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The Indian Economic Service (IES) is a Group A civil service of the Union of India.

IES officers form a specialist cadre in the Indian civil service of the Government of India that broadly supplies economic advice and assistance with policy formation.[1]

It was organized in 1967 and it is administered through the IES Division of the Ministry of Finance of India. The Union Public Service Commission of India conducts annual examinations to select competent candidates. To compete in the examination, candidates must have a postgraduate degree in economics. This is an organised Group 'A' Service consisting of a specialized cadre of officers trained in economic analysis, policy formulation and its implementation.

Role

The role of the IES can be broadly categorized as providing economic advice and administration, and implementation of development programmes, besides dealing with other areas such as economic reforms, regulation, price fixation, and monitoring and evaluation apart from their responsible role in almost all administrative matters concerning staff and secretariat apppointments. IES officers provide inputs towards economic policy addressing all sectors of economic activity.

The Department of Economic Affairs is the Cadre Controlling Authority of the IES. The Cadre Controlling Authority is advised by the Indian Economic Service Board, which is headed by the Cabinet Secretary.

Staff

The sanctioned strength of the IES Cadre is 501 officers, consisting of 461 duty posts and 40 leave reserves. The duty posts are spread over 35 Ministries/Departments of Government of India. The civil list details the authorised numbers of posts, and their utilization[2].

Higher Administrative Grade +

  • Principal/Chief Adviser (Higher Administrative Grade+, Equivalent to the level of secretary to the Govt. of India)
Total posts: 2

Higher Administrative Grade

  • Senior Economic Adviser / Senior Adviser (Equivalent to the level of Addl. Secretary to the Govt. of India)
Total posts: 10

Senior Administrative Grade

  • Economic Adviser / Adviser/Dev. Commissioner etc. (Equivalent to the level of Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India)
Total posts: 50

Non-Functional Selection Grade

  • Director/ Additional Economic Adviser/Additional Commissioner (Equivalent to the posts of Director in the Government of India)
  • Junior Administrative Grade Joint Director/ Deputy Economic Adviser/Deputy Commissioner/Deputy Adviser (Equivalent to the posts of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India)
Total no of posts: 161

Senior Time Scale

  • Deputy Director/ Assistant Adviser/ Senior Research Officer (Equivalent to Under Secretary to the Govt.of India)
Total no of posts: 136

Junior Time Scale

  • Assistant Director/ Research Officer (Equivalent to the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate)
Total nos of posts: 102

References

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