Syllabus for promotion to Group-B posts 70% selection and 30% LDCE - all organised services

Syllabus for promotion to Group-B posts 70% selection and 30% LDCE - all organised services applicable w.e.f. 1.1.2023

Syllabus for Establishment Rules:

 

1          Organization of the Personnel Department in Railways objectives functions and policies of Personnel Department.

2.            Recruitment and Training, Classification of Services, Recruitment in Different services, Railway Recruitment Boards & Railway Recruitment Cells Compassionate Ground Appointments, Initial & In Service Training, Refresher Courses, Central Training Institutes, Training Centers in Zones, Divisions & Workshops, Training Modules for different posts, Training under Apprentices Act, Online Training, APARs.

3.            General conditions of service in Railways, Seniority, Lien, Inter Railway & Inter Division transfers, Deputation, Promotion Policy & methods. Selection, Suitability, Trade Tests, Leave Rules, Pass Rules, Joining Time Reservation policy, HOER, Overtime, Payment of wages, current CPC Pay Rules, Advances in Railways.

4.            Manpower planning, Rightsizing & Benchmarking, creation, extension and surrender of posts, creation of posts against new assets, different types of posts including work charged posts.

5.            The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 and related instructions.

6.            The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 and related instructions.

7.            Retirement benefits, qualifying service, pension, family pension, commutation gratuity, new pension scheme.

8.            Staff welfare, SBF, Railway institutes, Railway schools, Ex-gratia payment, Incentive Bouns Scheme, Staff Grievances Redressal Mechanisms.

9.            Industrial relations in Railways, recognized trade unions, industrial disputes. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020. The Trade Unions Act, 1926, PNM, PREM, JCM, Various Associations & Informal Meetings.

10.         The Factories Act, 1948. The workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923. Functions of Labour Enforcement Officers, Right to Information Act.

11.         The scope of Information Technology in Railway e – office. HRMS, IPAS, LIMBS, ARPAN, CPGRAMS, ANUBHAV etc.

Syllabus for Financial Rules:

 

1.            Parliamentary Control over Railway Finance, Public Accountability, Cannons of Financial Propriety.

 

2.              Railway Budget - Budgetary terms, Types of Budgets, Budget cycle, Demand of Grants, Budgetary and Financial Reviews.

 

3.            Rules of Allocation - Classification of expenditure - Control of expenditure - Responsibility Accounting - Performance Budgeting - Exchequer Control - Financial Results of Working lines.

 

4.               Works Programme - Financial justification of Works - Surveys - Preparation of Estimates - Capital Budget - Control over Capital Expenditure - Reappropriation of Funds.

 

5.            Financial control over Stores Expenditure - Purchase and Stores Keeping Procedure - Inventory Control and ABC Analysis.

 

6.          Financial & Cost Control in Railway Workshops/Sheds/Units.

 

7.            Rules and procedure relating to Tenders and contracts for execution of works and Procurement of Stores, M&P Programme and RSP.

 

 

8.            Procedure for Possessing and finalizing Audit Objections and Draft Paras.

 

9.            Delegation of Powers.

 

10.        Losses, Frauds and Embezzlements.

 

11.        General Financial Rules

 

12.        Government e-Market (GeM)

 

13.        Classification of Railway Revenue (Earnings)

 

14.        Information Technology in general with specific reference to Railway's IT Applications

15.        Taxation matters with special focus on GST & Income Tax

 

16.      Organization of CGA and C&AG

 

17.      Any other topic felt necessary from time to time

SYLLABUS FOR 70% SELECTION AND 30% LDCE FOR PROMOTION TO GROUP ‘B’ POST OF APO IN PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT

1.   ROLE OF PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT IN RAILWAYS:

a)      Organization, objectives and functions of Personnel Department.

b)     Relevance and role of human resources with reference to current objectives, reforms and developments in IR.

c)      Indian Railways Act, Establishment Codes & Manuals, Executive Orders of Railway Board.

2.   RECRUITMENT:

a)      Classification of Services and Categories;

b)      General qualifications, conditions & rules for appointment; Medical fitness;

c)        Safety, Non-safety & Essential Categories;

d)        Modes of recruitment; Appointments on Compassionate Grounds, Sports quota, Cultural quota, Scouts & Guides quota; Substitutes, Contractual and Casual labour;

e)       Railway Recruitment Boards & Railway Recruitment Cells;

f)       Reservation in Recruitment.

