Civil Services of India

"Indian Civil Services" redirects here. The term may also refer to Indian Civil Service, the Indian civil services during the British Raj.

In India, the Civil Service is the collection of civil servants of the government who constitute the permanent executive branch of the country. This includes career officials in the All India Services, the Central Civil Services, and various State Civil Services. The civil service forms the basis of the Government, without which there is no administration. They act as the main channel to articulate people's needs and implement government policies on the ground. They provide the necessary inputs, identify policy areas, analyse various alternatives, offer multiple solutions to societal issues, and give robust advice to the ministers, policy makers, and legislators.

As of 2010, there were 6.4 million government employees in India at all levels (Group A to D) within the central and state governments. The services with the most personnel are with the Central Secretariat Service and Indian Revenue Service (IT and C&CE).

Civil servants in a personal capacity are paid from the Civil List. Article 311 of the Constitution of India protects civil servants from politically motivated or vindictive action. Senior civil servants may be called to account by the Parliament. The civil service system in India is rank-based and does not follow the tenets of the position-based civil services.


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