaching 

Additional Pension as percentage of 

Pension / Family Pension

80 years

20 %

85 years

30 %

90 years 

40 %

95 years

50 %

100 years

100 %


  1. Dearness Relief is paid on Additional Pension.

  2. The additional pension/family pension is paid from the first day of the month in which the pensioner/family pensioner reaches 80,85,90,95 & 100 years of age.


  1. Additional pension/family pension is shown separately in PPO (Pension Payment Order) 

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Gratuity

 

 Retirement Gratuity


  • In addition to the monthly pension, Retirement   Gratuity is also paid to the employee on retirement. 


  • This is a one time payment of a lump-sum amount.


  • For retirement Gratuity employees should have rendered more than 5 years qualifying service. 


  • Retirement Gratuity is equal to:- 


  • “¼ th of emoluments for each completed six monthly period of service (or) 16 ½ times of emoluments (or) 20 Lakh rupees, Whichever is less.”    


  • Emoluments means Basic Pay + DA .


  • For Running staff  55% and for Railway Doctors 20% of pay is added to the Basic pay.

                                                        

Key points for MCQ on Retirement Gratuity 


  1. Minimum qualifying Service  - 5 years

  2. Equal to 1/4th emoluments for each completed six months qualifying service or 16 ½ times of emoluments or Rs. 20 Lakhs whichever is less

  3. Emoluments = Basic Pay + DA

  4. Running Staff - 55% of Basic Pay is added to the Basic Pay. 

  5. Doctors  - 20% of Basic Pay is added to the Basic Pay. 

Death Gratuity 


  • If the employee dies while in service, his spouse is paid Death Gratuity as under:

 

  • If the employee dies with service of :



Service

Amount of 

Death Gratuity (Rs)

_____ of emoluments

Less than 1 year

2 times 

1 year to less than 5 years

6 times

6 years to less than 11 years

12 times

11 years to less than 20 years

20 times

20 years and more

Half of emoluments for every completed 6 months service or 33 times or Rs.20 Lakhs whichever is less




  • Emoluments = Basic Pay + DA

 

  • For Running staff  55% and for Railway Doctors 20% of pay is added to the Basic pay.


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