Audit Reports

6.2 Installation and upkeep of meteorological observatories by Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata Maintenance of observatories set up by Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata for collection of various types of meteorological data was inadequate. This, together with shortage of manpower,..................

5.3 Avoidable payment of electricity charges Regional Remote Sensing Centre-East, Kolkata incurred avoidable expenditure of 55.37 lakh towards payment of electricity charges. According to Article 287 of the Constitution of India, Government of India is exempted from paying tax on..................

 Report No.24 of 2015 (Railways) Volume II Overview Overview The Audit Report for the year ending March 2014 is divided into two volumes viz., Volume I and Volume II. Volume I of the Report comprise five chapters containing audit findings related ...

 Chapter 5 Report No.24 of 2015 (Railways) Volume II Chapter 5 - Paragraphs related to Engineering department of Indian Railways 5.I East Central: Poor planning in construction of railway quarters Railway (ECR) led to avoidable extra expenditure...

RDSO functions as a centre for acquisition, absorption and development of new technology and upgradation of existing technology for the Indian Railways. On the other hand, RCF is one of the coach production units of IR. These two units were monitored by Mechanical department at..................

only upto Dindigul, exacerbated by severe crew shortage which came in the way of the administration being able to send diesel crews for conversion training. The above replies confirm that, before investments in the electrification project, SR Administration had not taken into consideration..................

 Report No.2-/ of 2015 (Railways) Volume I Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Public Sector Undertakings of Indian Railways There are 27 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of Indian Railways as on 31 March 2014 under control of Ministry of Railways. These PSUs ...

LARGESS was implemented without consultation with Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and also without approval of Cabinet of the Union of India. {viii) Report No.24 of 2015 (Railways) Volume I Para 2.3 - Fake Indian Currency Notes received through station earnings on Indian Railways..................

 Report No.24 of 2015 (Railways) Volume I Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Audit Report Outline This Audit Report comprises results of scrutiny of transactions relating to expenditure, receipts, assets and liabilities of the audited entities ...

 Chapter 5 Report No.24 of 2015 (Railways) Volume I ABBREVIATIONS (used in Para 2.1) ACC Associated Cement Companies ADA Adra ADRM(O) Additional Divisional Railway Manager (operating) ART Accident Relief Train ASN Asansol BG Broad Guage BECM...

 Ongoing Projects in Indian Railways - New Lines, Doubling and Gauge Conversion Appendix 1 (Ref Para 1.2) ORGANISATION CHART OF CIVIL ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE MEMBER ENGINEERING r 1 Additional Member (Civil) Additional Member (Works) Railway Board ...

 Status of Ongoing Projects in Indian Railways - New Lines, Doubling and Guage Conversion Annexure-1 (Para Reference 1.6.2) Status of all on going Projects in Indian Railwa ys (X 150 Crore and above)as on 31 March 2014 SI. Zonal Name of the...

 Status of Ongoing Projects in Indian Railways EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. Review of Status of Ongoing Projects - New Lines, Doublings and Gauge Conversions Indian Railways (IR) runs about 21598 trains (passenger and goods) daily throughout its network...

Status of Ongoing Projects in Indian Railways Report No. 48 of 2015 Page 37 Chapter 2: Management of Works Contract in Indian Railways 2.1 Introduction Indian Railways (IR) executes a wide range of works for creation of assets such as construction...

The DFCCIL was to function as an ‘Infrastructure Manager’ offering non-discriminatory access to IR. * SI 0 Corridor which connects major urban centres of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai are called as Golden Quadrilateral (GQ). The diagonals of this GQ connects Delhi to Chennai and Mumbai..................

As per CMS documentation, under the first option, CMS validates that crew is not due for Periodical Medical Examination test, REFT/REFD/REFE training, has required loco competency, is not under rest condition etc. Under the second option, CMS also validates that Road Learning (LR) for the..................

47 of 2015 Page 34 Crew Management System in Indian Railways 3.6 Non-updation of training, leave and security records of crew in CMS During audit of records of CMS at selected lobbies, no formal procedure was found to be established for ensuring updating of data pertaining to training,..................

Para 2.5.2] Statement Showing Admissible Kilometrage Configured in CMS by IR Lobbies Railway Lobby Location of Admissible Remarks Name Name/Crew’s Training/Non-Kms. Headquarters running duties (To and fro) CR KOP MRJ 320 Admissible Kms. rates are for MRJ KOP 160 single side CLA CSTM 18 CSTM..................

CMS system has a centralised Computer Data Centre at New Delhi which is being managed by CRIS since inception of the system from 2007-08. CRIS started the process of having a BCP/DRP in June 2012 for ensuring uninterrupted operations of CMS and till the end of January 2015, the work of..................

SMS Incorrect Generation of Mileage Reports 2.3.1 16-17 Manual Maintenance of Records 2.3.2 17-18 Failure in Monitoring Crew Road Learning 2.4.1 18 Training Failure to Provide Effective MIS Reports for 2.4.2 18-19 Monitoring Crew Training Discrepancies in loco details used for validating 2.4.3..................

 Glossary Abbreviation Explanation 3PH Three Phase Training ADL Andul AEME Assistant Executive Mechanical Engineer AK Akola Junction ALD Allahabad ALK Allowance in Lieu of Kilometrage ALP Assistant..................

b. To effectively monitor crew and to comply with the safety requirements relating to crew management by: i. Monitoring road learning and training of crew to operate the locomotive of different traction and gauges. ii. Monitoring of training of staff due for refresher courses and also the staff..................

In the first two phases, 302 crew lobbies and in the final phase, 445 crew lobbies/location including training centers and control offices were sanctioned for commissioning of CMS application, on the basis of minimum average of 36 sign on/off (per day). Target date for implementation of CMS..................

crew, fulfilling all the prescribed criteria, was not ensured; System was not fully capable of assisting the management in monitoring crew for training and for compliance with safety requirement. Biometric and Breath Analyser (BA) devices which were to be integrated with CMS for..................

As on 31st March 2015, it was rolled out in 372 lobbies which include two training locations and one testing location at CRIS Headquarters. The extent of achievement of the objectives of CMS was evaluated in Audit and the aspects relating to IT application controls, IT security, continuity of the..................