Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Friday, February 9, 2024

GeM - Abbreviations

Abbreviations - GeM

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Abbreviation

Stands for 

1

GeM

Government e Marketplace

2

GTC

General Terms & Conditions (For Goods & Services. If not chosen STC)

3

STC

Special Terms & Conditions (For Goods & Services)

4

ATC

Additional Terms & Conditions (For Bid/Reverse Auction)

5

SLA

Service Level Agreement (For Services)

6

eRA

e Reverse Auction

7

PFMS

Public Finance Management System (online software for payments system in Govt of India.  Like IPAS in IR)

8

NPCI

National Payment Corporation of India (who develops UPI)

9

UPI

Unified Payment Interface (Payment system developed by NPCI)

10

GeMAR&PTS

GeM Availability Report & Past Transaction Summary 

11

NPAE

Non PFMS Agencies/Entities (example is IR)

12

CRAC

Consignee Receipt & Acceptance Certificate

13

PRC

Provisional Receipt Certificate

14

PBG

Performance Bank Guarantee

15

DGS&D

Director General of Supplies & Disposables ( Nodal Agency for GeM and working under Ministry of Commerce & Industries)

16

NPO

Non Profit Organisation ( GeM SPV is NPO registered under Section 8 of Companies Act)

17

SPV

Special Purpose Vehicle

18

MRP

Maximum Retail Price (In GeM, every seller mandatorily offer 10% discount on MRP)

19

GFR

General Financial Rules

20

GMV

Gross Merchandise Value (Total value of transactions on e platform like GeM.  GeM is the 3rd rank in worldwide in terms of GMV)


Thursday, February 1, 2024

Railway Budget 2024-25 Analysis

 



FY 2024-25 Railway Budget - Analysis 

By Nageswara Rao 9492432160

Source: Click for Railway Budget 2024-25 at a glance


SN

Receipts

Amount 

(Rs. in Crores)

%


SN

Expenditure

Amount 

(Rs. in Crores)

%

1

Coaching Revenue

87500

32 %


1

Ordinary Working Expenses

205065

75 %

2

Goods Revenue

180000

64 %


2

Appropriation to Pension Fund

67000

24 %

3

Sundry Revenue

10500

  4 %


3

Appropriation to DRF

1000

1 %

4

Gross Revenue (1+2+3)

278000

100 %


4

Total Working Expenses (1+2+3)

273065

100 %

5

Suspense

100



5

Suspense

Minus 65


6

Gross Traffic Receipts (4+5)

278100



6

Gross Expenditure (4+5)

273000


7

Misc Receipts

400



7

Misc. Expenditure

2700


8

Total Revenue Receipts (6+7)

278500



8

Total Revenue Expenditure

275700


Operating Ratio:  = Total Working Expenses / Gross Revenue x 100

Operating Ratio = 273065 / 278000 x 100 = 98.22%


Net Revenue = Total Revenue Receipts minus Total Revenue Expenditure 

Net Revenue =  278500 minus 275700 = 2800

Appropriation of Net Revenue/ Net Receipts / Surplus - Rs. 2800 Crores

Fund

Amount  (Rs. in Crores)

Development Fund

1000

RRSK

1800

Net Revenue /Net Receipts 

2800


Appropriations to Capital Fund, RSF - Railway Safety Fund, Debt Service Fund  - NIL 

Highest OR:   Kolkata Metro - 232.2%,  NCR - 206.4%

Lowest OR: ECoR - 53.6%, SECR - 59.9%