Career in Indian Civil Services
Types of civil service jobs
Even today there is a tremendous craze among the youth towards the Indian Civil Service. If there is genuine passion and courage in the mind, then the difficult situation of the Indian Civil Service can also be achieved. Looking at the results announced this year, there have been many students who have fulfilled the desire to become IAS despite facing problems on family and economic fronts. If you like too, you can make a career in the Indian Administrative Service.
Administrative Service Attraction Points:
Despite the glorious careers in multinational and corporate companies, most graduates still aspire to become IAS, IPS, IFS or equivalent officers, as IAS officer you will travel in a red light car and SSP-SP (IPS) three-star khaki uniform He only captivates them. The special thing is that these officers progress from the district and also become top officers in the state and the center Government.
The principal secretaries of the state capitals and various departments at the center are usually senior IAS. That is why today the number of applicants to appear in this exam has increased manifold. Also, due to administrative power, influence, and control, civil servants also have enough respect in the society. Along with social honours and recognition, good salary, other facilities as well as career security give further aspirations to become a public servant.
Requirement to appear in the Civil Services Exam:
Educational
Qualification: Applicants
should have graduated from a recognized university or equivalent
institute. Candidates appearing for the final year examination undergoing
graduation can also apply for this examination, provided that they complete the
graduation before filling the main examination form.
Age Limit: Applicant age should not be less than 21 years
and not more than 30 years. There is a provision of 5 years relaxation in
upper age limit for SC / ST applicants and 3 years for OBC applicants.
Number of Times
Candidate Can Appear in Civil Service Exam:
General category applicants can appear in this exam four
times. There is no limit of opportunity for SC / ST applicants, while OBC
applicants can appear in this exam seven times. Keep in mind, even
appearing in a preliminary exam paper is counted as an opportunity, so use the
opportunity only when you are thoughtful and fully prepared.
Nature of the Civil Service exam
The Civil Services Examination conducted by
UPSC every year has a total of three stages - Preliminary Examination, Main
Examination and Interview or Personality Test. These three steps have to
be qualified separately. Let's know about the nature of these three:
Preliminary Examination: Applicants have to first apply for the
Preliminary Examination. It is a screening test aimed at sorting out
serious applicants. Applicants who pass in this have to fill a separate
form for the main examination. The marks of preliminary examination are
not added at the time of making merit list. The exam is based on objective
type questions, consisting of two papers - first a General Studies (GS)
compulsory paper, for which 150 marks are prescribed and second one of the
elective subject selected by the applicant from the UPSC prescribed list is 300
It is a number.
The GS paper consists of a total of 150
questions and the elective subject paper has a total of 120
questions. Merit list is made on the basis of marks obtained in both these
papers. Candidates achieving the prescribed minimum qualifying marks are
declared successful for the main examination and have to apply for the main
examination in the format sent by the Commission. Since the rule of
negative marking has come into force since the preliminary examination of the
year 2007, the candidates need to take special care while answering. Do
not answer based on the guess, because if the answer is wrong, the marks of
your correct answer will also be deducted.
Main Examination: This is the real exam for civil service, which
is essay in nature. It consists of several question papers including
compulsory and electives. The compulsory question papers include any
Indian language or Hindi and English (both of 300–300 marks) included in the
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. It is to be noted that the answer
sheets of the remaining question papers of the candidates who secured minimum
qualifying marks in both these papers will be examined.
The compulsory question papers also include
essays (300 marks) and two general study papers (both of 300–300
marks). Apart from this, there are also two question papers of two
elective subjects selected by the candidate (which have to be mentioned while
filling the main examination form), for which 300-300 marks are
prescribed. To get success in this exam, the marks obtained in the main
examination contribute the most. In this, successful candidates are called
for interview.
