Indian Administrative Service

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All India Service civil service

The Indian Administrative Service is India’s premier civil service, whose officers hold key administrative and policy-making positions at the Union, state, and district levels.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Indian Administrative Service officers	2
Indian Administrative Service cadre system	1
Indian Administrative Service officer	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	All India Service ⓘ civil service ⓘ
allocationBasis	all-India rank in Civil Services Examination ⓘ
cadreAllocationCriteria	candidate preference ⓘ reservation policy ⓘ vacancy position ⓘ
cadreControllingAuthority	Department of Personnel and Training ⓘ
cadreSystem	joint cadre ⓘ state cadre ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
established	1946 ⓘ
governingBody	Government of India ⓘ
initialPostingLevel	Sub-Divisional Magistrate ⓘ
jurisdiction	Union Government ⓘ surface form: Union government district administration ⓘ state governments ⓘ
keyFieldPost	Collector ⓘ Deputy Commissioner ⓘ District Magistrate ⓘ
keySecretariatPost	Additional Secretary to Government of India ⓘ Joint Secretary to Government of India ⓘ Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
legalBasis	All India Services Act, 1951 ⓘ Article 312 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
notableFeature	considered India’s premier civil service ⓘ officers can serve both Union and state governments ⓘ
officersCalled	IAS officers ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions ⓘ
precededBy	Indian Civil Service ⓘ
primaryRole	policy formulation ⓘ policy implementation ⓘ public administration ⓘ
recruitmentAgency	Union Public Service Commission ⓘ
recruitmentMethod	Union Public Service Commission ⓘ surface form: Civil Services Examination
serviceCategory	Group A ⓘ
serviceHierarchy	Apex Scale ⓘ Cabinet Secretary Scale ⓘ Junior Administrative Grade ⓘ Junior Time Scale ⓘ Selection Grade ⓘ Senior Time Scale ⓘ Super Time Scale ⓘ
serviceMotto	Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam ⓘ
serviceMottoLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ
serviceMottoTranslation	Yoga is excellence in action ⓘ
serviceType	permanent bureaucracy ⓘ
shortName	IAS ⓘ
topPosition	Cabinet Secretary of India ⓘ
topPositionRank	head of civil services ⓘ
trainingInstitute	Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration ⓘ
trainingLocation	Mussoorie ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senior Time Scale → appliesTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers

District Magistrate → appointedFrom → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Sub-Divisional Magistrate → appointedFrom → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Secretary to Government of India → belongsTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Secretary to the Government of India

Government of India → employs → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Article 312 of the Constitution of India → empowersCreationOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Cabinet Secretary of India → headOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India → officeHolderClass → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officer

Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → partOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service cadre system

All India Services Act, 1951 → providesFrameworkFor → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

All India Services Act, 1951 → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Article 312 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Indian Civil Service → replacedBy → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

ICS → replacedBy → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Civil Service

Senior Time Scale → service → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

IAS → standsFor → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration → trains → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers

Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India → typicalOfficeHolderService → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Indian Foreign Service → worksWith → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ

Indian Police Service → worksWith → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