The word “civil service” refers to a sector of government made up mostly of career civil servants who are hired on the basis of their professional ability rather than being appointed or elected, and whose institutional tenure often endures changes in political power. The Union Public Service Commission holds the Civil Services Examination (CSE), a national competitive exam, in India for the recruitment of higher civil services, such as the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, and Indian Police Service.

These services have consistently ranked high on young people’s lists of desired occupations across the nation. The value of software and IT occupations has not diminished despite their popularity. Its format makes it one of the most difficult competitive exams in the nation, with a success rate of only about 0.1 per cent. A growing number of people with professional degrees are choosing positions in the Civil Services. Included in this is the recently popularised course of graduating law.

• The UPSC CSE test has a total of 180 IAS openings. Over the years, the number has stayed the same.
• In practically every year, IPS has the most open positions (Indian Police Service). There were 200 IPSC job openings in UPSC CSE 2021 and 219 in UPSC CSE 2020.
• The website cseplus.nic.in provides information about job openings by state. Students can click here to view the statistics for the cadre allocation for the UPSC CSE 2021 exam.
• After UPSC CSE 2014, the number of vacancies announced in that exam continued to decline for many years before dropping to its lowest point ever in 2018.
• The number of openings is once again high but lower than in 2014 due to the inclusion of IRMS in UPSC CSE beginning in 2022.
• Online access is available for the 2020 service allocation information. According to that information, the minimum rank to qualify for IAS is 79 for the General category, 354 for EWS, 323 for OBC, 510 for SC, 505 for ST, and 761 for the PwD category.

The Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of candidates as follows in compliance with Rule 20 (4) and (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules 2021:

With the respective guidelines outlined in the Rules for the Examination, appointments will be made to the various Services in accordance with the number of openings. The government has reported the following number of openings to be filled:

includes 26 PwBD vacancies (07 PwBD-1, 05 PwBD-2, 08 PwBD-3 & 06 PwBD-5)

Types of UPSC post list 2022

Three different job kinds or categories are available through the civil service examination (CSE). Numerous prestigious and in-demand services fall within these three major categories. The civil service rank list is released along with the exam results, although occasionally owing to personal preferences, top candidates may select positions in organisations like the IAS or IPS that are not at the top of the list.

1. All India Civil Services
2. Group A Services or Central Services
3. Group B Services or State Services

All India Civil Services Jobs List

1. Indian Administrative Service or IAS

• Many nationwide applicants hope to join the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The IAS position is one of the 24 exemplary civil services, and each year, thousands of hopefuls take the IAS test intending to join the Indian government’s civil service.
• IAS officers’ duties and responsibilities include overseeing government affairs, controlling overall spending, maintaining administration work for the Indian government, and preserving law and order. Less than 0.01 per cent of the more than 1 million applicants who apply through CSE—or about 180 candidates—are chosen.

2. Indian Foreign Service or IFS

• One of the three All India Services is the IFS. The exam is given to those who want to join India’s forestry services. Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service are the other two All India Services (IPS).
• The Indian Forest Service is one of India’s civil services and the head of the All India Services organisation. Despite having the authority to work for both the State and the Central Governments, IFS services are assigned to several State cadres and combined cadres.
•  Implementing the National Forest Policy, which strives to maintain ecological balance and preserve environmental stability, is the primary responsibility of the IFS service.
•  An IFS officer is largely independent of district administration and exercises administrative, judicial and financial powers in their domain. All top positions in the state forest department are held by IFS officers.

3. Indian Police Service or IPS

• A member of the Indian Police Service (IPS) performs duties by A member of the Indian Police Service (IPS) fulfils their duties by protecting the people. IPS officers work for both the central and state governments.
• Their primary responsibility is to keep the public peace. The IPS places more emphasis on maintaining law and order, which is a joint duty of IPS and IAS officers at the district level, as well as on crime detection and prevention, traffic control, drug prevention, accident prevention, and management, among other things.
• Their primary responsibility is to direct and command Indian Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Civil and Armed Police Forces in all the states and union territories, as well as the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and others.
• The IPS service is separated into numerous functional units, such as the Crime Branch, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Home Guards, and Traffic Bureau, to carry out these duties effectively, responsibly, and methodically.

List of Group A Services by UPSC

1. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service
2. Indian Audit and Accounts Service
3. Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes)
4. Indian Defence Accounts Service
5. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)
6. Indian Postal Service
7. Indian Civil Accounts Service
8. Indian Railway Traffic Service
9. Indian Railway Accounts Service
10. Indian Railway Personnel Service
11. Indian Railway Protection Force Service
12. Indian Defence Estates Service
13. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade)
14. Indian Trade Service, Group ‘A’ (Gr. III)
15. Indian Corporate Law Service

List of Group – B Services

1. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Section Officer’s Grade)
2. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service (DANICS)
3. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service (DANIPS)
4. Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS)