13 minutes agoAuthor: Shivendra Gaurav
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At present, 1,316 posts of IAS and 586 posts of IPS are vacant in the country. Union Minister Jitendra Singh gave these figures in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 12 December.
Jitendra Singh has said in his written reply that till January 1, 2024, out of the total sanctioned 6,858 posts of IAS, officers are posted on 5,542 posts. Against the total sanctioned strength of 5,055 IPS posts, 4,469 officers are deployed.
Vacant posts are not a new thing, shortage has been prevalent since 1951.
In the year 1951, out of the total sanctioned 1,232 posts of IAS, 275 i.e. 22.32% posts were vacant. After 2006, the percentage of vacant posts never fell below double digits. As low as .79% of posts were vacant in 2001. Whereas in 2012, maximum 28.8% posts were vacant.
Every year, direct recruitment for IAS posts is done through Civil Services Examination (CSE). The number of recruitment is decided by a committee, which is called Review Committee. This committee decides the number of sanctioned posts for cadres like IAS, IPS. Since 2012, 180 IAS officers are being appointed every year through CSE.
This exam is conducted by UPSC. Apart from this, some officers are promoted from State Civil Services (SCS). For this, every year UPSC holds selection committee meetings with state governments and commissions.
How are the sanctioned posts decided?
In All India Services, review is done for every cadre every 5 years. Cadre Review Committee does this work. Its Cabinet Secretary is the Chairman, while Secretaries of the Department of Personnel Training, Department of Expenditure, Administrative Ministries and the most senior officers of the cadre are its members.
The review process runs in a rotation. Every year, in some states, the sanctioned posts of officers, vacancies and other things are reviewed. For example, in the year 2020-21, IAS officers in UP and Bihar and IPS officers in Manipur were reviewed.
Parliamentary committee recommended increasing the post
BS Baswan Committee was formed to determine the requirement of IAS officers. In 2016, the Paswan Committee had said in its report, ‘The appointment of more than 180 officers will compromise the quality, exceed the capacity of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and the career pyramid of IAS officers in senior posts of the Government of India. That means things related to promotion) will get spoiled.
Administrative training is given to civil service officers at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.
The committee said that the vacant posts can be filled through deputation, apart from cadre officers. However, in 2022, a parliamentary committee headed by Sushil Modi appointed the Department of
It was said that due to shortage of officers in the bureaucracy, states are having to give cadre posts to non-cadre officers. There is a compulsion to keep officers on their posts for longer periods and the same officers have to be given multiple charges. These methods will reduce the efficiency of administration.
The committee had advised the Department of Personnel Training to increase the annual recruitment of IAS officers.
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