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APO — Group B preparation: source-based practice syllabus (October 2026)
Reviewed syllabus01Personnel organisation · 7.78%+
- Organisation and functions; HR objectives; Railway legislation, codes and Board instructions
02Recruitment · 7.78%+
- Service classifications, eligibility and medical fitness; recruitment channels, quotas, reservations and training
03Service conditions · 7.78%+
- Seniority, lien, pay fixation, allowances and recoveries; promotion, transfer and deputation; leave, passes, HOER and medical decategorisation
04Human resource management · 7.78%+
- Manpower planning, benchmarking, work study, posts and vacancy bank; crew planning, training and performance appraisal
05Industrial relations · 7.78%+
- Union participation, negotiation machinery, labour legislation and workplace harassment prevention
06Staff welfare · 7.78%+
- Grievances, welfare funds, education, medical assistance, housing, cooperatives and incentives
07Discipline and conduct · 7.78%+
- Conduct rules; disciplinary proceedings, powers, appeals and related instructions
08Retirement and settlement · 7.77%+
- Retirement benefits, pension schemes, qualifying service, gratuity, provident fund and retiree facilities
09Personnel systems and legal work · 7.77%+
- Personnel IT applications; court cases, service law, RTI and public grievances; official language policy
10Establishment rules · 15%+
- Personnel organisation, recruitment and training; service conditions, manpower planning, conduct and discipline, retirement, welfare, industrial relations and personnel IT
11Financial rules · 15%+
- Financial propriety, budgets, allocation and control; works justification, stores finance, costing, tenders, audit, powers, losses, GFR, GeM, revenue, taxation and government audit organisation
Railway Board syllabus — preparation outline
Preparation outlineSuggested study areas, not an official or exhaustive syllabus. Papers and subjects vary by cadre and notification; verify the current official scheme.
01Personnel and establishment+
- Recruitment, reservation and service conditions
- Pay, leave, transfers and promotion
- Manpower planning and staff development
- Industrial relations, welfare and retirement benefits
- Discipline, conduct and relevant legislation