The total number of Indian Administrative
Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS)
officers in Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward
Classes (OBC) is as follows:
|
|
SC
|
ST
|
OBC
|
|
IAS*
|
468
|
241
|
580
|
|
IPS#
|
355
|
168
|
380
|
|
IFoS$
|
266
|
150
|
255
|
*Direct Recruits, as on
12.12.2014
#Direct Recruits, as on
01.01.2014
$Direct Recruits, as on
01.01.2014
The reservation of SC, ST and OBC in IAS, IPS and IFoS is in
accordance with the policy of the Government, which prescribed for 15%, 7.5%
and 27% reservation for these categories, respectively.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Shri
Ramdas Athawale in Rajya Sabha, today.
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