Abbreviation I.A.S. Formed 1946 Country India Training Ground Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration , Mussoorie Controlling Authority Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Department of Personnel and Training Legal personality Governmental : Government service General nature Policy Formulation Policy Implementation Civil administration Advisors to Ministers Managing bureaucracy (Center and State) Preceding service Imperial Civil Service (1893– 1946) Cadre Size 4737 members (direct recruitment – 3398, promotion – 1339) (2013) [1] Association IAS officers Association Head of the Civil Services Cabinet Secretary Current: Ajit Seth The Indian Administrative Service ( Hindi: भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा) (abbreviated as IAS ) is the administrative civil service of the Government of India . Indian Administrative Service officers hold key positions in the Union Government, State governments and Public Sector Undertakings . The Administrative Service is one of the three All India Services .The other All India Services are Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service. [2] The IAS officers are recruited by the Union government on the recommendation of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and posted under various State governments. The officers carry high respect and stature in the society coupled with the significant task of administering public offices, making it one of the most desirable jobs in India. While the respective State Governments have control over them, they can not censure or take disciplinary action against an IAS officer or an All-India service officer, without consulting the Union Government. The examination for getting into IAS is conducted by the UPSC. It has three stages (preliminary, mains and interview) and is considered to be extremely challenging. Entry into the IAS is considered very difficult. Almost all of the applicants rank IAS as their top choice because of the high prestige and diversity of career it offers. For example, in the 2011 batch, of the 425 selected candidates, 370 indicated IAS as their first preference, 30 chose IFS and 16 IRS, and just nine chose IPS. But when it came to second preference, 246 candidates marked IRS as their choice, while only 139 marked IPS as their second choice. Repeated attempts for getting entry are allowed up to four times for General Merit candidates, seven times for OBC candidates. There is no bar on the number of attempts for SC/ST candidates. The upper age limit to attempt the examination is 35 for SC/ST and 30 years for the General Merit Candidate. The candidate should not be older than 30 years of age as on 1 August of that year. The minimum age is 21 years. About 850 candidates are finally selected each year out of the nearly 550,000 (2010 data) but only a rank in the top 80 guarantees an IAS selection – an overall acceptance rate of 0.1% and for guaranteed IAS position, acceptance rate is 0.01%. This makes it one of the most competitive selection processes in the world.
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