Functions and Designations of the civil servant

A civil servant is responsible for the law and order and general administration in the area under his work. Typically the functions of an IAS officer are as follows : To handle the daily affairs of the government, including framing and implementation of policy in consultation with the minister-in-charge of the concerned ministry. Implementation of policy requires supervision. Implementation requires traveling to places where the policies are being implemented. Implementation also includes expenditure of public funds which again requires personal supervision as the officers are answerable to the Parliament and State Legislature for any irregularities...

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Allocation and Placement

After being selected for the IAS, candidates are allocated to "cadres." There is one cadre in each Indian state, except for three joint cadres: Assam–Meghalaya, Manipur–Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh–Goa–Mizoram–Union Territories (AGMUT). The "insider-outsider ratio" (ratio of officers who are posted in their home states) is maintained as 1:2. as 'insiders'. The rest are posted as 'outsiders' according to the 'roster' in states other than their home states. Till 2008 there was no choice for any state cadre and the candidates, if not placed in the insider vacancy of their home states, were allotted to different states in alphabetic order...

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Entry and Examination

The Civil Services Examination is used for recruitment for many Indian administrative bodies. Civil Service Exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission. It has three stages Preliminary Exam Main exam and    Interview             and is known for being extremely challenging.Recently the preliminary exam pattern has been changed. There used to be 23 optional subjects along with a general studies paper. Now there will be no optional subjects in the preliminary examination. Instead there will be a second paper which will be common for all candidates....

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Independence of the Civil Service

 India is a democratic country and to run such a vast, incredible and historical country it needs a equally incredible Civil Services. And IAS is the best example. But as you all know that there are three Pillars of a successful democracy and they are:- LEGISLATIVE  (Makes Laws) EXECUTIVE (Enforces Laws) JUDICIARY (Interprets Laws) And Civil Services is on the top of Executive Branch. So to have a free and fair democracy we need to have such a system in place so that the 3 Pillars Of Democracy remain independent of each other and should not meddle in others jurisdiction. After Independence our great leaders felt the need and formed...

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History Of Indian Administartive Services

As you all know IAS has become backbone of Indian Bureaucracy. Even from the time of British Raj it was felt that Govt. Of India needs and intensive cadre of qualified and well intellectual people who can support and contribute in running of the Government. In the 1860s after the takeover of the East India Company over India, the British Civil Service came to India. In the beginning, the British civil service was a part of a police state where its major task was that of carrying out law and order functions. There was no code of conduct developed by any of the British-India provinces. The different provinces had different civil services. To...

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Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative civil service of the executive branch of the Government of the Republic of India. The officers of the IAS play a major role in managing the bureaucracy of both the Union Government (Central Government) and the state governments, with its officers holding strategic posts across the country. It is one of the three All India Services. It has been seen as the most reputed Public Service in India from even before independence. Even in modern times, when most of the aspirants are running for Private Jobs, still a big chunk of youth is preparing for The Prestigious IAS exa...

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