The Central government is considering a major change in the allocation of services to successful candidates of Civil Services examination conducted by the UPSC. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the concerned department to examine if the services can be allocated after the completion of foundation course. They have been asked to examine the feasibility of giving due weightage to the performance in the foundation course, and making service allocation as well as cadre allocation to all India services officers based on the combined score obtained in the civil services examination and the foundation course. At present, service allocation to the selected candidates is made well before the commencement of the foundation course. "The departments have been asked to give their feedback on the proposal to allocate other central services like the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) among others," a Personnel Ministry official said.