Model SOP 2018 (MCQ)

Model SOP 2018

ü  Model SOP was issued first time in October, 2017

ü  Subsequently, a revised "Model SOP 2018" is issued in July, 2018.    

Part	Description	Items	No of pages
A	Works	48	61
B	Medical	63	52
C	Miscellaneous	98	78
D	Stores	9	47
E	Commercial	64	36
F	Establishment	28(Gaz) 72(Non Gaz)	70
G	Security	12	7

 

   WM/Misc, SC-ES

ü  Annexure 1 - Delegation of Powers to General Managers - 57 items( Annexure 2 to the Chapter V of Indian Railways Finance Code Volume One)  

ü  Annexure 2 - Delegation of Powers to General Managers and DRMs

ü  Model SOP 2018 - Total pages -421

Salient features of Model SOP 2018

1.      Wherever finance concurrence is not required, it has been specifically mentioned.  That means "wherever nothing mentioned it should be presumed that finance concurrence is required".

2.      Proposals submitted for GM's sanction will be cleared by AGM, unless GM's personal sanction/approval is required as per extant rules.

3.      Object of Model SOP is "to bring in uniformity in delegation of financial and administrative powers across the Zonal Railways, Production Units/NAIR/RDSO (to the extent applicable).  General Managers could however add further to this SOP in consultation with their PFAs keeping in view the local requirements.  This is because Railways is a mammoth organization with different zones and divisions having their own requirements.  So One centralized SOP cannot address the overall requirements of all units.  In simple "One Size cannot fit all"

Clarification regarding powers exercised by some categories of Officers

CHOD	Will exercise the same powers as	PHOD
PCSC		PHOD
ADRM(NFSAG)		ADRM(SAG)
Branch officers in Sr.scale (Independent charge) in Divisions		Divisional Officers in JAG/SG
Station Directors in JAG/SG		Branch Officers
Administrators in Central Hospitals		Branch Officers

Vetting of which category items has been discontinued in model SOP 2018. 

(A) A&B 

(B) B&C 

(C) (A), (B) & (C)

(D) None of the above

The Model Schedule of Powers (MSoP) issued by Railway Board in 2017/18 was significant because

 (A) It brought about uniformity in schedule of delegation of powers across Zonal Railways 

 (B) It delegated all financial powers vested with the Railway Board to General Managers of Zonal Railways 

 (C) This MSoP focused on IT integration on Zonal Railways for the first time 

 (D) It was based upon the GFR delegation of Govt. of India