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Sovereignty in your Pocket: A guide to local LLMs with Gemma 4 for IRAS officers
Running capable language models on a laptop, with no data leaving the office — and why that matters for accounts work.
Hemant Singh, DyFA, NWR · 08 Sept 2026The second pillar
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Relevance of accrual accounting for Indian Railways
What the move from cash to accrual reveals about asset life, liabilities and the true cost of running a train.
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Circular: GST treatment of railway land leasing
Railway Board circular of August 2026 with the association's explanatory note.
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Budget circular for FY 2027–28: what changes for zones
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Traffic costing revisited: freight economics in 2026
Updating the costing tradition the service pioneered for a network that has changed.
S. K. Bhattacharya · 22 Jul 2026