There is a shortage of 1,496 IAS officers in the country, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.
The total authorized strength of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers is 6,500 and the total number of officers in position on January 1, 2017, is 5,004, he said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "There is a shortage of 1,496 IAS officers," the Minister of State for Personnel said.
He said the occurrence of vacancies and filling them up are an ongoing practice. Singh said the government has increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 from civil services examination 2012 and the same continued in the 2018 exam.
Strength of IAS officers short of requirement
By IndianMandarins - 2018-03-16 11:03:42
There is a shortage of 1,496 IAS officers in the country, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.
The total authorized strength of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers is 6,500 and the total number of officers in position on January 1, 2017, is 5,004, he said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "There is a shortage of 1,496 IAS officers," the Minister of State for Personnel said.
He said the occurrence of vacancies and filling them up are an ongoing practice. Singh said the government has increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 from civil services examination 2012 and the same continued in the 2018 exam.
