New Delhi: As many as 1515 posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) are lying vacant in the country. As per the details shared by Minister of State of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and Prime Minister’s Office Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on March 23, in Andhra Pradesh the authorised strength of IAS officers is 239, while in-position figure has been pegged at 194, AGMUT 403 (in-position 316), Assam-Meghalaya 263 (187), Bihar 342 (248), Chhattisgarh 193 (156), Gujarat 313 (250), and Haryana 215 (181) as on January 1, 2021.
The details of the strength of IAS officers of various cadres represented as total authorized strength, which comprises Senior Duty Posts (SDP), Central Deputation Reserve (40 per cent of SDP), State Deputation Reserve (25 per cent of SDP), Training Reserve (3.5 per cent of SDP), Leave Reserve and Junior Reserve (16.5 per cent of SDP) and those in-position as on January 1, 2021, said the Minister.
Similarly, Himachal Pradesh’s authorized strength of IAS officers is 153, (in-position 122), Jammu & Kashmir 137 (59), Jharkhand 215 (148), Karnataka 314 (242), Kerala 231 (157), Madhya Pradesh 439 (370), Maharashtra 415 (338), Manipur 115 (87), Nagaland 94 (59), Odisha 237 (175), Punjab 231 (180), Rajasthan 313 (241), Sikkim 48 (39), Tamil Nadu 376 (322), Telangana 208 (164), Tripura 102 (61), Uttarakhand 120 (89), Uttar Pradesh 652 (548), and West Bengal 378 (298).
Dr Singh said the government has increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 through Civil Services Examination (CSE). 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 with effect from CSE-2020.
The Minister said that filling up of vacancies through induction from State Services is a continuous process and the Selection Committee Meetings are held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) with the state governments. The cadre rules of all three All India Services - IAS, IPS and IFoS - contain provisions governing the central deputation of AIS officers.
However, the State Governments have not been sponsoring an adequate number of officers for the 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, said Dr Singh further in his written reply in the Lok Sabha. /BI/
