Click for Railway Board letter dated 30.09.2020 on Group B Selections (Except Accounts)
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Quotations - Dispensing with calling of Tenders
Quotations - Dispensing with calling of Tenders
·
for
works which are urgent in nature and to accept offers received in response to
quotations.
Delegation of Powers as
per MSOP - Item 5 (f) of Works Matters Part A
Authority: Railway Board Letter dated 05.03.2009 & 06.10.2010.
Other Important Points as per MSOP
1.
Finance concurrence is necessary except for work
is of urgent nature and directly related to safe running of trains.
2. Exercised by the officers with their own
administrative approval and no separate administrative approval is necessary.
3. The powers should be exercised sparingly.
4. The circumstances under which quotations have
to be called should be spelt out.
5. Provision
in Sanctioned estimate.
6. The work should not be split up for the
purpose of bringing it within the ambit of this dispensation
7. Should not
be for fancy items (expensive, but of low utility)
8. For works which are urgent in nature.
9. At least 3 well experienced
contacters/agencies. They need not
necessarily borne in the Approved list.
10.
A Register
showing the full particulars of works authorized through quotations shall be
maintained by the officer and shall be sent to associate finance while seeking
their concurrence.
11.
Cross
utilization of powers of equivalent officers in a division/single
administrative unit shall not be allowed.
12.
Notice period of at least 7 days from the
date of NIQ (Notice inviting Quotation)
13.
In case of
emergency, the period can be reduced with approval of the authority accepting
quotation.
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Monday, September 28, 2020
Service Contracts and GeM
Service Contracts and GeM –
Government E Marketplace
·
If
Services available on GeM portal, Procurement has to be done through GeM only.
·
Exception to the above rules is with Specific reasons with justification
and Personal approval of GM/DRM is required.
Delegation of Powers to invite
and accepting Service Tenders
|
PHOD/HOD |
DRM |
All other Officers |
|
Full powers |
Rs. 100 Crores (long term contracts) |
As per delegation of Service contracts |
·
Enter Service Contract in place of
termination of existing Service Contract:
§
DRMs have
full powers .
§
For a
period of 3 months only.
§
By calling
quotations from approved list of vendors.
§
Finance
concurrence required
·
Source:
Sl.No.44 of Works Matters of MSOP
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
Reforms in Appendix3 Examination - Likely
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Reforms in Appendix3
Examination
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Hi friends,
ü you are likely to hear good news about Appendix3 exam in a few days.
ü There may be a possibility of changing exam pattern (both McQ and descriptive), one common exam for all the three groups.(i.e., SO/A, TIA & ISA)
ü Exam is proposed to be
held in February or March 2021.
ü McQ exam may be held online.
ü Please be patient. Don't make enquiries to Railway Board
and disturb their valuable time.
ü Dust off your study material and start preparations. All the best.
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Saturday, September 26, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
Did you know ?
Previous | Now |
Railway Branch | Railway Board |
Public Works Dept | Railway Dept |
Secretary, Railway Branch | Chairman & CEO, Railway Board |
Dy.Secretary – Accounts | Member (Finance) - MF |
Dy. Secretary – Traffic | Member (O&BD - Operations & Business Development) - M/O&BD |
Dy. Secretary – Construction | Surrendered now. (Previously it was Member - Engineering) |
Circle | Zonal Railway |
Consulting Engineer | General Manager |
Govt Examiner of Accounts | PFA – Principal Financial Advisor |
· Initially (i.e., Before 1905) regulation and control of Government Railways was exercised by the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department (PWD) of Government of India.
·
Till 1905 (the year
Railway Board was established), the Railway Branch was headed by The
Secretary and 3 Deputy Secretaries (Traffic, Accounts & Construction) – like The Chairman, FC & Members as in
current Railway Board set up.
·
The entire Railway
system was divided into seven circles (like present Zonal Railways )
·
One Consulting Engineer and one Government
Examiner of Accounts were posted to each of these seven circles. (like General
Manager and PFA-Principal Financial Adviser)
·
The accounting and
auditing functions of the Railway Branch were combined and looked after
by The Accountant General, Public Works Department.
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Did you Know ? - Busiest Railway Station in India
Busiest Railway Station in India is Howrah Railway
Station
·
Train frequency - Nearly 1000 trains per day
·
Oldest Railway Station – 1854
·
Largest Railway Junction
·
23 Platforms
·
Handling
nearly 10 lakh passengers a day
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Did you know - Highest Priority trains in India
Did you know
Highest Priority trains
in India - Rank wise
1. Rajdhani Express
2. Shatabdi Express
3. Duronto Express
4. Tejas Express
5. Garib Rath Express
6. Double Decker Express
7. Jan Shatabdi Express
8. Superfast Express
9. Express/Mails Trains
10. Suburban Trains
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Reforms in Group B Selections in Indian Railways - All Depts including Accounts - One Examination for All Zonal Railways
Click for Railway Board letter on Reforms in Group B Selections
Reforms in Group B
Selections – Significant points
ü
One Nation – One exam concept introduced in Indian Railways
ü
Only one Centralized Computer based objective
type examination for Selections and Pre-qualifying examinations for LDCEs for
promotion to Group B Posts in all Depts in Indian Railways.
ü
Commencing from 01.01.2021
ü
Vacancy cycle - 30 months
. From January 2021 to June 2023
ü
70 % Selections - Only one exam –
100 % objective type MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)
ü
30% LDCE - Two parts - Part one i.e., Pre qualifying exam is 100 %
objective type MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) and Part two is Descriptive
examination
ü
Higher cut off percentage - 75% for LDCE and 60% for Selections (70% exam)
ü
MCQ exam conducted by the agency
hired by EDE(RRB), Railway Board
ü
Question Bank will be prepared for
objective type examination along with key which will be handed over to the
agencies for randomly selecting the questions for examinations.
ü
Updating of the Question Bank will be
doe from time to time.
ü
Subjective Question Bank - Prepared by collecting questions and
salient points/answer key from all the Zonal Railways.
ü
Medical examination and Viva voce of
successful candidates will be conducted by the respective Zonal Railways only.
Evaluation of
Subjective paper:
ü
A committee of SAG officers of the
concerned Dept from various Zones/Pus will be formed in commensuration with the
number of candidates - by ED(RRB) for
evaluation of Answer sheets.
ü
Evaluation work will be carried out
in the respective CTI/NAIR.
ü
Period of Evaluation: 1 week
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