Railway Accounts Department Examinations: LDCE of all Departments

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Selections i.e., 70% & LDCE of all Departments

- a Major Reform

Salient features of Railway Board letter No. E(GP)2022/2/4 dated 28.06.2022

Conducted pan India wise i.e., for all Zonal Railways & Production Units
- Examination conducted by NAIR.
Whereas Medical Examination & Viva-voce is conducted by respective Railways / PUs
Only one stage i.e., MCQ (instead of two stages Prelims & Mains)
Single Paper - 150 Marks - MCQ
LDCE of particular Department for all Zonal Railways / PUs will be conducted
on a single day only.
CBT - Computer Based Test - MCQ pattern
175 Questions. Out of 175, 150 questions are to be attempted

Subject	Marks	Percentage
Technical Subject	80 Marks	53 %
Official Language & GK (may be Official Language 15 Marks & GK 25 Marks)	40 Marks	27 %
Establishment & Financial Rules	30 Marks	20 %
Total	150 Marks	100 %

Qualifying Marks - 90 Marks (i.e., 60 %)
1 Mark for every correct answer
⅓ Mark deducted for every wrong answer
No change in Syllabus
Optional questions on Official Language Policy & Rules - as per Para 204.3 of IREM -
Indian Railways Establishment Manual Volume One.
Extract of Para 204.3 of IREM Volume One is as follows.

“Ten percent of the 100 marks prescribed for written examination held as part of

Selection should be set apart for questions on official language policy and

official language rules. While the employees should be encouraged to attempt

the questions on official language policy and official language rules. the questions

should not be compulsory.

(Authority : Ministry of Railways' letter No Hindi-2010/OL-1/10/4 dated 03.07.2019)”

Started in the 2022 year itself for LDCE only. Not for Selections / 70 %. The schedule
for 2022 is given below.

Tentative schedule for current vacancy cycle incl: 2022 Year - LDCE

Stage	Date
Advising dept wise & community wise vacancies of LDCE quotient of ongoing vacancy cycle by Zonal Railways/PUs to DG/NAIR	11th July, 2022
All notifications may be issued, if not issued by	15th July, 2022
Cut off date for submission of options	31st July, 2022
Finalization of Eligibility list and its notification	15th August, 2022
Pre selection training to be completed by	31st August, 2022
CBT Examination on Single Day for all Departments	Mid September
Finalization of the Panel (incl: Medical exam, Viva voce & Assessment of APAR)	Mid October

Note: My inference is, that the above reforms are applicable to Accounts Department too. Why because:

The first one is The letter dated 28.06.2022 clearly specifies all Departments.
The second one is The letter dated 28.06.2022 addressed to GMs and kind attention to PFAs & Dy.CAO/Gs
along with PCPOs & Dy.CPO/Gs
The third one is The letter dated 19.03.2019 (reference letter) addressed to GMs and kind attention
to PCPOs & Dy.CPO/Gs, not addressed to PFAs & Dy.CAO/Gs
because it is not applicable to Accounts Department.