Civil Servicies – India

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Is joining the civil services your aim? Do you wish to be an officer in the Indian civil services?

Then here is what you need to do. The civil services started way back in 1919, and since then have gained a lot of popularity, a civil servant has a commanding post, a good salary package, and huge amount of perks and advantages. Due to the rise in more and more students and people at large opting to pursue a course in civil services or aspiring to make a career in civil services recent time has seen a growth in the number of universities and reputed colleges in India offering education and courses in civil service.

The entrance exam conducted for civil services in broadly divided into three parts:

Preliminary test – it’s a multiple type objective paper, divided in two parts, a total of 450 marks. The first paper is general studies for 150 marks, and in the second paper the student gets to chose from the following subjects - Public Administration, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Chemistry, Agriculture, Botany, Electrical Engineering, Law, Civil Engineering, Indian history, geology, Geography, Economics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Philosophy, Medical Science, physics, psychology, Public Administration, Zoology, Sociology and statistics. The language of the question paper comes both in Hindi and English a with time duration of 2 hrs.

Main test – the candidates appearing for this one is three times more then the available seats. Once the candidate obtains the min. passing marks as set by the commission he/she is called for a round of interview. The marks obtained here determine the rank of the candidate and hence forth is allotted his/her post.

Written test – the written test is broadly divided into 8 parts (details can be searched on net or various education sites), unlike the prelim test this one has essay type questions.

There is no obligation to present the subjects studied at the graduate level for the Prelims or Mains exam. Many candidates choose subjects that are completely new. The trends shows that History, Sociology, Physics, Public management and language like Hindi, English, Punjabi, Telugu, and Tamil are better scoring.

The last process is that of an interview, for 250 marks and the best part here is that it needs no qualifying marks for it. The board who interviews the candidates holds their career records for reference with them.

 

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Civil services IAS

The field of civil services is one of the most popular fields of career since 1919. many youngsters today opt for it as it has a wide range of tasks, a good job profile, a superior commanding post, good salary and added advantages; but mind you to get into civil services is no cake walk, it has tough parameters of entrance and needs a huge amount of dedication and hard work. The field is gaining a lot of popularity due to its job profile; there are various well reputed colleges in India offering courses in civil services.

Indian administrative services (IAS) is a field that needs tremendous amount of hard work, one need to be good in academics and up to date with current events and general knowledge to acquire a seat in IAS. As per stats there are 11 -12 times more candidates appearing as compared to available seats. But if you have made your mind and set IAS as your goal then nothing can stop you.

IAS officers are to handle government affairs; hence every IAS officer is assigned a particular area of jurisdiction to look after – like administration, work, policies etc. it’s the job of the administrative officer – create, modify and frame the policy directly under him along with the supervision of the minister; once the officer approves of it the policy is implemented. At the top of the policy making hierarchy is the cabinet secretary followed by Secretary/Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Director, Under Secretary and Junior Scale Officers respectively. These posts are filled by the civil servants based upon their seniority. An IAS officer can serve either in India or abroad working under central or state government.

A civil servant has a 2 years probation period when he/she begins their career. Most of this period is spent in field offices, district magistrate’s office, and training schools. The officer on duty holds the position of sub magistrate and has to look after the law and order and general administrational work of that area. Once the probation period is over the officer is promoted to a senior level.

The forthcoming civil servant is projected to show appreciative awareness of national and worldwide affairs, trends, new changes, discoveries, etc., in addition to a firm grasp of the subjects of academic study.

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