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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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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Yashwant Sinha memberOf Indian Administrative Service
Yashwant Sinha serviceEntry Indian Administrative Service
Shaktikanta Das memberOfService Indian Administrative Service
Deputy Commissioner of Rohtak partOf Indian Administrative Service
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service cadre structure
B. G. Deshmukh memberOf Indian Administrative Service
Haryana Civil Services relatedTo Indian Administrative Service
Haryana Civil Services feederServiceTo Indian Administrative Service
this entity surface form: Indian Administrative Service (Haryana cadre) by promotion