iGOT - Mission Karmayogi

 

iGOT    -   Mission Karmayogi

• The brainchild of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

 

•  iGOT stands for Integrated Government Online Training

 

• Shift from Rule to Role basis with the indigenous competency framework - FRAC, linked to personnel successes 

• For each Position in Government, FRAC defines the Roles, Activities, and Competencies needed by an individual for effective performance

• FRAC stands for Framework for Roles Activities & Competencies 

 

• Position: Designation + Location of an individual

 

• Roles: Set of sequential activities carried out to complete a defined objective or outcome

 

• Activity: Action is taken to contribute toward the successful completion of the objective /outcome

• Competency: Combination of attitudes, skills, and knowledge req. for successful performance

 

• Competencies  - 3 types

1. Domain  - Skills and knowledge req. for a domain. Typically concentrated in a department, but maybe needed by others as well

          E.g. Railways operations, Maintenance, etc 

2.   Behavioural - Values, strengths, and observable behaviours applicable across the govt.

            E.g. Problem solving, Ethics

3. Functional  - Cross-cutting skills & knowledge needed to perform across domains and positions

            

E.g. Public Procurement, Project execution

Solution Hubs: 

• Learning Hub: Competency building through suitable content / CBPs - Competency Building Products and assessments   

 

• Discussion Hub:  Platform for query resolution - enabling the officials to benefit from the experience of the other. 

 

• Networking Hub: To interact with the Experts who may be in a position to help solve a problem. 

 

• Career Hub: Vacancy posts linked to the Competencies.  Right Candidate for Right Post.

 

• Competency Hub: Repository of FRAC for all positions & Competency records for all staff. 

 

• Events Hub: Synchronous interactive and peer learning 

Content Scoring Framework 

Content scoring	Percentage
Instructional Method	25%
Assessment design	20%
Competency & Skills	20%
Diversity & Inclusion	15%
Learner engagement	15%
Learner support	5%
Total	100%

Key Statistics

• More than 90 MDOs ( Ministries, Departments & Organizations) 

• 2 Crore Government employees ( Central, State, and Local Government) 

 

• 46 Lakhs Central Government employees   ( Railways - 13 Lakhs) 

 

Key Takeaways  (for MCQ) 

1. DOPT stands for Department Of Personnel & Training 

2. NPCSCB stands for National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building 

3. iGOT stands for Integrated Online Government Training 

4. FRAC stands for Framework for Roles Activities & Competencies 

5. SPV stands for Special Purpose Vehicle

6. SPV is Karmayogi Bharat 

7. e HRMS stands for Electronic Human Resource Management

8. ISTM stands for Institute of Secretariat Training & Management  - Premier Central Training Institue under DOPT 

9. CBC stands for Capacity Building Commission 

10. CBC Chairperson  - Shri Adil Zainulbhai 

11. IBRD/World Bank Loan for Mission Karmayogi Project  - 47 Million Dollars (Rs.365 Crores)   - Final maturity of -11 years with a grace period of 4.5 years 

12. MDOs stand for Ministries, Departments & Organizations

13. CBP  - Capacity Building Products 

E Auction & Asset Management of Commercial Earning Contracts or NFR Non Fare Revenue

Commercial Earning Contracts – NFR Non-Fare Revenue – 

E Auction & Asset Management

M.Nageswara Rao 9492432160

Source: Railway Board Letter No. 2022/TC(FM)/10/04 dated 11.04.2022

Salient features: 

• Pilot Project – 13 Divisions in IR

• Introduced E Auction instead of Tendering system

• Through IREPS

• Tender Committee not required

• Asset creation by Asset holder

• Auction catalogues – Published on IREPS in public domain

• Eligibility criteria is Financial Turnover (Self declaration & documents uploaded by bidders)

• Bidders’ identity masked. Only H1 rate will be visible.

• Auto decision – On the spot award to H1, if rate is equal to or more than RP.

•  Minimum Notice period – 12 days

• Standard Conditions of Contract issued by Railway Board. 

Financial Turn Over:  

• Eligibility criteria for Commercial Earning Contracts through E Auction. 

