Indian Administrative Service

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The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the senior administrative civil service of the Government of India and one of the three All India Services, along with the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). Members of these three services serve the Government of India as well as the individual states. IAS officers are also deployed to constitutional bodies, staff and line agencies, auxiliary bodies, public sector undertakings, regulatory bodies, statutory bodies, and autonomous bodies. As in other countries with a parliamentary system of government, the IAS is part of India's permanent bureaucracy and an inseparable part of the Government of India's executive branch. It is expected to remain politically neutral and provide administrative continuity across ruling parties or coalitions. Official commissions and researchers have documented frequent political interference in practice, particularly through transfers. Upon confirmation of service, an IAS officer serves...

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