Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Statistics in Railways - An Introduction

  

Statistics in Railways - An Introduction 


Sources:  


  1. Manual of Statistical Instruction Volume 1

  2. Statistics Manual 1 - Introduction 


Origin of the word Statistics:  German “Statistik” means Description of a State or a Country


Definition: The discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of Data. 


Characteristics:  

  1. Numerically expressed 

  2. Aggregate of facts 

  3. Systematically collecting the Data 

  4. Should be comparable to each other. 

  5. Data are collected for a planned purpose. 

  

Statistics in Indian Railways: 


  • Statistics Organization Incharge - Director Statistics & Economics, who works under the control of Member Finance in Railway Board.  

  • Statistical Officer is incharge at Zonal Railways, who works under the control of PFA  



History of Indian Railways: 

  • Official Use - Printed triennially (every 3 years). 

  • Sale to the Public - Published Sexennially (every 6 years)

  • From 1969 onwards - Published decennially (every 10 years) 


Factors - Railway Statistics: The Railway Statistics are based on the followin factors: 

  1. Quantity - Expressed in number of tonnes and passengers transported and earnings derived. 

  2. Distance - Expressed in Kilometres 

  3. Duration - In Hours and Days 

  4. Service - In Trains, Vehicles, Wagons & Engines 


  • The above Primary Units are linked together to express in Composite items called Fundamental Units.  That is Fundamental Unit = Linking of Primary Units. Examples are: 

  1. Tonne Kilometres ( Fundamental Unit) - Tonnes & Kilometres ( Primary Units) 

  2. Passenger Kilometres (Fundamental Unit)  - Passengers & Kilometres (Primary Units  


  • Derivating Units: Relationship that exists between two sets of Primary Units or Fundamental Units are called as Derivative Units. Examples are: 

Derivative Unit = Primary/Fundamental Unit + Primary/Fundamental Unit

Derivative Units

Primary / Fundamental Units

Primary/Fundamental Units

Earnings Per Passenger 

Passenger Earnings (Primary)

Passengers carried (Primary) 

Earnings per Passenger per Kilometre 

Passenger Kilometres (Fundamental)

Passenger Earnings (Primary) 

Average distance travelled by Passenger or Lead

PKM-Passenger KiloMetres (Fundamental) 

Number of Passengers (Primary) 


Average load in Wagons per Train

Wagon KiloMetres (Fundamental) 

Goods Train Kilometres (Fundamental) 





Principal Heads - Statistics in Indian Railways are grouped as under: 


SN

Principal Heads / Groups

Consists of : 

1

Economic & Financial Statistics

Tri-monthly approximate figures of earnings (every 10 days), Traffic handled in the shape of passengers booked, monthly statistics of tonnage lifted and wagons loaded and of revenue and expenditure

2

Transportation Statistics

No of trains run, Train KMs, Shunting KMs, Wagon/Vehicle KMs, Engine KMs etc

3

Commercial Statistics

No of Passengeers /Tonnes carried, PKM, NTKM, Average Lead, Average fare/Rate, Claims etc

4

Rolling Stock & Workshop Repair Statistics

Repair & Maintenance of Rolling Stock, Engine failures, Hot Boxes, Outturn etc 

5

Administrative Statistics

No of Staff, Sick days, Accidents, Pay Scales and Physical Statistics like Route KMs, No of Railway Stations, Gradients, curvature of the P.Way. 


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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Refund of Fares - MSOP Part E (Commercial)

 


Refund of Fares  - MSOP Part E (Commercial) 


Source:  click for ACS 1 of MSOP 2018 


 ( in Rs.)


