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Syllabus for Selection of Chief Vigilance Inspector- Store

General Topics on Stores Department

 

1. Organization of Stores Department on Zonal Railway & Production Units.

 

2.  Objectives of Stores Department in brief.

 

3. Functions of the Principal Chief Material Manager (PCMM) & other officers assisting him.

 

4. Cannons of Financial Propriety & its application to Stores Matters.

 

Purchase: Policy and Practices

 

5. Delegation of Powers:

 

i) Its need & necessary safeguards

ii) Powers of PCMM & other officers for; :

(a) Purchase, (b) Sale, (c) Write off, (d) Other misc. matters

 

6. Purchase of stores:

 

i) Important Stages in purchase cycle

 

ii) Purchase Policy & Rules of IR and GFR Provisions

 

iii) Channels & Procedures of purchase of indigenous stores

 

iv) Modes of tendering [including PAC purchase] & their limitations

 

v) Tender consideration;

 

a) Price determination (Reasonability/ Workability)

b) Negotiations, Cartel Formation & related instructions

c) Concept & constitution of Tender Committee

vi) Purchase of M&P/RSP items including CMC

vii) Emergency Purchases

viii) Basics of IMMS & e-Procurement

ix) Procedures /Manuals related to IMMS and IREPS

x) Procurement through GeM

xi) Reverse auction

xii) Price variation clause and its operation

 

7. Purchase through Centralized agencies like:

Railway Board, BLW, CLW, etc.

 

8. Procedure of purchase from other Govt. Department in brief

 

9. Govt. Policy of Preference:

 

a) Purchase/ Price Preference

 

i) Micro & Small Enterprises

ii) Items reserved for procurement from MSEs

 

b) Purchase Preference as per Make in India Policy.

 

c) Special benefits available to MSEs

 

d) Make in India Policy

10. Supply Contracts:

 

i) Important provisions of Indian Contract Act, Sale of Goods Act and GST Act

 

ii) IRS Conditions of Contract, General Conditions of Contract

iii) Force Majeure Clause :

iv) Preparation of bid documents, special conditions, price variation and eligibility criterion etc. for

 

a) Rate/Running & Fixed quantity/Long term contracts

b) Service Contract

c) Annual maintenance Contract

d) EPC Contract

v) Online submission of EMD & SD

vi) PO Draft/Numbering Scheme & vetting considerations

vii) Contract Management

(a) Extension of DD/Modification of PO

(b) Penalties for breach of contracts (LD, GD, RP)

 

viii) Settlement of Disputes

 

a) Arbitration Clause in IRS Conditions

b) Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996 including Amendment Act,2019

c) Dispute resolution between two Govt. Dept. Or (CPSU)

 

11.  Import of Material:

 

i) Direct import by Zonal Railways/ Production Units

ii) Import through Railway Board

iii) Types of Import Contracts: FOB, CFR, CIF & DDP etc.

iv) Modes of Payment, Letter of Credit & its types

v) Sea & Air freighting of Railway Materials & Insurance Covers

vi) Port clearance of imported consignments

vii) Claims settlement

viii) INCOTERMS (latest edition)

 

12. Strategic Sourcing (Rational Source Selection):

a) Registration of firms on Railways and IREPS

b) Vendor performance evaluation; Vendor rating; Penal Action against vendors; Alternatives available with Railways, PUs

c) Registration by RDSO

d) Supply chain concept — relevance to Railways especially PUs

13. Important Statistics on Stores matters:

a) Submitted to Railway Board, periodically –

b) Included in Railway Board’s annual report & GM’s Narrative Report

c) Yardsticks to measure efficiency. of Stores Department

 

14. Stores Budget:

 

a) Compilation & various review/ amendments to the budget during the financial year

b) Controls to adhere to the budget provisions, Exchequer control

c) Control over stores expenditure to minimize working expenses

d) Purchase Grant

e) Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB)

 

15. Paperless Working:

a) e-Office

 

b) Digitally signed electronic reports in IMMS and IREPS

 

  1. Online acceptance of tenders:

 

Technical  Scrutiny, Tender Committee, Minutes preparation & Tender Acceptance/ Direct Acceptance, Letter of Acceptance generation and auto generation of purchase order

 

17. Procedure for keeping/ retention/ destruction of official records.

Stores Depots

 

18. Stores Depots:

a) Location

b) Functions

c) Typical Layout of a store’s depot

 

19. Design Aspects of a Typical Stores Depot /Warehouse:

 

a) Important parameters to be considered for design

b) Space Management

i) Buildings, Yards, Roads

ii) Various types of storage arrangements

 

c) Materials Handling:

 

i) Equipment’s

ji) Unit piling, container /pallet systems

iii) Vertical storage system

d) Important Fire Safety aspects & Latest firefighting Techniques

e) Security Arrangements to prevent & action called for by the Depot Officer in case of incidence of the following:

