Shortage of IAS Officers

Shortage of IAS Officers

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in

The Government has increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 through Civil Services Examination (CSE) till CSE-2021. The Government has also constituted a Committee for recommending the intake of Direct Recruit IAS officers every year through CSE from CSE-2022 to CSE-2030. As far as IPS is concerned, intake of IPS (RR officers) through CSE (Civil Services Examination) has been increased from 150 to 200 w.e.f. CSE-2020. Further, filling up of vacancies through induction from State Services is a continuous process and Selection Committee Meetings are held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) with the State Governments.

Shortage of IAS Officers-The details of strength of IAS officers of various cadres, represented as Total Authorized Strength, which comprises of Senior Duty Posts (SDP), Central Deputation Reserve (40% of SDP), State Deputation Reserve (25% of SDP), Training Reserve (3.5% of SDP), Leave Reserve & Junior Reserve (16.5% of SDP) and those in-position as on 01.01.2021 are as following:

The Cadre Rules of all three All India Services viz IAS, IPS and IFoS contain provisions governing the central deputation of AIS officers.  However, State Governments have not been sponsoring adequate number of officers for central deputation.  Accordingly, in terms of the provisions contained in Section 3 of All India Services Act, 1951, comments have been sought from States/UTs on a proposal to amend Rule 6(1) of respective cadre rules.

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. JItendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

March 23,2022