The Accounts Department of the Railway Administrations is mainly responsible for :

• Keeping the accounts of the Railway in accordance with the prescribed rules;

• The check with reference to Rules or orders (known as “INTERNAL CHECK”) of transactions affecting the receipts and expenditure of Railway;

• Prompt settlement of proper claims against the Railway;

• Tendering as part of its important functions, advice to Administration whenever required or necessary in all matters involving Railway Finance;

• Compilation of Budgets in consultation with other departments and monitoring the budgetary control procedures as may be laid down in the relevant orders and code rules from time to time;

• Generally discharging other management accounting functions such as providing financial data for management reporting, assisting inventory management, participation in purchase/contracting decisions and surveys for major schemes in accordance with relevant rules and orders; and

• Seeing that there are no financial irregularities in the transactions of the Railway.