The government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that 1,472 posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, 864 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and 1,057 posts of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers are vacant.
Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh gave this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
He said that there are 6,789 sanctioned posts of IAS officers, 4,984 of IPS officers and 3,191 of Indian Forest Service officers.
He said that six selected candidates of Civil Services Examination 2021, whose parents were working in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), have been considered under Other Backward Classes (OBCs) (creamy-layer).
UPSC conducts preliminary, main and preliminary examinations annually in three stages to select officers for civil services such as Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), The interview is conducted by the Civil Services Examination. Every year around 9 to 10 lakh youths appear in this recruitment exam
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