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Indian Administrative Service (IAS)The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was formed in the year of 1946. It is one of

the three All India Services.(The other two are Indian Forest Services and Indian

Police Services). The cadre controlling authority for IAS is Ministry of Personnel,

Public Grievances & Pension, Department of Personnel & Training.

Cadre size: 5159 posts (direct recruitment 66.67%, promotion 33.33%).

The selected candidates' training ground is at Lal Bahadur Shastri National

Academy of Administration.

Functions of IAS Officers:

The IAS handles affairs of government, which involves the framing and

implementation of policy in consultation with the concerned Minister.

Implementation of policies calls for supervision and also traveling to the places

where the decisions taken are being implemented.

Implementation entails disbursement of funds, which calls for personal

supervision.

The officers are answerable to the Parliament and State Legislatures for any

irregularities that may occur.

The functions and responsibilities of an IAS officer change at different points of

his/her career.

All the beginning of their career IAS officers join the state administration at the

sub-divisional level, as a sub-divisional magistrate, and look after law and order,

general administration and development work in the area under their charge.

The post of the Dist rict Officer variously known as District Magistrate, district

Collector or Deputy Commissioner is the most prestigious an identifiable post

held by the members of the service.

At the district level, these officers are mainly concerned with district affairs,

including implementation of developmental programs.

During the normal course of a career, the officers also serve in the State

Secretariat or as Heads of Departments or in Public Sector Undertakings.

Officers may move from positions at the State, under deputation, to the Centre

and back again.

At the top of the hierarchy of IAS officers at the Centre is the Cabinet Secretary

followed by Secretary/Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Director, Deputy

Secretary and Under Secretary. These posts are filled according to seniority.

The main work of IAS officers at the Centre, involves formulation and

implementation of policies pertaining to a particular area e.g., finance,

commerce, etc.

In the process of policy formulation and decision making, officers at various

levels like joint secretary, deputy secretary make their contributions and the

final shape to the policy is given or a final decision is taken with the

concurrence of the minister concerned or the cabinet depending upon the

gravity the issue.

Service Hierarchy

Grade Pay

scales

Designation

in field

Designation

in

State

Government

Designations

in

Government

of India

Junior time

scale

8000-

275-

13500

Sub-divisional

magistrate

Under

secretary

---

Senior time

scale

10650-

325-

15850

Additional

district

magistrate

CSO Zilla

parishad

ADC etc

Deputy

secretary

Under secretary

Junior

administrative

grade

12750-

375-

16500

Sr. Deputy

accountant

general

Joint secretary Deputy

secretary

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Selection

grade

15100-

400-

18300

District

magistrate /

collector

Additional

secretary

Director

Super-time

scale

18400-

500-

22400

Divisional

commissioner

Secretary Joint secretary

Above super-

time scale

22400-

525-

24500

Financial/special

commissioner

(some States)

Principal

secretary

Additional

secretary

26000

(fixed)

--- Chief secretary Secretary

30000

(Fixed)

--- --- Cabinet

secretary

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