Accounts Notes
Bilingual, source-verified notes for Accounts (AFA) — Group B and Departmental JE exam prep: 16 chapters.
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Accounts
- General Principles of Government Accounting & Audit (Railways)
- Government Accounts Structure (Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund, Public Account)
- Books & Budget (incl. Traffic Book, Pink Book, Plan Heads)
- Extra Budgetary Resources & Capital Funds (EBR, Capital Fund, DRF, Development Fund)
- General Expenditure (Demands for Grants, Budgetary Control)
- Traffic Accounts & Statistics (incl. Operating Ratio)
- Establishment (Pay, Allowances, Leave for Accounts)
- Workshop Accounts (Costing, Overheads, Break-Even, Marginal Costing)
- Stores Accounts (Custody Stores, Inventory Control, Rate Contracts)
- Management Accounts & Financial Justification for Expenditure
- Contracts, Tenders & GCC (General Conditions of Contract)
- GST & Taxation in Railways
- GFR (General Financial Rules) 2017
- Audit — Draft Paras, Objection Statements, PAC
- Financial Powers & Delegation (GM/DRM Powers)
- Official Language Policy & Rules
Common to all departments
Establishment Rules
Organisation of Indian Railways
Ministry, Railway Board, zones, divisions, production units and allied bodies
Recruitment and Training
Classification of services
Topics with notes coming soon (6)
- Recruitment in different services; RRBs and RRCs
- Compassionate ground appointments
- Initial and in-service training; refresher courses
- Central Training Institutes; training centres in zones, divisions and workshops
- Training modules for different posts; training under the Apprentices Act; online training
- APARs
General Conditions of Service
Seniority; lien
Leave rules
Pass rules
HOER; overtime; payment of wages
Current CPC pay rules; advances in Railways
Topics with notes coming soon (4)
- Inter-railway and inter-division transfers; deputation
- Trade tests
- Joining time
- Reservation policy
Discipline & Appeal Rules
The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 and related instructions
Topics with notes coming soon (1)
- Minor and major penalties; warnings
Conduct Rules
The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 and related instructions
Retirement Benefits
Retirement benefits; qualifying service; pension; family pension
Commutation; gratuity; new pension scheme
Staff Welfare
SBF; Railway institutes; Railway schools
Topics with notes coming soon (2)
- Ex-gratia payment; incentive bonus scheme
- Staff grievances redressal mechanisms
Labour Laws and RTI
The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
Topics with notes coming soon (2)
- The Factories Act, 1948
- Functions of Labour Enforcement Officers; Right to Information Act
Financial Rules
Tenders and Contracts
Topics with notes coming soon (2)
- Rules and procedure for tenders and contracts: execution of works and procurement of stores
- M&P programme and RSP
Information Technology
IT in general with specific reference to Railway IT applications
Official Language (Rajbhasha)
Official Language Policy, Act and Rules
Official Language Policy
Official Language Act and Rules
Incentive schemes
Basics of Environment and Pollution Control
Environment and pollution control
Topics with notes coming soon (3)
- Basics of environment
- Adverse effects of pollution and control strategies; air, water and noise pollution
- Waste management; global warming; acid rain; ozone depletion
Mathematics (class 10 level)
Arithmetic
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Time and distance
Profit and loss
Percentage and its applications
Ratio, proportion and partnership
Simple and compound interest
Time and work; pipes and cisterns
Problems on ages; square roots and surds
Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry
Basic algebra
Basic trigonometry
Basic mensuration
Geometry (class 10 level)
Statistics and Data Interpretation
Mean, median, mode; data interpretation and charts
Other notes
Syllabus areas with no notes yet (3)
- General Awareness
- Physics & Chemistry
- Basics of Computers and Applications