Civil Services In India

INTRODUCTION
The civil services system acts as an instrument for the government to implement and administers its public policies and programmes. The civil service system varies from country to country. The development achieved in many countries of the world has been due to the ability of their civil services to effectively translate the policies of their government into a concrete services.
Civil service was the phrase first used in British administration in India .The system of open competitive examination was introduced in Great Britain in 1854 , the phrase was carried over and was applied to the officials serving the state in a professional capacity, except for those in the military and judicial services.
CIVIL SERVICES IN INDIA
History

The committee recommended the patronage based system of the East India Company should be replaced by the civil service system which is a merit based system ( i.e through competitive entry examinations).
• Then after that many committee has been formed and each recommended certain which have been gradually in the civil services system.
• Some of the important recommendations made by some of the committees are: o The Montagu-Chelmsford Report: Accepted the demand for indianisation of higher civil services. From 1922 onwards ,ICS began to held in India. o The public services Commission of India was set up in 1st October ,1926 under the chairmanship Sir Ross Barker .It was set up based on the recommendation of The Royal Commission of the Superior Civil Service in 1924.
 Post independence
• Indian political leaders chose to retain some elements of the british structure such as open entry system based on academic achievements, training,permanent tenure, important post at union, state and district level for civil service etc. Categories of civil services
• 1. All India Services : Whose members serve both the union and state governments
• 2. Central Civil Services : serve only the union government.
• 3. State Civil Services : state government.
Importance of civil services in

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR INDIA ADMINISTRATION SERVICES
IAS Training Programme
Foundation training program
The candidates are appointed based on the result of competitive examination. They are put on probation for a period of 2 years from the date of appointment.
 The phase 1:
 9 months
 conducted at the lal bahadur shastri national academy of administration
 This training aims at strenthenng the understanding of the political, social and administrative environment.
 The phase 2:
 12 month training
 The trainee is allotted to each state
 the IAS trainees are exposed to socio-economic and cultural conditions of the state, administrative system of the state, state acts, rules and regulations.
 The phase 3:
 after the completion of training in the state, the probationers reports back at the academy for about three months.
In-service training