SYLLABUS FOR SELECTION TO THE GROUP ‘B’ POSTS OF APO AGAINST 70% SELECTION.
As per New order 28.06.2022
|
Subject |
Marks |
Percentage of subject |
|
Technical
(Professional) subject |
80 Marks |
53 % |
|
General
Knowledge including optional Questions of 15 marks on Official language Policy&
Rules |
40 Marks |
27 % |
|
Establishment & Financial
Rules |
30 Marks |
20 % |
|
Total |
150 Marks |
100 % |
·
Duration : 3 Hours
·
Question
Paper : 175 questions (150
questions to be attempted).
·
1 Mark for every correct answer
· ⅓ Mark deducted for every wrong answer.
Professional Subject;
1. Personnel
department on Indian Railways, Legal framework, industrial laws, industrial relations
and grievance redressal system:
a. Organization
and Role of Personnel Department, its functions and objectives, Schedule of Powers
in Establishment Matters
b. Service
law, CAT, High Courts, Supreme Court and effective handling of court cases,
filing of Review Petitions, SLP, engagement of Advocates and payment of fees to
them and their related issues.
c. Labour
legislations viz, Factories Act, its applicability to Workshops and other
Railway establishments, Special Rules for Workshop staff in Railways, payment
of wages, Workmen’s Compensation Act, ex-gratia payment, incentive bonus
scheme, minimum Wages Act, etc.
d. Hours
of Employment Regulations, conducting of job analysis, payment of overtime,
etc.
e. Engagement
of casual labour and substitutes, policy and procedure thereof, Contract Labour
(Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1972, The Sexual Harassment of Women at
workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal Act, 2013).
f. Recognition
of Trade Unions and dealing with unrecognized Trade Unions/Associations Industrial
disputes, their causes, strikes, lockouts, layoffs, provisions of Industrial
Disputes Act and functions of Labour Enforcement Officers and Labour courts.
g. Grievance
Redressal mechanism, Staff Welfare- Staff Benefit Fund, Consumer Co-op. Societies,
medical assistance, Workers’ Education Scheme Societies, educational
assistance.
2. Manpower
planning, methods of recruitment in Railways:
a. Manpower
planning, surrender and creation of posts, work charged posts, temporary posts,
supernumerary posts, vacancy bank etc.
b. Recruitment:
(i) Recruitment
at various levels and methods of recruitment:
• Functioning of Railway Recruitment
Boards.
•
Recruitment at Zonal Railways
including recruitment of artisan staff, RRC, its roles and functions.
•
Appointment of land losers,
compassionate ground appointments Sports quota appointments, Cultural quota and
Scouts & Guide quota appointments etc.
•
Liberalized Active Retirement
Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for Safety Staff (LARSGESS)
(ii) Various
Gr. ‘A’ organized services and recruitment to organized Gr. ‘A’ Railway Services.
(iii) Direct recruitment quota as well as quota
for recruitment for intermediate grades.
(iv) Reservation in recruitment, horizontal and
vertical reservation, reservation rosters etc.
c. Apprentice
Act and Implementation of Apprentices Act.
d. Absorption
of medically de-categorized staff in alternative posts.
3. Training
and Development: Basic concept of training and human resource development. Training
and Development of Railway employees with emphasis on the following aspects;
a. Training of Group C employees.
b Functioning of Zonal Training Schools and
other training institutions.
c.
Training of Gazetted Officers in
Railways as well as non-Railways institutions.
d.
Various Railway Training Institutes
like NAIR, IREEN, IRITM, IRISET etc.
e.
Future developments in Railways, the
changing roles of Railway personnel and the need for on the job retaining,
multi skilling etc.
4.
Pay and Allowances: Preparation of
Pay bills, Pay and allowances in the Railways i.e. Pay bands, Grade pay etc.
Principles of pay fixation in case of appointment and promotion (functional and
non functional promotions etc.) Instances of pay protection etc. The various
allowances admissible to the Railway employees including allowances to the
running staff. Reimbursement of tuition fees and legal expenses. TA rules,
Loans and advances admissible to the Railway employees and conditions thereof,
PLB, etc.
5.
Seniority and promotion:
a.
Rules regulating determination of
seniority and procedure for promotion against selection and non- selection
posts.
b.
Provision of reservation for schedule
Caste and Schedule Tribe employees. Maintaining of reservation roasters.
c.
Other relaxations available to SC/ST
candidates in safety and non-safety category posts and procedure for
de-reservation of posts.
d.
Performance appraisal –APAR,
procedure, maintaining of records, communication of adverse comments etc.
e. NBR, sealed
cover procedure etc.
6.
Retirement benefits:
a.
Pension rules (new and old),
provident fund rules, leave encashment rules, Gratuity rules,
b.
Retirement benefits under different
circumstances (superannuation, voluntary retirement, resignation, dismissal,
technical absorption etc,
c. Impact of Disciplinary & Appeal Rules,
penalties etc on retirement benefits,
d.
Pension adalats, timely settlement and
Redressal of grievances related to settlement,
e.
Retirement benefits under Provident
Fund & Pension rules and Schemes of Financial Settlement.
7.
The Disciplinary & Appeal Rules,
(1968), Railway Services Conduct, Rules, (1966) & Schedule of Disciplinary
Powers.
8.
Pass Rules, Leave Rules and joining
time. Medical assistance to Railway employees and retired Railway employees.
9.
Computerization of records and
personnel management functions (Human Resource Management System) – benefits,
challenges and implementation.
10.
Right to Information Act, 2005.
11.
Official Language Policy and Official
Language Rules.
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Read revised Syllabus for all organised services as per Rly.Bd's letter dated 07.11.2022 applicable from 01.01.2023.
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