The central government announced a new cadre allocation policy for the All India Services in August 2017, touting it as a policy to ensure national integration of the bureaucracy and to ensure an All India character of the services.
[13][14][15] The existing twenty-six cadres were to be divided into five zones by the Department of Personnel and Training.
This being the main responsibility, every civil servant is assigned to a particular office which deals with policy matters pertaining to that area.
The allocation of enormous funds to and by the field officers calls for supervision and the officials concerned have to reply to queries made in the Parliament for which they must remain well informed.
At the level of Deputy Secretary, they are even authorized to sign agreements on behalf of the Government.
They are given the position of Sub-Divisional Magistrate and have to look after the law, order and general administration including developmental work in the area under their charge.
Then after 24 years of regular service an IAS officer may be promoted to Above super time scale who is designated as Principal Secretaries/Financial Commissioners in some states.
They necessarily tour all rural sectors inspecting specific projects, disputed sites and look into the problems of people on the spot also.
Their role is to oversee law and order and general administration and developmental work.
IFS Officers appointed from 1867 to 1885 were trained in Germany and France, and from 1885 to 1905 at Cooper's Hill, London, which was a noted professional college of forestry.
Another remarkable feature of this service is that it needs keen technical knowledge along with excellent administrative capacity to deliver the duty.
Government of India is also providing Hari Singh fellowships to Forest Service officers to get specialized in the field of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System from the ISRO's Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Twente/ITC Netherlands and in Wildlife Management from the Wildlife Institute of India.
The Forest Service officers also work in various International and National organizations related to management of forests, wildlife and environment such as Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, SAARC Forestry Centre, Forest Survey of India, Wildlife Institute of India, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Directorate of Forest Education, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), etc.
The Indian Police Service more popularly known as the 'IPS', is responsible for internal security, public safety and law and order.
An IPS officer is subjected to and faces several life-threatening, crucial, complicated and harsh conditions.
The IPS officer takes charge as an Assistant Superintendent of Police of a Sub-division/circle after probation of 2 years.
IPS officers also get highly placed in several PSUs such as GAIL, SAIL, Indian Oil Corporation Limited etc.
An IPS officer has vast opportunities to work in several International Organisations such as Interpol, International Cricket Council, the United Nations, Consulates (Foreign Missions) and Embassies all over the World in various capacities such as First Secretary, Consul, Consul General, Deputy High Commissioner, Minister, High Commissioner and Ambassador.
[21][22][23][24] On recommendation by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, from year 2014 state civil servants are required to clear 1000 marks four-stage process including a written exam and interview conducted by Union Public Service Commission to get promoted to the three all India services which was previously based solely on basis of seniority and annual confidential reports.