• Verification of Turn Over Certificates – done after awarding Contract to H1

• Self-Declaration plus Documents uploaded by the Bidders

Auto Extension: 

• Every 2 minutes

• If any fresh bid received within last 2 minutes

• Maximum – 10 times

RP Reserve Price:

• Fixed by ACO – Auction Conducting Officer

• Not to be disclosed to the Bidders.

• Vetting not required. 

EMD / SD

• 5 % 

• Instant deduction of 5 % of EMD of H1. 

• No blockage of EMD of other Bidders

• Forfeiture of EMD in case of wrong declaration of Financial Turnover.

ACO – Auction Conducting Officer

• JAG or Sr. Scale (Independent charge), if JAG is not available.

• For encryption of RP – Reserve Price 

• RP fixed by ACO and to be kept confidential 

 

Bidders pre requisites

• DSC – Digital Signing Certificate

• One time registration in IREPS

• Online payment of Rs.10000 towards one time registration

• Having Current Bank Account in SBI – State Bank of India

• Lien marking funds – for EMD 

• Updating Financial Turnover details in IREPS

Advantages:

1. Prevention of Assets idling

2. Increased competition

3. Removal of entry barriers

4. Reduction in cycle time for placement of Contracts

5. Elimination of pilferages in payments

6. Unique code for each Asset to prevent duplication

7. Linkage of Asset code ID with Auction lots

8. System generated Bid Sheet and Contract

9. Contract can be placed within 15 days from the awarding the Contract.  

Examples of Commercial Assets to be auctioned:

1. Parcel category - SLR Compartments, Parcel Vans

2. Parking category – Premium, Radio Taxi, Access Controlled, Two-wheeler, Four-wheeler and Mixed

3. Advertising - Out of Home.  

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One Nation One Product

 One Nation One Product 

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• Each Railway Station is a Promotional hub for showcasing local products.

 

• Announced in Union Budget 2022-23

  

• Part of Atma Nirbhar Project   

 

• Provide enhanced livelihood and welfare of local artisans, potters, weavers, handloom weavers, tribals etc. 

 

• Indirectly benefit Station development too. 

 

Railway Station	Product
Patna Jn	Madhubani painting
Visakhapatnam	Etikoppaka (wooden) toys
Howrah	Tant handloom sarees
Guwahati	Assamese Gamocha
Bengaluru	Channapatna wooden toys
Chennai Central	Kancheepuram sarees
Tirupati	Kalamkari sarees
Nagpur	Bamboo handicrafts
Rajkot	Terracotta  / Ceramic products
Kota	Kota doria sarees
Bilaspur	Dokra bell metal handicraft products
Gorakhpur	Terracotta handicrafts
Banaras	Azamgarh black pottery
Varanasi cantonment	Wooden toys
Panipat	Handlooms & Pickles
Jaipur	Sanganeri print items & Jaipur razai
Agra Cantonment	Marble handicrafts

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Results Appendix2 examination 2022 SCR

 

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Appendix2 IREM

 APPENDIX 2 

QUALIFYING EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION ABOVE ACCOUNTS CLERKS OF THE   ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT UP   TO AND   INCLUDING THE RANK OF ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS

1. The syllabus   of   the   examination   will   be   as follows.—

The examination will consist of three papers, one on Elementary Book-keeping, another on General rules and Procedure which will include a compulsory question in regard to framing a draft-letter, and the third on a particular branch of Accounting. The first paper will examine the candidate's knowledge of the general principles and Practices of Elementary Bookkeeping, and the following Chapters of Double Entry book- keeping by J. R. Batliboi, are prescribed as test— 

(i) Elements of Double Entry.

(ii) Rules for Journalizing.

(iii)  Ledger Accounts,

(iv)  Sub-Divisions  of  Journal.

(v) The Cash Book.

(vi) Banking Transactions,

(vii) Bill Transactions,

(viii) The Journal proper,

(ix) The Trial Balance.

(x) The Trading Account,

(xi) The Profit and Loss Account.

(xii) The Balance Sheet.

(xiii) Depreciation, Reserve and other Funds. 

The paper on General Rules and Procedure will be such as to test the candidate's ability to frame a draft and also to test the candidate's knowledge of the procedure in force in the office in which he is serving and general rules applicable to all branches of the Railway Accounts Office and the questions will be of an elementary nature. The third paper will be of a nature to test the candidate's theoretical and practical knowledge of work in any one of the following branches.

