Indian Administrative Service

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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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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 ⓘ

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

Indian Civil Service → replacedBy → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Government of India → employs → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
ICS → replacedBy → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Civil Service
Indian Police Service → worksWith → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Indian Foreign Service → worksWith → 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
All India Services Act, 1951 → providesFrameworkFor → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
All India Services Act, 1951 → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration → trains → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers
Sub-Divisional Magistrate → appointedFrom → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Senior Time Scale → appliesTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers
Senior Time Scale → service → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → partOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service cadre system
IAS → standsFor → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Article 312 of the Constitution of India → empowersCreationOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Article 312 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
District Magistrate → appointedFrom → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Secretary to Government of India → belongsTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Secretary to the Government of India
Cabinet Secretariat of India → employerOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers
Civil Services Examination → recruitsFor → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Montek Singh Ahluwalia → memberOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Montek Singh Ahluwalia → serviceEntry → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
IPS → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Police Service
All India Services → hasComponent → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Indian Forest Service → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Aruna Roy → employer → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Aruna Roy → memberOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Prime Minister’s Office (historically, at various times) → employs → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Prime Minister’s Office (India)
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers
T. N. Seshan → service → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Cabinet Secretary (for administrative matters) → memberOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Civil Services Board of India → areaOfWork → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh state civil services → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Aditya Nath Jha → memberOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Indian Administrative Service (Recruitment) Rules → appliesTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Foundation Course for civil service probationers → targetGroup → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service probationers
SDM → typicalCadre → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Sub-Divisional Magistrate
State Civil Service → distinctFrom → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
State Civil Service → mayBePromotedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service (promotion quota)
IAS (Pay) Rules → appliesTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service officers
Chief Secretary of Delhi → partOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Chief Secretary of Delhi → memberOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
civil services of India → includesService → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Chief Secretary → memberOf → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
All India Judicial Service → relatedTo → Indian Administrative Service ⓘ