3.   GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IN RAILWAYS:

a)      Appointment, Seniority & Lien;

b)      Pay Fixation Rules, Pay Structure, Pay Bills and related rules & procedures;

c)       All types of Allowances (including those to Running Staff), Advances (loans) & Recoveries;

d)     Promotion rules & eligibility; AVCS, ACP/MACP/DACP;

e)     Procedures of Selection, Suitability and Trade Tests;

f)       Sealed Cover procedure; Next Below Rule; Refusal of promotion;

g)     Rules of Transfer (Inter Railway & Inter Divisional);

h)      Deputation;

i)     Types of Leave; Rules & Joining Time; Encashment of leave;

j)     Pass Rules; AILTC;

k)     Reservation policy for SC, ST, OBC, PwBD, ESM & EWS; rules and rosters;

l)       HOER;

m)      PME & Mandatory Health Check-up;

n)      Medical decategorisation and absorption of medically de-categorized staff in alternative posts.

4.   HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:

a)      Overall Earning & Expenditure, including staff expenditure, Operating Ratio;

b)     Manpower planning; Book of Sanctions & Scale-check;

c)      Supernumerary posts & Redeployment;

d)      Surrender, Creation, Extension & Transfer of posts; Vacancy Bank after POSP;

e)     Work-study & Job Analysis; Bench-marking & Right-sizing; Yardsticks;

f)       Duty Rosters; Link Diagram; Crew Link & Power Plan;

g)     Work-charged posts;

h)      Initial & In-Service Training, Refresher Courses; On-the-job Training, Multi-skilling, Future Training needs & systems;

i)        Central Training Institutes, Training Centres in Zones, Divisions & Workshops; Plan Head 65

j)       Training Modules for different posts,

k)     Training under Apprentices Act, Online Training,

l)       Performance Appraisal - APARS & SPARROW.

m)      Mission Karmayogi; Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana, etc

 

5.   INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, POLICIES & LABOUR LAWS:

 

a)        Formal & informal interaction with recognised trade unions and associations;

b)        PNMs, Staff Councils & PREM at various levels;

c)        Role of JCM and Labour Tribunals & Labour Commissioner;

d)        Facilities and privileges to trade unions & associations.

e)       Related Industrial & Labour Laws – PLB; The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; The Industrial Relations Code, 2020; The Trade Unions Act, 1926; The Factories Act, 1948; The Employee's (Workmen's) Compensation Act, 1923; Minimum Wages Act, 1948; Contract (Regulation & Abolition) Labour Act, 1970; Payment of Wages Act; Industrial Relations Codes 2020; Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal Act 2013).

6.   STAFF WELFARE:

a)        Staff Grievances Redressal Mechanisms;

b)        SBF, Railway Institutes, Railway schools & colleges, scholarships,

c)        Ex-gratia payment,

d)        Incentive Bonus Scheme;

e)     Sports Incentives & cultural competitions, extra-curricular activities;

f)       Excursions, tours and holiday camps; co-operative Societies;

g)        Medical assistance;

h)       Quarters – types, allotment & retention rules.

7.   DISCIPLINE & APPEAL RULES:

 

a)      The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 & related instructions - scope and Implementation.

b)     The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 & related instructions; Schedule of Power; procedures, application and implications.

8.   FINAL SETTLEMENT:

a)      Retirement rules, types & benefits;

b)     Old and New Pension schemes; Final Settlement rules under various circumstances;

c)     Qualifying Service;

 

d)     Pension & Family Pension, Provident Fund Rules;

e)      Commutation, Gratuity, GIS, Leave Salary;

f)     Other-than-Normal Retirement (ONR) cases;

g)     ARPAN, Pension Adalats & Pensioners' Associations & representations;

h)     RELHS & post-retirement benefits

 

9.   IT APPLICATION PLATFORMS:

 

a)    Use of e-Office, HRMS, HR-MIS, IPAS, SPARROW, LIMBS, ARPAN, CPGRAMS, ANUBHAV, UMID, RESS, GEM, etc;

b)     Future of IT in Personnel Management.

 

10.    REPRESENTATIONS & COURT CASES:

a)   Service Law;

b)   Handling legal cases (in CATs and Courts);

c)   RTI & CIC matters; other statutory commissions / bodies;

d)   CPGRAMS, CA(iii) References, etc.

 

11.      Official Language Policy and Official Language Rules.

 

12.      Any other matter related to any of the above-mentioned topics.

 

SYLLABUS FOR 70% SELECTION AND 30% LDCE FOR GROUP ‘B’ POST OF ASSISTANT FINANCIAL ADVISER IN ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT

 

(i)       Professional Subject:

General Principles of Govt. Accounting and Audit with Special Reference to Railways

Books and Budget including Traffic Book Traffic Accounts and Statistics Establishment

General Expenditure Workshop Accounts Stores Accounts

(ii)        Management Accounting and Financial Justification for expenditure

(iii)      General Financial Rules

(iv)      Information Technology in general with specific reference to Railway's IT Applications.

 

(v)        Taxation matters with special focus on GST & Income Tax.

(vi)      Basic knowledge of the working of other Executive Departments including the technical terms.

 

(vii)      Any other topic felt necessary from time to time.