The various civil services of India
The classification of services in our country is governed by the
Civil Services Rules of 1930, as changed from time to time. Presently,
it is classified into the following services:
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All-India Services
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Central Services, Class I (Group A)
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Central Services, Class II (Group B)
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Central Services, Class III (Group C)
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Central Services, Class IV (Group D)
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Central Secretariat Services, Class I, II, III, IV (Group A, B, C and
D)
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Specialist Services
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State Services, Class I, II, III, IV
The civil Services in India are also classified into gazetted class and
non-gazetted class. Usually Class I (Group A) and Class II (Group B) are
included in the gazetted class. The names of the members of gazetted class
are published in the Government Gazette for appointment, transfer, promotion
and retirement. The gazetted members are called Officers, and they enjoy
certain privileges which are denied to the non-gazetted class. In common
parlance, only the gazetted classes are included in the prestigious category
of Civil Services.
There are three All India Services:
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Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
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Indian Police Service (IPS)
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Indian Forest Service (IFS, to be distinguished from Indian Foreign
Service, also called IFS)
As of year 2000, there are 34 Group A Central Services and 25 Group B
Central Services. The Group A Central Services are:
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Archaeology Service
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Botanical Survey of India
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Central Engineering Service
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Central Electrical Engineering Service
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Central Health Service
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Central Information Service
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Central Legal Service
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Central Revenue Chemical Service
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Central Secretariat Service
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Central Water Engineering Service
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General Central Service
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Geological Survey of India
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Indian Audit and Accounts Service
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Indian Defence Accounts Service
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Indian Economic Service
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Indian Foreign Service
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Indian Foreign Service- Branch B
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Indian Inspection Service
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Indian Meteorological Service
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Indian Postal Service
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Indian Posts and Telegraphs Traffic Service
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Indian Revenue Service (Customs, Excise and Income Tax)
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Indian Salt Service
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Indian Statistical Service
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Indian Supply Service
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Mines Department
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Mercantile Marine Training Ship Service
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Overseas Communication Service
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Railway Inspectorate Service
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Railway Personnel Service
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Survey of India
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Telegraph Engineering Service
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Telegraph Traffic Service
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Zoological Survey of India
Recruitment to Indian Forest Service (IFS) and many technical/specialised
Central Services, like Indian Economic Service, Zoological Survey of India,
etc, are done through special and separate exams, and NOT through the Civil
Services (Preliminary) Exam.
In 2004, recruitment is open to the following Central Civil
Services:
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Indian Administrative Service
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Indian Foreign Service
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Indian Police Service
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Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A
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Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A
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Indian Customs and Central Excise Service, Group A
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Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A
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Indian Revenue Service, Group A
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Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A (Assistant Works Manager,
Non-technical)
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Indian Postal Service, Group A
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Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A
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Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A
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Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A
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Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A
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Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A
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Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group A
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Indian Trade Service, Group A (Grade III)
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Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group B (Section Officer's
Grade).
Comparing from the two lists you can see that some new services has been
added. For example, some new Railway Services have been added.
Apart from these services recruitment to which is done at the national
level, there are the various state civil services; in fact, most of the
states have their own civil services.
At a more philosophical level, any profession that is dedicated to the
service of the public and the society, should be called a civil service. By
general acceptance only the public sector services are included in this
category- the work of a barber, no matter how important to the society, is
not civil service. In civil service there is no monetary remuneration for
services acquired, unlike in the case of the barber. For example, to catch
the thief you are not required to pay the police. Yet the police does it for
you without charge- that is civil service. You pay the police indirectly
through all the direct and indirect taxes and levies. Again by general
acceptance, only the higher echelons of the professions is called civil
service. Thus, a havildar is not a civil servant, but a DSP is,
although both of them are involved in catching the thief.
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