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What are the different services and posts allocated through the UPSC CSE?
All India Services
- Indian Administrative Service (IAS): Manages district administration and handles policy formulation and implementation at state and central levels.
- Indian Police Service (IPS): Responsible for maintaining law and order, public safety, and managing police forces.
Group ‘A’ Central Services - Indian Foreign Service (IFS): Represents India abroad in embassies and manages international diplomatic relations.
- Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS): Conducts financial auditing of central/state governments and public sector undertakings.
- Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS): Provides payment services and government-wide accounting and financial reporting.
- Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS): Enforces corporate laws (like the Companies Act) to govern the corporate sector in India.
- Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS): Manages the financial accounts and auditing for the Indian Defence forces.
- Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES): Manages cantonments and vast land holdings belonging to the defence establishment.
- Indian Information Service (IIS): Manages the government’s media wing and acts as a bridge between the public and government policies.
- Indian Communication Finance Services (ICFS): Provides accounting and financial services to the Indian Posts and Telecommunications departments.
- Indian Postal Service (IPoS): Oversees the operations and administration of India Post's vast network and services.
- Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS): Handles various managerial roles across traffic, personnel, and accounting within Indian Railways.
- Indian Railway Protection Force Service (IRPFS): Provides security to railway property, assets, and passenger safety.
- Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT): Focuses on the administration and collection of direct taxes like Income Tax.
- Indian Revenue Service (IRS-C&IT): Manages customs duties, indirect taxes, and prevents smuggling activities.
- Indian Trade Service (ITS): Manages international trade, export policies, and commerce operations for the country.
- Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS): Oversees the production of defence equipment, arms, and ammunition in national ordnance factories.
Group ‘B’ Central Services - Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (AFHQCS): Provides administrative and secretarial support to the Armed Forces Headquarters.
- DANICS (Civil Service): Administrative service for Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
- DANIPS (Police Service): Police service for Delhi and the listed Union Territories.
Pondicherry Civil Service (PONDICS): Handles administrative and governance functions within the Union Territory of Puducherry. - Pondicherry Police Service (PONDIPS): Manages law enforcement and police administration in Puducherry.
