FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions - Appendix 3 examination

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Appendix 3 IREM examination

1.      Why Qualifying examination for promotion to the rank of section officer (a/cs), inspectors of station accounts and inspectors of stores accounts is called as “Appendix 3 IREM “ examination ?

Ans: Details of the said examination is available in “Appendix 3 of IREM – Indian Railways Establishment Manual “ (Available at the end of article).     The examinations of Accounts Dept are as follows.

Appendix 1 of IREM	IRAS probationary officers
Appendix 2 of IREM	Qualifying examination for promotion above accounts clerks of the   accounts department up   to and   including the rank of accounts assistants
Appendix 3 of IREM	Qualifying examination for promotion to the rank of section officer (a/cs), inspectors of station accounts and inspectors of stores accounts
Appendix 4  of IREM	Promotion to and  confirmation the rank of stock verifiers

2.      At what intervals, the examination is conducted?

Ans:   Every year  

3.      What is the eligibiligy for appearing the Examination ?

              Ans:  He or she should have passed the Appendix 2 examination and completed 5 years continuous service in a Railway Accounts office or completed 3 years continuous service in a Railway Accounts office, if he/she is a graduate.

4.      How many chances is a candidate permitted to avail ?

Ans: Normally 3 chances. However 10 chances may be permitted subject to the permission granted by the following officers.

Chances	Permission granted by
1 to 3	Normal
4 to 5	FA& CAO
6	General Manager
7 to 10	Railway Board

5.      Is absence from the examination counted as a chance availed ?

           Ans: Yes. Absence from the examination shall be counted as a chance/attempt for this purpose.

6.      What are the passing marks for the examination ?

Ans:

Paper	General category	SC/ST category
Advanced Book keeping	40 %	30%
General Rules & Procedures	40%	30%
Optional Paper  with Books	40%	30%
Optional Paper without books	40%	30%

Note: 45% for general category and 35% for SC/ST category in aggregate in both papers of Optional subject

7.      What is the combination of Optional subjects in the examination ?

Ans:   OPTIONAL SUBJECTS - APPENDIX-3 (IREM) Examination

                       for SO(A) group  - Eight choices

First Optional	Second Optional
General Expenditure	Books & Budget
General Expenditure	Stores Accounts
General Expenditure	Workshop Accounts
General Expenditure	Establishment & PF Accounts
Books & Budget	Stores Accounts
Books & Budget	Workshop Accounts
Books & Budget	Establishment & PF Accounts
Traffic Accounts	Traffic Statistics & Traffic Book

Note: General Expenditure and Books & Budget is popular choice among candidates.  But the final selection depends on the candidates exposure in the working /interest /advice of seniors etc.

             for TIA group  - No choice

First Optional	Second Optional
Station Accounts	Traffic Accounts

  

            for ISA group  - No choice

First Optional	Second Optional
Stores Accounts	General Procedures  followed in office of COS

8.    What is the eligibility criteria (marks) for claiming exemption ?

Ans:  60% . A candidate who fails in the examination but shows marked excellence in any subject by obtaining not less than 60 per cent of the maximum marks of that subject will be exempted from further examination in that subject in subsequent examinations. 

Examples are

1.  Optional paper with books - 65 marks (i.e., above 60 marks)           } Candidate declared is

     Optional paper without books - 62 marks (i.e., above 60 marks)     } exempted in that subject

2.  Optional paper with books - 65 marks (i.e., above 60 marks)           } Not exempted 

     Optional paper without books - 58 marks (i.e., below 60 marks)     }

        9.  Click the links below for details.

Appendix3 exam details - IREM

Single Examination pattern

10. Railway Codes Suggested for Optional Subjects.

ü  Frequently asked question is “WHICH CODES ARE REFER FOR WHICH OPTIONAL”

ü  Here is the answer.  

ü  Related Manuals, GCC- General Conditions of Contract  and Finance Compendium (for General Expenditure)  also helpful for attempting optional papers.

Railway Codes and Manuals link  

Optional	Railway Code	Railway Code	Railway Code
Books & Budget	Accounts Code Volume One	Finance Code Volume One	Finance Code Volume Two
General Expenditure	Accounts Code Volume One	Finance Code Volume One	Engineering Code
Stores Accounts	Stores Code Volume One	Stores Code Volume Two
COS office – General procedures	Stores Code Volume One	Stores Code Volume Two
Workshop Accounts	Rolling Stock Code
Traffic Accounts	Accounts Code Volume Two	Traffic Code
Station Accounts	Accounts Code Volume Two	Traffic Code
Traffic Statistics & Traffic Book	Accounts Code Volume Two	Traffic Code
Establishment & PF Accounts	Establishment Code Volume One	Establishment Code Volume Two

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Codes - Indian Railways

Codes - Indian Railways

SN	Code	Index Letter	Dept	Year of First edition	Year of Latest edition	No of volumes	Remarks
1	Accounts Department	A	Accounts	1940	1983	2	Part I - General Accounts. Chapters 1 to 19 Part II - Traffic Accounts. Chapters 20 to 34
2	Engineering Code	E	All Depts			1	19 chapters
3	Administration & Finance - An introduction	G	All Depts	1976	1991	1	12 chapters
4	Finance Code	F	All Depts		1981	2	Part 2 -  Classification of expenditure & receipts
5	Establishment Code	R	Personnel	1940	1985	2	Part I - 1 to 12 chapters Part II -
6	Stores Code	S	Stores	1938	1990	2	Part I - 1 to 11 chapters Part II - 12 to 33
7	Traffic Dept (Commercial)	T	Commercial	1939		1	19 chapters
8	Rolling Stock	W	Mechanical	1940	2016	1	11 chapters. Previous name is Mechanical Dept code (workshops)

Notes:

·         The erstwhile Indian Railway General Code (provisional edition published in the year 1938) was re-written in two separate texts under the titles " The Indian Railway Administration and Finance—An Introduction " and " Indian Railway Finance Code ".

·         Code Revision cell was constituted in 1973 year

·          Paragraphs Numbers.-For convenience of indexing and of reference, the paragraphs have been numbered according to a 3/4 figure "Code".  First 1 or 2 digits indicates chapter number.  Last 2 digits indicates Para Number.

examples:

1) 1302 - A I- paragraph 2 of Chapter XIII of Accounts Code Volume I

2) 116 - F I indicates Paragraph 16 of chapter I of Finance Code volume I

·         Forms indicate as follows.  The index letter of the code in question being prefixed to the number of the paragraph in which the form is Illustrated Code Index letter is prefixed (unlike suffixed in case of Paragraphs)

                Example: S-1313  .  That is form that is described and illustrated in Paragraph 13 of Chapter XIII

                                                  of Stores Code.  (combined Requisition and issue Note for drawing materials

                                                  from stores Depots)

·                  Simply, The Index letter of the Code is prefixed for Form Number and is suffixed for Paragraph

             Number.

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