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The Indian Administrative Services (IAS) or Civil Services Exam (CSE) is an All India exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment of graduates from all fields to the Civil Services covering twenty different services under the Government of India. There are two stages in this exam, Preliminary and Main Exam followed by a personality test or Interview. A candidate is permitted a maximum of six attempts for the examination. However, there is no restriction on number of attempts by a candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Nine attempts are permissible to an aspirant belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. In Union Government, State governments and public-sector undertakings, IAS officers have a responsible and integral role to play. The union government recruits IAS officers as per the recommendations by UPSC and then they are posted under various state governments. An officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service will be liable to serve anywhere in India or abroad either under the Central Government or under a State Government.At the end of IAS interview, which is the last stage of civil services exam; selected candidates are allocated to different cadres. Each state in India has one cadre, except the three joint cadres which are Assam - Meghalaya, Manipur - Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh Goa - Mizoram - Union Territories (AGMUT).After completing the compulsory training process, the officers are posted at the junior level in the administration. Most of them are posted in rural and semi urban areas so that they get exposure to working in different parts of the country that they are serving. The service is hierarchical where you can rise through the ranks, but they have fixed promotion time. So, if you have spent adequate amount of time in a particular position, you will be automatically promoted to the next level on the basis of your experience.Candidates who are appearing for the civil services exam have to indicate their order of preferences for services, in their main exam application form only. Those candidates, who wish to get allotted to the same state where they reside, should mention about this preference in their mains application form. There are different positions in hierarchy once you enter the administrative service as an IAS officer. The duties for each level are more or less similar with increasing responsibility as level increases. A civil servant is basically responsible for the law and order and general administration in the area under his work. The functions of an IAS officer includes Planning for policies that accelerate development work in the area under your charge, Handling the affairs of government, which involve framing and implementation of policy in consultation with the concerned minister, Traveling to the places where the government policies have to be implemented, Supervision to ensure proper disbursement of funds, Answering the parliament and state legislatures for any irregularities that may occur in the area under your work, Assessing projects, making recommendations and providing relevant information about projects, especially to parliament. The IAS officers also serve in the state secretariat or as heads of departments in public sector undertakings.After appearing for the civil service exam candidates can appear for All India Services which include Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service. Group - A Services includes Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Indian Defence Accounts Service, Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration), Indian Postal Service, Indian Civil Accounts Service, Indian Railway Traffic Service, Indian Railway Accounts Service, Indian Railway Personnel Service of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Indian Defence Estates Service, Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' (Gr. III) and Indian Corporate Law Service.Group - B Services includes Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer's Grade)Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Police Service, Pondicherry Civil Service, Pondicherry Police Service.Most candidates start their career in the administrative service in the state administration at the sub-divisional level as a sub-divisional magistrate. Then candidate can get promoted as a chief development officer in district or a joint secretary in state or an undersecretary in central government. Later the candidate can get promoted as a district collector or the municipal commissioner or a deputy secretary in the central government.The next higher level that candidate can take up is that of becoming a district collector or a special secretary in the state government or a director in the central government where the pay scale can increase. Candidate can then become a secretary in state government or take up the position of joint secretary to government of India or become a divisional commissioner. A candidate can get promoted to become a principal secretary or financial commissioner in state or an additional secretary to the government of India. Next higher position in the hierarchy is at apex scale where the candidate can work as a chief secretary of state or union secretary in charge of various ministries in government of India. The top most position available after the apex scale grade is where the candidate can work as the Cabinet Secretary of India.

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Srinagar, Jan 27 (PTI) Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Sunday said now was the time for resolution of...
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WCD looks after 70 pc of India's population, not a soft ministry: Maneka Gandhi
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Jaideep Govind next secy general of NHRC
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New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Bureaucrat Jaideep Govind Monday joined the National Human Rights Commission...
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Shah Faesal could have served better as an officer: J&K Guv
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WB govt transfers DM for thrashing man in police station
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Awami Ittehad Party welcomes Shah Faesal's resignation, invites him to its fold
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Kashmiri IAS Topper Shah Faesal Quits Govt Job to 'Protest Killings' in Valley, Likely to Join Politics
India.com News Desk | January 9, 2019 6:35 PM IST
Srinagar: Shah Faesal, an IAS topper from Kashmir, quit the government job on Wednesday, saying that...
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West Bengal: IAS Officer Beats up Youth Inside Police Station For Posting Lewd Comments on Wife's FB Page; Video Goes Viral
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Greater Noida: Man Impersonates IAS Officer to Get Work Done, Arrested
India.com News Desk | December 30, 2018 2:57 PM IST
New Delhi: A man has been arrested for allegedly pretending to be an IAS officer in order to get the...
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Rajasthan govt transfers 68 IAS officers
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Jaipur, Dec 25 (PTI) In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Rajasthan government Tuesday transferred...
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UPSC Exam: Government Dismisses Report of Limiting Age Criteria, Says Speculations Should be Put to Rest
India.com News Desk | December 25, 2018 12:44 PM IST
New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday dismissed media reports suggesting that the age criteri...
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Tugboat capsizes near Alang in Gujarat, four missing
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Mizoram official transferred by EC back in earlier position
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Science City to organise exhibitions on future tech, space
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SC warns Uttarakhand officials of contempt action for non-compliance of its order
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New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the District Magistrate, Haridwar, and...
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Sumanta Chaudhuri takes charge as coal secretary
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Former IAS Officer Aparajita Sarangi Joins BJP
India.com News Desk | November 27, 2018 10:30 AM IST
New Delhi: An Odisha-cadre IAS officer, Aparajita Sarangi, who recently took voluntary retirement jo...
Former IAS Officer Aparajita Sarangi Joins BJP
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iDEX to nurture 1,000 startups for defence sector in 3 yrs
PTI Feeds | November 20, 2018 7:33 PM IST
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Punjab IAS officer's father-in-law shot dead
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Chandigarh, Nov 18 (PTI) IAS officer Varun Roojam's father-in-law was reportedly shot dead by uniden...
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2018-11-18T09:57:36+00:00
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32 rehabilitated Bru families can cast votes in Mizoram: MHA
PTI Feeds | November 15, 2018 6:46 PM IST
New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Members of 32 families of Bru refugess, who were repatriated to Mizoram, wil...
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