Civil Services of India
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The Civil Services of India, commonly known as Civil Services, is the elite civil service of the Government of India, formed after Independence of India in 1947, from the Indian Civil Service of the British Raj.
In spite of relatively contemporary careers like management and IT holding sway over the country's youth, the Civil Services of India have still not lost the vast popularity enjoyed by the old Indian Civil Service through the years since the time of the British Raj.
The Constitution provides for more Civil Services branches to be set up by giving the power to the Rajya Sabha to resolve by a two-thirds majority to establish new all-India services or central services. The Indian Forest Service and the Indian Foreign Service are the two services set up under this constitutional provision.
Running the administration of a vast and diverse country like India requires efficient management of its natural, economic and human resources. That, precisely, is the responsibility of the civil services. The country is managed through a number of Central Government agencies in accordance with the policy directions given by the ministries.
Construction
The construction of the Civil Services follows a certain pattern. The All India Services, Central Services and State Services constitute the Civil Services. Examinations for the state services are conducted by the individual states of India.
- Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
- Indian Police Service (IPS)
- Indian Forest Service (IFS)
Central Civil Services - Group "A"
- Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
- Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - Income Tax
- Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - Customs & Central Excise
- Indian Postal Service
- Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME)
- Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE}
- Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE)
- Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE)
- Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS)
- Indian Audits & Accounts Service (IA&AS)
- Indian Economic Service (IES)
- Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS)
- Indian Telecommunications Service (ITS)
- Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
- Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
- Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
- Military Engineering Service
- Railway Protection Force
- Survey of India Service