Refund

GM, AGM &

 CCM(SAG)

Dy CCM

SCM

ACM

Item - 10 (A) - Fares (Tariff Rules)

Full Powers

10,000

5,000

3,000

Item - 5(A)  Fares (Other than Tariff Rules)

Full Powers

10,000

2,000

750


Remarks: 


  1. The above monetary powers are “per passenger”  ( Not on entire ticket value) 

  2. Above Rs.2,000 - Finance concurrence is required 

  3. IRCA Coaching Tariff - Part I (Vol I) w.e.f January, 2007 applicable 

  4. GM/AGM/CCM(SAG) - Full Powers -Refund of Fares (Tariff and Other than Tariff) 

  5. Dy.CCM - Rs. 10,000 - Refund of Fares (As per Tariff and Other than Tariff)



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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

UMID - Unique Medical IDentity card

 

UMID - Unique Medical IDentity card 

Sources: 

1. Click for RB letter dated 2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Cards dated 08.06.2018

2. Click for RB letter dated 2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Cards dated 04.01.2019


  • UMID stands for Unique Medical IDentity card 

  • Object: Uniformity in the Medical Identity cards issued to Railway Beneficiaries 

  • Software Developed  & Maintenance by:  SCR 

  • Generated for entire IR : By SCR 

  • Through UMID App / Website - One can generate and take print of UMID card duly entering the credentials. 


Salient features:  

  1. Plastic based card  

  2. Size: Same as Debit card/Credit card issued by the Banks 

  3. Unique All India Number  - 12 Digits

  4. Separate cards - Employees/Pensioners and their dependants 

  5.  Integration with IPAS, ARPAN & HMIS 




Colour Code: Strip with different colour to distinguish various types of beneficiaries  


Serving Railway Employees Card

Top/Bottom

Colour on Strip

Top

Blue


Bottom

Blue



Medical Beneficiaries of.

Serving Railway employees Card

Top/Bottom

Colour on Strip

Top

Blue


Bottom

Yellow



 Railway Pensioners Card

Top/Bottom

Colour on Strip

Top

Green


Bottom

Green



Medical Beneficiaries of.

Railway Pensioners Card

Top/Bottom

Colour on Strip

Top

Green


Bottom

Yellow



                                 




 UMID Unique Number - 12 Digits - AlphaNumeric  


1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IPAS Code of Bill Unit

Random Generated Number

As below


                                      


A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Employee

Medical Dependants

Pensioner



The information on UMID - Barest minimum 


  1. The Name of the Railway

  2. Medical Card Number

  3. Name & Medical card of primary holder (in case of Dependants) 

  4. Name of the Card holder 

  5. Year of Birth 

  6. Date of validity of the Card 

  7. Level of entitlement of medical facilities  

  8. Health Unit

  9. Blood Group 

  10. Photograph

  11. Signature of Beneficiary

  12. Signature & Designation of Issuing Authority 

  13. Electronic Card reading 



                               

Renewal/Reissue of UMID


Category

Renewal/Reissue Due

Up to the age of 15 years

Every Five years

Above the age of 15 years

On reaching age 40 years 

                 & 

At the time of Retirement

Employees

Change in the Level of entitlement


Key points for MCQ


  1. UMID stands for Unique Medical IDentity card 

  2. ARPAN stands for Advanced Railway Pension Access Network 

  3. CRIS stands for Centre for Railway Information Systems 

  4. HMIS stands for Hospital Management Information System

  5. IPAS stands for Integrated Payroll & Accounting System 

  6. Developed & Maintained by SCR 

  7. UMID Card unique number - 12 Digits 

  8. UMID Card number - First 3 digits - IPAS Bill Unit Code 

  9. UMID Card number - 4th to 11th digits : Random generated number

  10. UMID Card number - 12th Digit: A for Employees, Z for Pensioners & B to Y for Medical Dependants  

  11. Colour Code - Employees:  Blue and Blue 

  12. Colour Code - Medical Dependants of Employees:  Blue and Yellow 

  13. Colour Code - Pensioners:  Green and Green  

  14. Colour Code - Medical Dependants of Pensioners:  Green and Yellow  

  15.  Up to the age of 15 years - Renewal for every 5 years 

  16. After the age of 15 years - At the age of 40 years and at the time of Retirement 

  17. Change in Level of entitlement - Reissued of the Card

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