Brief Account of IAS and other Central Services(Posts Classification and Training Structure)

There is a lot of confusions regarding Group A ,B,C Services,Gazzetted posts and Training of the All India Civil Servants. So on demand I am posting a brief detail about the Civil Services and other Group B services.

Basically the creation of All India Services lies in the hand of Parliament act but it can only be done after recommendation from Raja Sabha(done to protect the interests of state).All India Services Act 1951 regulates the formation of rules and procedures for these services.
All India Services are managed and controlled by different Ministries  such as:
-IAS by Ministry of Personnel
-IPS by Ministry of Home Affairs
-IFS by External Affairs Ministry
-IFoS by Environment and Forest Ministry

Central Services can be divided into 4 categories-
• Group A(Selected through Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC,more than 50 posts now.)
• Group B(Selected through SSC)
• Group C(Selected through SSC)
• Group D

Group C services consist of clerical personnel and Group D consists of manual personnel.
Group A and Group B are Gazetted Officers whereas Group C & D are non Gazetted posts.

Committes which led to evolution of present recruitment system
• Macauley Committee(1854)
• Kothari Committee
• Satish Chandra Committee
• Alagh Committee
• Hota Committee

Training Structure for the UPSC Civil Servants:
The UPSC submits the list of finally selected candidates to Ministry of Personnel.Through this lists Personnel Ministry,Home Ministry and External Affairs Ministry selects candidates for IAS,IPS and IFS respectively.This is followed by other ministeries and departments in a fixed order
IAS officers are also recruited through other methods also i.e –Promotion from State Civil Service(over all 33.33% posts in IAS),Special Selections from gazetted posts of State governments who are members of State Administrative Services.

After final Selection the Training is done in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Mussorie.The Training Structure is as follows:

1. Foundational Training------------------------------------------------------4 months
2. Professional Training-First Spell--------------------------------------------5 months
3. District training in the respective State Cadres------------------------------12 months
4. Professional Training –Second Spell----------------------------------------3 months


After common Foundational Training Professional Training is different for different officers:

• IPS officers continue at—National Police Academy(Hyderabad)
• IFS officers at Foreign Service Institute,New Delhi and Language Training at Indian Mission Abroad.
• IRS officers at IRS Training Institute Nagpur
• Indian Audit and Accounts ar IAAS Staff Training College Shimla 

and the list goes on...