(a) Establishment and Provident Fund.

(b) Stores Accounts.

(c) General Expenditure Accounts.

(d) Workshop Accounts.

(e) Books and Budget and Appropriation Accounts.

(f) Coaching, Passenger. Parcels and Coaching Statistics, including a knowledge of machine methods and Traffic Book.

(g) Goods and Goods Statistics, including   a knowledge of machine methods and Traffic Book.

2.  Forty percent of the maximum marks in each subject will be required to secure a pass. This has effect from the examination held in November 1956 onwards.

3. The examination will be conducted by the Head of each Office, who will also decide the intervals at which it should be held.

4(a).  Ordinarily no Railway servant will be permitted to take the examination more than five chances for Appendix 2 IREM Examinations but the FA&CAO/General Managers are delegated with powers to grant additional chances to the candidates appearing in the aforesaid examinations as detailed below:-

Particulars of Exam.	Normal chances	Permission may be granted by FA&CAO	Permission may be granted by GM	Railway Board
Examination for promotion beyond Accounts Clerks (as laid down in this Appendix)	5	6th to 8th chance	9th and 10th chance.	No reference will be made to Board for chance beyond 10th chance.

Note: This Sub Rule is not applicable to directly recruited JAAs who are required to pass Appendix II examination in two chances/ within three years of their joining service as JAAs failing which their services are liable to be terminated. However, the request for grant of a third chance, on the specific recommendation of the FA&CAO, may be granted by the G.M., to be availed of within total span of four years of joining service as JAAs before action to terminate their services is taken.”

(Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. 2004/AC-II/20/5 dated 20.10.2004)

(b) No railway servant, who has less than six months service in a Railway Accounts Office or who has not a reasonable chance of passing the examination will be allowed to appear in the examination prescribed in this Appendix. In exceptional circumstances the condition regarding six months minimum service may be waived by the General Manager. 

(c) Temporary railway servants may be permitted to sit for the examination, but it should be clearly understood that the passing of this examination will not give them a claim for absorption in the permanent cadre. 

(d) A candidate who fails in the examination but shows marked excellence by obtaining not less than 50% in any subject may be exempted from further examination in that subject in subsequent examinations.   

4 (e) The permission accorded to a candidate to appear in the examination counts as a chance availed of even if the candidate does not actually sit for the examination unless an application from the candidate is received by the General Manager each year for withdrawal from the examination and is accepted by the General Manager. 

4 (f) In the case of candidates prevented from appearing in the Appendix-2 (IREM) examination owing to circumstances beyond their control, an application for exemption from counting the permission granted as a chance availed of should be made to the General Manager within a fortnight from the last date of the examination supported by certificates (Medical Certificates conforming to the Rules in Chapter 5 of Indian Railway Medical Manual, Vol. I) obtained by them before the termination of the examination. 

          (Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. 2004/AC-II/20/5 dated 20.10.2004)

5. No alteration shall be made in these rules without the prior sanction of the Railway Board. 

 

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Test Check

 Test Check

By M Nageswara Rao 9492432160

• Source: 803AI 

• Conducted at least once in a month  

• PFA prescribes different items of work dealt in various sections, the minimum test check over the work of clerks.  

• Underlying idea: Efficient disposal without any violation of rules & procedures.  

 

• Front page: Inspection sheet consists of i) Month of Test check ii) Date on which put up iii) Date reviewed by the Officer concerned. 

• Test check  By SSO(A)s- done on the work of clerks under his control for review and orders.  Put up to Branch Accounts Officer on 10th of the following Month. 

• Test Check Register of the Branch Accounts Officer on systems improvement  - Sent to PFA for  his appraisal. 

Features of Test Check:

1. It should not be of routine nature.  

2. Should focus on System improvement, procedural lacuna and lapses.  

3. Verification & thorough examination of facts and figures embodied in various documents brought under Test Check.  

4. Primarily test check items which do not in the ordinary course pass through Officer. 

5. An intelligent scrutiny to find out whether the clerks understand their duties and rules governing them and do the work allotted to them diligently, and 

6. Whether there is any tendency to do the work casually. 

7. Particular emphasis on the procedure & method adopted for the work 

8. Whether the internal check method should be adequate or over elaborate or any room for improvement. 

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