Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Monday, July 24, 2023

PL Number - Price List Number

 

  • PL Number stands for Price List Number 

  • Object: To recognize the material distinctly 

  • Applicable for All Stock items  (Not for Non-Stock Items)

  • Unified PL - Common for all Zonal Railways & Production Units  

  • Codification - 3 types. Fully Significant, Semi-Significant, and Non Significant  

  • Fully Significant - All digits signify some property of the material - To adopt it, requires a large number of digits which may not be manageable.  

  • Semi-Significant - The first group signifies the property of the material and the Second group has no significance - Indian Railways Follows it - 8 Digits

  • Non-Significant - All digits have no significance.  

8 Digits - SN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Parts

Part A

Part B

Part C

Part D

Groups

Main Group

Sub Group

Serial Number

Check Digit

Semi-Significant

Significant

Non-Significant

PL Number

2

5

1

6

1

0

4

0

 

MODULAS 11 - To find the Check Digit of PL Number 25161040


Step 1

PL No- First 7 digits

2

5

1

6

1

0

4

Step 2

Write 2 to 8 below each digit (from Right to Left)

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

Step 3

Multiply the digits vertically

16

35

6

30

4

0

8

Step 4

Add products horizontally

16+35+6+30+4+0+8 = 99

Step 5

Divided the sum by 11

99/11 = 0

Step 6

The remainder is the check digit

Check Digit is 0


  • In case the remainder is two digits, the rightmost digit is the Check Digit.    

  • Above example, If the last digit ‘0’ is correct, the computer will accept it, otherwise, it is rejected.  

  • Modulus 11 - adopted to check the digit of the PF number - Provident Fund number too.  

Classification of Stores

 


Classification of Stores

Features 

Ordinary

  • In General - Regular Turnover & constant Demand 

Emergency

  • To meet Emergencies -Occasional Demand -  Not readily available in the Market - Do not ordinarily wear out - Not require Renewal

Surplus

  • Moveable Surplus - Not issued in past 24 months - Likely Demand in next 24 Months (initially declared as Moveable Surplus)


  • Dead Surplus - Not issued in past 24 months - Not likely demand in next 24 Months. 

Special

  • Required for Works & Special Purposes (other than Operation/Maintenance/Repairs) 


  • Normally, such stores are directly dispatched to the Executives (without stocking in Depot)

Custody

  • For Special works and charged for such works 


  • But keep with the Stores Department for safe custody 


  • Maintains numerical records by Stores Dept.  


  • Example: Items obtained by the Mechanical Dept for construction of Rolling Stock

Inactive

  • Items that had no issues for the last 12 months

Imprest 

  • Standing advance of items to meet day-to-day operation/maintenance/repairs.   


  • Charged off to Revenue Working expenses Final Heads


  • Supervisors such as SSE, Signal Inspector, IOW, etc are allowed to maintain the Stock Imprest of nominated stores. 


  • The limits up to which stocks are to be kept - 2 to 3 months of consumption. Examples: Consumable Stores like Cotton waste, oil, grease, etc.


Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Chenab - World’s Highest Railway Bridge

 Traversing a length of 1.3 km, once operational, the Chenab bridge will pave the way for trains to run seamlessly along the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, and prove to be a crucial connector between Kashmir and rest of India.


Chenab - World’s Highest Railway Bridge 


  • Part of USBRL - The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (345 kms)  

  • 1.3 KM length 

  • Height 359 Meters - Taller than Eiffel Tower (330 Meters) - Similar to 85 storey tower

  • Expected to run the Trains in 2024 

  • The connector between Kashmir and the rest of India  

  • Built to sustain earthquakes measuring up to 8 on the Richter scale. 

  • Executed by the KRCL - the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited


Saturday, July 15, 2023

RPF - Operations

  



Operation

Subject

Picture

Nanhe Faristey

Identifies & Rescues children who are lost or separated from their families due to various reasons

AAHT - Anti-Human Trafficking Units

Combat the menace of Human Trafficking

Amanat

Securing lost passenger's belongings and restoring them to the rightful owners

Yatri Suraksha

Controls Passenger offenses by arresting dacoits, robbers, chain snatchers & criminals 

Matrishakthi

RPF Lady staff assisted in childbirth cases who went into labor on Railway premises or in Trains 

SEWA

Helping the elderly citizens, physically disadvantaged, sick passengers

Mission Jeevan Raksha

Saved the passengers from slipping and falling from moving trains by risking their own lives