CBT 70% Examination Calendar for 2023-24

 

Source: Click for Railway Board Letter

 CBT - LDCE Time Table 

Step / Action	Date
LDCE - 30%  Examination Date	20th November, 2022
Result Preparation	30th November, 2022
Declaration of Results by NAIR	1st December, 2022
Finalization of Panel by Zonal Railways	15th December 2022

CBT 70% Examination Time Table 2023 - 24

For Departments not participating in CBT LDCE on 20th November, 2022

Step / Action	Date
Issuing of Modified / Unified Syllabus	31st October, 2022
Notification (Where LDCE through CBT is not going to be conducted)	10th November, 2022
Finalization of Pre Promotional Training (PPT)   (PPT for Reserved Candidates - Through Offline / Online - 60 hours / 15 working days)	31st December, 2022
Main Examination	22nd January, 2023
Supplementary Examination	29th January, 2023
Result by NAIR	10th February, 2023
Finalization of Panels by Zonal Railways	25th February, 2023

For Departments participating in CBT LDCE on 20th November, 2022

Step / Action	Date
Issuing of Modified / Unified Syllabus	31st October, 2022
Notification (Where LDCE through CBT is to be conducted)	19th November, 2022
Finalization of Pre Promotional Training (PPT)   (PPT for Reserved Candidates - Through Offline / Online - 60 hours / 15 working days)	20th January, 22023
Main Examination	22nd January, 2023
Supplementary Examination	29th January, 2023
Result by NAIR	10th February, 2023
Finalization of Panels by Zonal Railways	25th February, 2023

Railway's Land Policy

 Railway’s Land Policy

• As part of NLP - National Logistics Policy

• Indian Railways revised its land policy to give boost PM Gati Shakti framework ( Cargo related activities, Public utilities and Railway’s exclusive use)

• Liberalization of Land policy would avenues to all stakeholders/service providers/operators to establish more cargo related facilities there by additional cargo traffic to Railways. 

• Financial implications  - No additional expenditure will be incurred 

 

• Reducing overall logistics cost in India to the Single digit. (At present Logistics cost as a proportion of the GDP is around 14 %) 

 

• 300 PM Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals - next five years. 

 

Objects: 

1. To attract more cargo to Indian Railways, thereby increasing modal share in freight transportation from 36 % at present to 45 % by 2030 year

2. Create employment generation potential of about 1.2 lakh employment

3. Simplify approvals for utilities such as Electricity, Gas, Water supply, Telecom cable, sewage disposal, drains, OFC, pipelines, roads, flyovers etc

Comparison of Railway’s Land Policy

Item	Previous Policy		Revised Policy
Leasing of Railway’s Land	5 years		35 years
Land - Annual Lease charges	6 % of Market value of Land		1.5 % of Market value of Land
Leasing of Land for Hospitals through PPP	Nil		Re. 1 per Square Meter per annum
Land for renewable energy, water treatment, water recycling, sewage treatment plants etc for exclusive use of the Railways	Nil		Re. 1 per Square Meter per annum
OFC - Optical Fiber Cable Annual Lease charges	6 % per annum		Rs. 1000 (nominal charge)

Material for MCQ

1. NLP stands for National Logistics Policy

2. GCT stands for Gati shakti Cargo Terminal 

3. OFC stands for Optical Fiber Cable 

4. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product

5. Present logistics cost as proportion to GDP  - 14% (approx)

6. Target Logistics cost as proportion to GDP  - Single Digit 

7. Railway’s modal share in Freight transport - Present level 36 % to 45 % by the year 2030

8. Leasing of Railway’s Land - up to 35 years (previous period - 5 Years) 

9. Annual leasing charges for Railway’s Land - 1.5 % of Market value of Land

10. Leasing of Land for Hospitals through PPP - Re. 1 per Square Meter per annum 

11. Land for renewable energy, water treatment, water recycling, sewage treatment plants etc for exclusive use of the Railways - Re. 1 per Square Meter per annum 