Interview: There are a total of 300 marks for
this. The purpose of this examination is to try to know the thoughts
related to the attachment of the candidate from the individual, expressive
capacity, society, country to the public service point of view. In this,
questions related to the subject, contemporary and leadership capacity are also
tested by the member of the Commission. Overall, the candidates are
selected according to the vacancies based on the sum of the marks of the main
examination and interview. Rank is also decided on this basis.
Final selection: Final merit list is made on the basis of marks
obtained in the main examination and interview and the names of successful
candidates are announced in proportion to the vacancies.
Application Process
Candidates have to apply in the form
prescribed by UPSC. These application forms can be obtained from the
designated main post offices of the country by paying Rs 20 cash. They
will have to be filled up completely and sent to Dhaulpur House, the headquarters
of the Union Public Service Commission in New Delhi with a Central Recruitment
Fee stamp of Rs 50. Detailed information about this can be obtained
from the UPSC website www.upsc.gov.in.
Civil servants training program
Final selected candidates for Civil Services
Examination, who are IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and future 'A' officers of Central
Services, together underwent 4 months basic training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Administrative Academy, Mussoorie. goes.
IAS: They have to undergo a total training period
of 21 months - basic training of 4 months, and professional of 2
months. They are then given 12 months of district training in the
state. Again 3 months vocational training is given in Mussoorie. They
are then sent for field training in the cadre state, where probation members
are posted by the state's chief secretary. During this time, under the
supervision of District Collector, they are imparted training in Vocational
Training, State Secretariat. Overall, a 21-month training cycle runs under
probation. After 6 to 8 years of selection, they are able to become
full-fledged district collectors.
IFS: Probation members of the Indian Foreign
Service are trained for 36 months. This includes 4 months of basic
training at the National Academy of Administration Mussoorie, 12 months of
training at the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi, which also includes
Bharat Darshan Yatra, 6 months of required training in the Ministry of External
Affairs and 14 months of an Indian mission abroad. Language training is
imparted. After probation, the appointment in the Ministry of External
Affairs is done permanently.
IPS: They are also given 4 months basic training at
National Administrative Academy, Mussoorie. After this combined basic
training, they are sent to Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel National Academy Hyderabad,
where they are given 12 months of vocational training (first phase). They
are given district level training in the state for 8 months and during this
period they are sent for training in rural police stations to learn basic
techniques. They have to spend 3 months in the second phase of vocational
training. Meanwhile, they are given arms training at the Central School for
Wapons and Tactis. Overall, their training period is 27 months. After
this, they are again given permanent appointment in the cadre state or union
territory.
IRS: Final selected candidates of this cadre along
with others are trained in National Academy of Administration for 4
months. After this, they are given training at the National Academy of
Customs, Excise and Narcotics Faridabad, which runs for 18 months. In the
IRS itself, direct tax candidates are trained in the National Academy of Direct
Taxes Nagpur, but basic training is only in Mussoorie.
Types of Civil Service Jobs
An IAS career usually begins with
SDM. The career of IFS begins with the third secretary, IPS is initially
given the post of Additional SP, but with the promotion, he reaches the Chief
Secretary and Cabinet Secretary. All India Service officers can reach the
cabinet secretary. Even the IRS starts their career with Assistant
Commissioner, but later they also become departmental chairman. They can
be sent to the Foreign Service by making them ambassadors.
Salary Attractions: Initially, officers of this service are given
a junior time scale, but the secretary is paid up to Rs 80,000 and the cabinet
secretary is paid up to Rs 90,000. Along with this, other VIP facilities
are additional.
Premier institute for Civil Service Training
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration, Mussoorie, Uttaranchal
Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel National Police
Academy, Hyderabad
Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi
National Academy of Customs, Excise and
Narcotics, Faridabad (Haryana)
National Academy of Direct Tex-Nagpur
(Maharashtra)
Institute of Secretariat Training and Management,
New Delhi
National Institute of Rural Development -
Hyderabad
Postal Staff College, Ghaziabad (UP)
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