1. ROLE OF PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT IN RAILWAYS:

a) Organization, objectives and functions of Personnel Department.

b) Relevance and role of human resources with reference to current objectives,

- reforms and developments in IR.

c) Indian Railways Act,

- Establishment  Manuals, Vol I, Vol 2

- Establishment Codes, Vol I, Vol 2

- Executive Orders of Railway Board.

2. RECRUITMENT:

a) Classification of Services and Categories;

b) General qualifications, conditions & rules for appointment;

- Medical fitness;

c) Safety, Non-safety & Essential Categories;

d) Modes of recruitment;

- Appointments on Compassionate Grounds,

- Sports quota,

- Cultural quota,

- Scouts & Guides quota;

- Substitutes, Contractual and Casual labour;

e) Railway Recruitment Boards & Railway Recruitment Cells;

f) Reservation in Recruitment.

3. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IN RAILWAYS:

a) Appointment, Seniority & Lien;

b) Pay Fixation Rules, Pay Structure, Pay Bills and related rules & procedures;

c) All types of Allowances (including those to Running Staff),

- Advances (loans) & Recoveries;

d) Promotion rules & eligibility;

- AVCS, ACP/MACP/DACP;

e) Procedures of Selection,

- Suitability and Trade Tests;

f) Sealed Cover procedure;

- Next Below Rule;

- Refusal of promotion;

g) Rules of Transfer (Inter Railway & Inter Divisional);

h) Deputation;

i) Types of Leave;

- Leave Rules

- Joining Time;

- Encashment of leave;

j) Pass Rules; AILTC;

k) Reservation policy for SC, ST, OBC, PwBD, ESM & EWS; rules and rosters;

l) HOER  (English) (Hindi)

m) PME & Mandatory Health Check-up;

n) Medical decategorisation and absorption of medically de-categorized staff in alternative posts.

 4. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:

a) Overall Earning & Expenditure, including staff expenditure, Operating Ratio;

b) Manpower planning; Book of Sanctions & Scale-check;

c) Supernumerary posts & Redeployment;

d) Surrender, Creation, Extension & Transfer of posts; Vacancy Bank after POSP;

e) Work-study & Job Analysis; Bench-marking & Right-sizing; Yardsticks;

f) Duty Rosters; Link Diagram; Crew Link & Power Plan;

g) Work-charged posts;

h) Initial & In-Service Training, -

Refresher Courses;

- On-the-job Training,

- Multi-skilling,

- Future Training needs & systems;

i) Central Training Institutes,

- Training Centres in Zones,

- Divisions & Workshops;

- Plan Head 65

j) Training Modules for different posts,

k) Training under Apprentices Act, Online Training,

l) Performance Appraisal

- APARS & SPARROW.

m) Mission Karmayogi;

- Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana, etc

 5. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, POLICIES & LABOUR LAWS:

a) Formal & informal interaction with recognised trade unions and associations;

b) PNMs, Staff Councils & PREM at various levels;

c) Role of JCM and Labour Tribunals & Labour Commissioner;

d) Facilities and privileges to trade unions & associations.

e) Related Industrial & Labour Laws

– PLB;

- The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947;

- The Industrial Relations Code, 2020;

- Trade Unions Act, 1926;

- FACTORY ACT 1948

- Employee's Compensation Act, 1923;

- Payment of Wages Act

- Minimum Wages Act, 1948;

- Contract (Regulation & Abolition) Labour Act, 1970;

- Payment of Wages Act

- Industrial Relations Codes 2020;

- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal Act 2013).

6. STAFF WELFARE:

a) Staff Grievances Redressal Mechanisms;

b) SBF,

- Railway Institutes,

- Railway schools & colleges, scholarships,

c) Ex-gratia payment,

d) Incentive Bonus Scheme;

e) Sports Incentives & cultural competitions,

 - extra-curricular activities;

f) Excursions, tours and holiday camps;

- co-operative Societies;

g) Medical assistance;

h) Quarters – types, allotment & retention rules.

7. DISCIPLINE & APPEAL RULES:

a) The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 & related instructions - scope and Implementation.

b) The Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968 & related instructions;

- Schedule of Power; procedures, application and implications.

8. FINAL SETTLEMENT:

a) Retirement rules, types & benefits;

b) Old and New Pension schemes;

- Final Settlement rules under various circumstances;

c) Qualifying Service;

d) Pension & Family Pension,

- Provident Fund Rules;

e) Commutation,

- Gratuity,

- GIS,

- Leave Salary;

f) Other-than-Normal Retirement (ONR) cases;

g) ARPAN,

- Pension Adalats & Pensioners' Associations & representations;

h) RELHS & post-retirement benefits

9. IT APPLICATION PLATFORMS:

a) Use of e-Office, 

- HRMS,

- HR-MIS,

- IPAS,

- SPARROW,

- LIMBS,

- ARPAN,

- CPGRAMS,

- ANUBHAV,

- UMID,

- RESS,

GEM, etc;

b) Future of IT in Personnel Management

10. REPRESENTATIONS & COURT CASES:

a) Service Law;

b) Handling legal cases (in CATs and Courts);

c) RTI & CIC matters;

- other statutory commissions / bodies;

d) CPGRAMS, CA(iii) References, etc.

12. Any other matter related to any of the above-mentioned topics.