12. OFC - Optical Fiber Cable Annual Lease charges  - Nominal charge of Rs.1000

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MCQ CBT Test - Chapter 1 of Accounts Code - Departmental Regulations

 

MCQ CBT Test - Management Accounting

 

MCQ Test - Chapter 1 & 2 of Finance Code

Welcome to MCQ Blog for LDCE of Indian Railways

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Chapter 1 & 2 of Finance Code

Chapter 3 & 4 of Finance Code

Chapter 5 of Finance Code 

Chapter 7 Finance Code 

AME LDCE Question Paper 2019 ECoR - Financial portion

Official Language 1

Gati Shakti Units in Divisions 

Budgetary Sources of Finance, Allocation of Expenditure Chapter 7 of Finance Code  

Option clause, NINFRIS, WTR, Precedence of Documents 

DAR - Disciplinary & Appeal Rules 

Canons of financial propriety, Functions of Accounts Dept & GFR 

Classification or Allocation of Expenditure   

Plan Heads

Parliamentary Control on Railway Finances 

GCC for Works - Part One

 

Click for Letter - Reforms in LDCE of all Depts

Click for reference 2019 Letter

Selections i.e., 70% & LDCE of all Departments  

- a Major Reform

Salient features of Railway Board letter No. E(GP)2022/2/4 dated 28.06.2022

• Conducted pan India wise i.e., for all Zonal Railways & Production Units

• - Examination conducted by NAIR.  

• Whereas Medical Examination & Viva-voce is conducted by respective Railways / PUs

• Only one stage i.e., MCQ  (instead of two stages Prelims & Mains) 

• Single Paper - 150 Marks  - MCQ 

• LDCE of particular Department for all Zonal Railways / PUs will be conducted

• on a single day only.

• CBT - Computer Based Test  - MCQ pattern

•  175 Questions.  Out of 175, 150 questions are to be attempted

Subject	Marks	Percentage
Technical Subject	80 Marks	53 %
Official Language & GK (may be Official Language 15 Marks & GK 25 Marks)	40 Marks	27 %
Establishment & Financial Rules	30 Marks	20 %
Total	150 Marks	100 %

• Qualifying Marks - 90 Marks  (i.e., 60 %) 

• 1 Mark for every correct answer

• ⅓ Mark deducted for every wrong answer 

•  No change in Syllabus

• Optional questions on Official Language Policy & Rules  - as per Para 204.3 of IREM -

• Indian Railways Establishment Manual Volume One.

• Extract of Para 204.3 of IREM Volume One is as follows. 

“Ten  percent  of the  100  marks  prescribed  for written  examination  held  as  part  of

Selection should   be   set   apart   for  questions   on   official   language   policy   and

  official language  rules. While  the  employees  should  be  encouraged  to  attempt

  the  questions on  official   language policy  and   official   language   rules.   the  questions

  should   not   be compulsory.

(Authority :  Ministry of Railways' letter No Hindi-2010/OL-1/10/4 dated 03.07.2019)”

•  Started in the 2022 year itself for LDCE only.  Not for Selections / 70 %. The schedule

• for 2022 is given below. 

Tentative schedule for current vacancy cycle incl: 2022 Year - LDCE 

Stage	Date
Advising dept wise & community wise vacancies of LDCE quotient of ongoing vacancy cycle by Zonal Railways/PUs to DG/NAIR	11th July, 2022
All notifications may be issued, if not issued by	15th July, 2022
Cut off date for submission of options	31st July, 2022
Finalization of Eligibility list and its notification	15th August, 2022
Pre selection training to be completed by	31st August, 2022
CBT Examination on Single Day for all Departments	Mid September
Finalization of the Panel (incl: Medical exam, Viva voce & Assessment of APAR)	Mid October

• From 2023 year - Modalities for conducting Selections & LDCE through CBT

• will be issued separately. 

The above reforms or Railway Board equally applicable to Accounts Department too

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