All India Services

The Indian Civil Services are organized into two main sections:

I. The All India Services

II. The Central Services

All India Services IAS, IPS, IFS(Forest) (UPSC)

The officers who make it to the All India Services, on appointment by the government of India, will be deputed to different States and are at the disposal of the respective State Governments. These services include:

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS): The IAS officers handle the affairs of the government. At the Central level, their job involves the framing and implementation of policies. At the district level, they manage the affairs of the district, including development related activities. At the divisional level, they look after law and order, general administration and development work.

The Indian Police Service (IPS): The IPS officer's job mainly involves maintaining law and order. (At the district level, they share this responsibility with the IAS officers.) The IPS officer is responsible for ensuring public safety and security; crime detection and prevention; and traffic control and accident prevention and management. There are several functional departments that help IPS officers to carry out their duties. They are:

Crime Branch

Criminal Investigation Department (CID)

Home Guards

Traffic Bureau.

The other agencies at the Central level that aid in similar functions are:

Intelligence Bureau (IB), which gathers information that will aid in predicting and preventing threats to public order.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which investigates into cases of corruption and major crimes that are referred to it.

Cabinet Secretariat Security, which looks after the personal security of the cabinet ministers.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who are called in times of emergency, like a natural calamity, or when the law and order situation cannot be controlled by the local police alone.

Border Security Force (BSF), these forces are responsible for the protection of life and property in the border areas.

The Indian Forest Service: The officers in this category manage the forest reserves of the nation. Their job involves the protection and conservation of forest resources and wildlife. They also look after the management and supply of forest products.