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• New Siding – the entire cost of electrification of the siding shall be borne by the siding

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MULTI DISCIPLINARY ZONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE 
 
Southern Railway                          
 
TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI 
               
            PRO  Commercial Cum Ticket Supervisor 
 
        ADVANCED  GOODS THEORY

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TOPICS INDEX 
 
S.No 
Topic 
Page 
No 
1 
Theory of Rates 
1 
2 
Claims – Organization, Settlement Of Claim, Power For 
Settlement Of Claim 
4 
3 
Railway Claims Tribunal 
6 
4 
Consumer Protection Act 1986 
7 
5 
 Responsibility of Railway as Common Carrier 
8 
6 
Rules for Public Auction of Goods and Parcels 
12 
7 
FOIS  
14 
8 
e-payment 
15 
9 
eT-RR 
16 
10 
e-RD 
17 
11 
Working of In- motion Weigh Bridge 
18 
12 
Punitive Charges, Load Adjustment 
21 
13 
Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) 
22 
14 
Public Private Partnership 
24 
15 
Marketing Organisation 
26 
16 
Station to Station Rates 
28 
17 
Sidings 
30 
18 
Policy On Private Siding 
33 
19 
Dynamic Pricing Policy 
40 
20 
Wagon Leasing Scheme 
41 
21 
Liberalized Wagon Investment Scheme (LWIS) 
42 
22 
Roll On – Roll Off (RO – RO) Scheme 
43 
23 
General Purpose Wagon Investment Scheme (GPWIS) 
44 
24 
Automobile Freight Train Operator (AFTO)  
46 
25 
Liberalized Special Freight Train Operator (SFTO) 
48 
26 
Freight Incentive Schemes (FIS) 
52 
27 
Transportation Products 
60 
28 
Parcel Management System (PMS) 
66 
29 
Parcel Cargo Express Train (PCET) 
68 
30 
Modified Comprehensive Parcel Leasing Policy(MCPLP) 
69 
31 
Merry -Go -Around (MGR) 
73 
32 
Container Rail Terminal (CRT) 
76 
33 
Rail Side Ware-housing Scheme  
79 
34 
Terminal Development Scheme   
82 
35 
 Private Freight Terminal (PFT) 
85

1 
 
 
 
Theory Of Rates 
Introduction: - 
 
Indian Railways carry about 30000 commodities of heterogeneous variety. These consists 
of raw materials, finished products, perishable, goods loose or in bulk and in bags, articles 
of high and low value, fragile and dangerous goods, building materials of all kind and 
medicines, chemicals and drugs, clothing, footwear and essential food stuffs. In fact, they 
directly or remotely enter into the daily existence of the average person. 
 
Therefore, it is a matter complexity to fix the charges of transportation commonly known as 
“Rate”. While fixing the same (Rate) various features are taken into consideration to arrive 
at a rational rate structure. What is most essential is that there must not be any loss of the 
trade, loss of the carrier (Railways), diversion of traffics due to high rate and high profit both 
to the trade and transporter. Therefore, various principles are adopted while fixing rate.  
 
Principles:  
The commodities are classified duly considering the following factors: 
(i) 
Cost of service 
(ii) 
Value of service 
(iii) 
What the traffic can bear  
(iv) 
Transportation characteristics of the commodity 
(v) 
It’s utility to the society 
(vi) 
National interest 
 
Cost of service:   
• It represents the cost of transportation of a commodity from one place to another. 
• It is represented in terms of money per tonne. 
• Rate fixed must not be less than the freight charges. 
• Minimum freight charges must not result in loss in the cost of service. 
• It determines the floor or minimum freight charges to cover the cost of service. 
 
Value of service:  
• It represents the value to be obtained from the service. 
• It is determined by taking the d

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