Difference between M&P and T&P

Difference between M&P and T&P

 

Source: Para 1019 & 1020 of Rolling Stock Code

 

SN	M&P		SN	T&P
1	M&P stands for Machinery & Plant		1	T&P stands for Tools & Plant
2	A Machine that remains stationary nd immovable (Job comes to Machine) and all Vehicles (all types)		2	An item that is movable (Machine comes to Job)
3	Examples: All immovable Machines, Staff cars, Lorries, Buses, Ambulances, Road Mobile cranes,  etc		3	Examples: Pneumatic drills, power saws, tools and plants such as jigs & fixtures. Small tools & equipment. Upkeep of Office such as Furniture, computers, printers etc
4	Costing more than Rs. 50 Lakhs and Vehicles irrespective of its cost  processed through M&P Portal (maintained by Railway Board)   Costing up to Rs. 50 Lakhs each - (except Vehicles) can be sanctioned by Zonal Railways under GM’s powers		4	Costing up to Rs. 10 Lakhs referred as T&P and procured by Zonal Railways
5	Charged to Capital (Plan Head 41 - M&P)		5	Charged to Revenue

 

Key Points for MCQ

1. M&P stands for Machinery & Plant 
2. T&P stands for Tools & Plant 
3. M&P - Job comes to Machine
4. T&P - Machine comes to Job 
5. M&P - costing more than Rs. 50 Lakhs processed through M&P Portal
6. All Road vehicles treated as M&P irrespective of Value and processed through M&P Portal
7. M&P portal maintained by Railway Board 
8. M&P - costing less than Rs. 50 Lakhs - processed by Zonal Railways under GM’s powers
9. T&P - costing up to Rs. 10 Lakhs charged to Revenue
10. M&P charged to Capital (Plan Head 41) 

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Deleted Questions Procedure in CBT conducted by NAIR for LDCE and 70% Selection Examinations

 

Deleted Questions Procedure in CBT 

Source: Railway Board Letter No.  E(GP)2022/2/4 dated 26.10.2022  (RBE No.134/2022) Click for download  and dated 28.11.2022 Click for download

SN	Example	Applicable / Not Applicable	Final Score calculation
1	Answered 150 questions or less than 150 questions, but the deleted question is not one of the attempted question	Not Applicable	Out of 150
2	Answered 150 questions and 5 questions of these have been deleted	Applicable	Out of 145 (recalculated out of 150)
3	Attempted 130 questions (out of required 150 questions) and 2 questions of 130 questions have been deleted	Applicable	Out of 148 (recalculated out of 150)

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES

SN 1 - Answered 150 questions or less than 150 questions, but the deleted question is not one of the attempted questions :  

Candidate A answered 140 Questions. Out of  140 questions, 120 are Correct  and 20 are incorrect.  His score is as follows.

	No. of Questions	Marks
Correct answers	120 x 1	120
Incorrect answers	20 x ⅓	Minus 6.67
Net Marks		113.33

Net score:  113.33 out of 150

SN 2 - Answered 150 questions and 5 questions of these have been deleted   :  

Candidate B answered 150 Questions. Out of  150 questions, 141 are Correct,4 are incorrect and 5 are deleted  His score is as follows.

	No. of Questions	Marks
Correct answers	141 x 1	141
Incorrect answers	4 x ⅓	Minus 1.33
Net Marks		139.67

Provisional Score:  139.67 out of 145 

Now recalculate the same for out of 150

145      —----------  139.67 

150     —------------   ?

= 150 / 145 x 139.67  = 113.45

So Net Score = 144.49 out of 150 

SN 3 - Attempted 130 questions (out of required 150 questions) and 2 questions of 130 questions have been deleted   :  

Candidate C answered 130 Questions. Out of  130 questions, 100 are Correct,28 are incorrect and 2 are deleted  His score is as follows.

	No. of Questions	Marks
Correct answers	100 x 1	100
Incorrect answers	28 x ⅓	Minus 9.33
Net Marks		90.67

Provisional Score:  90.67 out of 148 

Now recalculate the same for out of 150

148      —----------  90.67 

150     —------------   ?

= 150 / 148 x 90.67  = 113.45

So Net Score = 91.90 out of 150 

Disclaimer:  

• Some questions in the CBT for LDCE conducted on 20 November 2022 are deleted by the Railway Board . 

• The above write up just throws light on the Railway Board’s Policy of deleted questions.  The blogger tried to explain in simple manner the Railway Board’s policy regarding the same.

• The blogger is not responsible for the mistakes or discrepancies in the above calculations or method of calculation if any.

• The candidates need to go through the Railway Board letters cited above (hyperlinks provided for download) and calculate their score accordingly. 

Note: Any mistakes in the above calculations may please be brought to the notice of the blogger for correction. Thank you

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Additional Pension / Family Pension

                      

Additional Pension / Family pension

1. Pension/Family pension is increased by 20% on reaching 80 years of age. 

2. This is called Additional pension.

3. The additional pension is as under: 

On reaching	Additional Pension as percentage of  Pension / Family Pension
80 years	20 %
85 years	30 %
90 years	40 %
95 years	50 %
100 years	100 %

4. Dearness Relief is paid on Additional Pension.

5. The additional pension/family pension is paid from the first day of the month in which the pensioner/family pensioner reaches 80,85,90,95 & 100 years of age.

6. Additional pension/family pension is shown separately in PPO (Pension Payment Order) 

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Gratuity

 

 Retirement Gratuity

• In addition to the monthly pension, Retirement   Gratuity is also paid to the employee on retirement. 

• This is a one time payment of a lump-sum amount.

• For retirement Gratuity employees should have rendered more than 5 years qualifying service. 

• Retirement Gratuity is equal to:- 

• “¼ th of emoluments for each completed six monthly period of service (or) 16 ½ times of emoluments (or) 20 Lakh rupees, Whichever is less.”    

• Emoluments means Basic Pay + DA .

• For Running staff  55% and for Railway Doctors 20% of pay is added to the Basic pay.

                                                        

Key points for MCQ on Retirement Gratuity 

1. Minimum qualifying Service  - 5 years

2. Equal to 1/4th emoluments for each completed six months qualifying service or 16 ½ times of emoluments or Rs. 20 Lakhs whichever is less

3. Emoluments = Basic Pay + DA

4. Running Staff - 55% of Basic Pay is added to the Basic Pay. 

5. Doctors  - 20% of Basic Pay is added to the Basic Pay. 

Death Gratuity 

• If the employee dies while in service, his spouse is paid Death Gratuity as under:

 

• If the employee dies with service of :

Service	Amount of  Death Gratuity (Rs) _____ of emoluments
Less than 1 year	2 times
1 year to less than 5 years	6 times
6 years to less than 11 years	12 times
11 years to less than 20 years	20 times
20 years and more	Half of emoluments for every completed 6 months service or 33 times or Rs.20 Lakhs whichever is less

• Emoluments = Basic Pay + DA

 

• For Running staff  55% and for Railway Doctors 20% of pay is added to the Basic pay.

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