UPSC Civil Services (IAS) Exam 2015: About Indian Administrative Service

IAS is considered to be the most difficult exam to crack, yet it is the most preferred one. Let us find out a few details about the Indian Administrative Service.

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative civil service established by the Government of India. In Union Government, State governments and public-sector undertakings, IAS officers have a responsible and integral role to play. The union government recruits IAS officers as per the recommendations by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and then they are posted under various state governments. An officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service would be liable to serve anywhere in India or abroad either under the Central Government or State Government.

At the end of an IAS interview, which is the last stage of Civil Services Exam; selected candidates are assigned to their respective cadres. Each state in India has one cadre, except the three joint cadres which are Assam – Meghalaya, Manipur – Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh – Goa – Mizoram – Union Territories (AGMUT).

After completing the compulsory training, the officers are posted at the junior level in the administration. Most of them are posted in rural and semi urban areas so that they get exposure to working in different parts of the country that they are serving. The service is hierarchical where you can rise through the ranks, but they have fixed promotion time. So, if you have spent adequate amount of time in a particular position, you will be automatically promoted to the next level on the basis of your experience.

The UPSC IAS Exam 2014 or the Civil Services Exam 2014 is an All India exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment of graduates from all fields to the Civil Services covering twenty three different services under the Government of India. There are three stages in this exam, Preliminary and Main Exam followed by a Personality test or Interview.

A candidate from general category is permitted a maximum of six attempts for the examination. However, there is no restriction on number of attempts by a candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Nine attempts are permissible to an aspirant belonging to Physically challenged candidates and candidates from Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Candidates who are appearing for the Civil Services Exam have to indicate their order of preferences for services, in their main exam application form only. Those candidates, who wish to get allotted to the same state where they reside, should mention about this preference in their mains application form.

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