Allied Services

Job Description:

Those with higher ranking in the merit list generally opt of IAS, IPS and IFS. The remaining candidates who are selected get into various other central services on the basis of their ranking and option. These officers unlike IAS and IPS officers serve only the central government. The area of work depends on the service that they enter.  Functional areas of some of these Group ‘A’ services are as below:

Ø     Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) looks after the transportation and commercial matters of the railways. It comprises of the Operations Division and the Commercial Division. Operations Division controls the movement of trains and the Commercial Division is responsible for all the freight and passengers carried by trains. Activities of the Commercial Division include ticket checking, catering, and advertising and general railway administration.

Ø      Indian Railway Accounts Services (IRAS) handles the accounting and finance section of the railways, which includes monitoring of purchase of equipments by Railways, calculation of bonus for the employees every year and managing the income and expenditure of Railways.

Ø     Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) handles recruitment of all railway staff. Planning of such recruitment, deciding on promotions, postings, training, welfare activities issuing orders for transfers, promotions, disciplinary action, payments to be made in the event of an employees’ death etc all come under the purview of this service.

Ø     Indian Railway Protection Force (IRPF) is responsible for providing security to railway properties such as railway tracks, personnel, equipment etc; inspecting property spread out in the area, coordinating with the state police and railway police.

Ø     Indian Postal Service is responsible for the efficient functioning of the postal services, which includes telegraphic services, in the country. These officers work at various capacities like Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Assistant Post Master General through out the country and also in the Ministry at the centre.

Ø     Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA &AS) is under the control of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG). The CAG is a constitutional authority and is responsible for the maintenance of accounts in the states as well as Audit of Accounts of the Union as well as the State Governments. These officers work mainly in the statutory audit offices under the CAG. They also serve in central ministries and state governments on deputation.

Ø     Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) is responsible for maintaining and auditing of the complete accounts of the defence services.

Ø     Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) The cadre is under the control of Secretary (Expenditure), Ministry of Finance. It works for both the state as well as the central government and also for the Public Sector Enterprises.

Ø     Indian Revenue Service (IRS) has two wings namely Income Tax and Customs and Central Exercise. The Income Tax wing is responsible for fixing, assessment and collection of income tax. The service also has specialized branches dealing with the investigation of tax evasion, statistics and so on. The Customs & Central Excise wing deals with the checking and levy of duty on taxable goods brought into the country. The other aspect i.e. the excise aspect of the service deals with the taxation of goods manufactured within the country.

Ø     The Indian Information Service (IIS) functions under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The IIS is responsible for running government owned broadcasting and advertising agencies like All India Radio, Doordarshan and DAVP. The service is also responsible for handling press and public relations for the various central ministries, public sector enterprises and defense forces at home as well as abroad.

Educational Qualification:

Graduates in any discipline and selected through the Civil Services Examination, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

See Examination Details in APYL Career Counselor under ‘Examinations in India’.

Remuneration:

Starting salary is Rs. 13,000 per month (excluding other allowances)