 

i) Theft

ii) Pilferage;

iii) Misappropriation

iv) Provision of CCTV in Stores Depots/Divisional Depots

f) Procedure for locking. & Sealing of wards/go-downs in a depot and depositing/collecting the keys

g). Gate Pass

 

20 Depot Organization: ; p ae

 

a) Functions / Responsibilities of Depot Officer & Subordinate Staff

b) Various sections of stores depot, its functions & working procedures

 

21. Receipt & Accountal of materials

a) Procedure for receipt & accountal, in a depot

b) Consequent clearance of purchase suspense

c) Accounts checks of supplier bills

d) Purchase Suspense/ Sales Suspense:

 

22. Inspection of Stores:

a) Inspection Techniques;

b) Various Agencies for Inspection of Railway Materials

c) Acceptance of material against WTC

d) Inspection at firm’s premises & Inspection at Depot

e) Rejection of pre-inspected materials and procedure for joint inspection

f) Disposal of rejected materials

g) Warranty Claim Procedure

 

23. Sampling for inspection:

 

a) Sampling Methods

b) Indian Standards relating to Sampling

 

24. Testing Methods of common materials used by Railways like Steel, Rubber, PVC Items, Rexin, Oils, Paints, Non-ferrous items.

 

25. Receipt & Issue of Stores on IMMS:

 

a) FIFO Method of Receipt and issue

b) Procedure of issue of materials from stores depot to consumers other than attached workshops & debiting the inventors for stores issued

 

26. Properties & Preservation of stores such as: Rubber Items, chemicals, electrodes, timber, explosive/inflammable items etc.

 

27.  Imprest Stores:

a) Procedure for issue and supply of Imprest Stores

b) Road contract and its Management

 

28. Returned Stores through IMMSs:

a) Its receipt & accountal in the depot

b) Valuation of returned stores

c) Monthly Credit Summaries

 

29. Sale of Railway Materials:

a) SAG Committee Recommendations

b) Survey Committee & its functions for various categories of stores

c) Procedure for condemnation of an asset (M&P items including Motor Vehicle)

d) Procedure for sale by tender

e) Procedure for disposal of scrap bye-auction

f) General & Special conditions of sale

g) On-line payment of BSV

h) On-line payment of EMD

i) Payment Gateway

30. Purchase by Depot/ Divisional Officers:

a) Purchase Powers- Local & Cash Purchases

b) Digital recoupment of cash imprest

 

31. Important Components & its usages

 

In carriages, Wagons, diesel loco, electric loco, Metro Coaches, TRD & DMU/  EMUs

 

32. Dispatch of Railway Materials:

 

a) By Rail, Road

b) By Sea & Air

c) Safeguards against loss /damage in transit

d) Settlement of claims with carriers

 

33. Inter-depot transfers & Clearance of SINT suspense

 

34.  Stock Verification:

 

a) By Accounts

b) Departmental

c) Disposal of Stock Sheets

 

35. Classification of Heads of Accounting & Various Suspense Heads relating to Stores

 

36. Codification:

 

i) Stores nomenclature & price lists (Unified & Non-unified)

ii) Unified Vendor Code

iii) Consignee Code

iv) Advantages of codification

 

37.  Standardization & Variety reduction

 

38. Provisioning & Recoupment of Stores:

 

a) Maxima Minima Method

b) Annual Review Method

c) Main Depot-Sub depot arrangement

d) Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)

e) Lead time & Safety/Buffer Stock

f) Computerized forecast of demand/consumption for stock- recoupment (Generation of Estimate Sheet)

g) Various forecasting statistical techniques

 

39. Inventory Management:

a) Types of inventories

b) Various Inventory models:

i) The Basic (EOQ) Model: Constant Demand & Leadtime

ii) Variable Demand but constant Leadtime

iii) JIT Inventory Model

 

c) Computer as an aid to inventory control & inventory management

d) Inventory reports in IMMS & its use for inventory control

e) Selective Control Techniques:

 

i) ABC, VED, FSN & XYZ analysis for inventory control & improvement in service levels

ii) Related multi-criteria matrix

f) Inventory performance indices on IR

g) Over stock, Inactive & Surplus Stores:

i) Definitions

il) Reasons for accrual & its disposal

iii) Steps for prevention

 

40. Computerized Price Ledgers:

 

a) Preparation of Price Ledgers: Role of Stores Depot

b) Book Average Rates:

c) Debiting the indentors for cost of materials issued & preparation of Debit Summaries

 

41. Audit: 

Narrative Reports, Special Letters, Factual Statements, Draft-Paras & its disposal.

 

42 Accounts:

 

Accounts Objections, Special Reports, Stock Sheets, Inspection Reports Pt I & ll.

 

43.  M&P, RSP and Works Program

 

44.  Computerization of User Depot and Integration with IMMS /IREPS (User Depot Module)

 

Miscellaneous Topics

 

 1. Official Language Policy

 

 2. D&AR Rules, Service Conduct Rules

 

 3. General Financial Rules

 

Syllabus – Chief Vigilance Inspector- Store

DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION – RAILWAY

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