New Delhi: There is a crunch of IAS, IPS and IFS officers in bureaucracy. According to details shared by Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the country has 5317 IAS officers against the sanctioned strength of 6789; 4120 IPS officers against the sanctioned strength of 4984 and 2134 IFS officers, while the sanctioned strength has been put at 3191, as on January 1, 2022.

Dr Singh said that a committee has been constituted for recommending the intake of Direct Recruit IAS officers every year through the CSE from CSE-2022 to CSE-2030. He said that the intake of IPS officers through the CSE has been increased to 200 from the CSE-2020, while the intake of IFS has been increased to 150 in 2022. The Minister said that the Central government has increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 through Civil Services Examination (CSE) till CSE-2021.

He also informed that to fill up the posts of Deputy Secretaries, Directors, Joint Secretaries, Additional Secretaries and Secretaries in various Departments and Ministries of Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS), the officers of various participating services under CSS are considered for empanelment or retention to hold these posts. Out of these officers, those who give their option for deputation are considered for appointments to these posts.

According to Dr Singh, the occurrence and filling up of vacancies are a continuous process. It is the endeavour of the Central government to fill up vacant posts expeditiously. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts examinations for filling up of vacancies on direct recruitment basis in IAS, IPS and IFS every year. To fill up vacancies in the Promotion Quota, the Selection Committee Meetings are held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) with the state governments. /BI/