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TheCentral Civil Services(CCS) encompass the variousCivil Services of Indiathat are exclusively under the jurisdiction of theGovernment of India.This is in contrast to theAll India Services,which are common to both the central and state governments, or the state civil services, which fall under the purview of individual states.

The Cadre Controlling Authority for each established Service is controlled by the respectiveUnion government ministries of India.The higher-level positions in Central Civil Services are classified into Group A and Group B, both of which are gazetted.

History

British India

Main articles:Royal Commission on the Public Services in IndiaandImperial Secretariat Service

With the passing of theGovernment of India Act 1919,theImperial Servicesheaded by theSecretary of State for India,were split into two –All India ServicesandCentral Services.[1]

TheAll IndiaandCentral Services (Group A)were designated asCentral Superior Servicesas early as 1924.[2]From 1924 to 1934, Administration in India consisted of 10 All India Services (includingIndian Education Service,Indian Medical Service) and 5 central departments, all under the control of Secretary of State for India, and 3 central departments under joint Provincial and Imperial Control.[2]

The Central Services was headed by theViceroy and Governor-General of India.

Modern India

The Group A officers are appointed by thePresident of Indiaand appointments to Group B are made by the authorities specified by a general or special order of the President.

Nature, rules and deputations

Rules and regulations

The Central Civil Services (CCS) is run as per Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rule and all service members work under restrictions and rules of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules. The Indian Railway Services work under Railway Services (Conduct) Rules of 1966.

The Central Civil Services also follows CCS (Commutation of Pension) Rules and has its own Recognition of Service Associations Rules 1993 and Leave Travel Concession Rules 1988.

TheUniversity Grants Commission(UGC), in a circular released in October 2018, directedcentral universitiesto adopt the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964 for professors of the university.

Deputations

The members of Central Civil Services are eligible for deputation to state governments either on personal grounds or official approval from bothGovernment of IndiaStaffing Scheme of Government of India.

Performance review and dismissal

The employees performance review is conducted under the Fundamental Rule (FR) 56 (J) and 56 (I), and also under Rule 48 (1) (b) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, that gives "absolute right" to the appropriate authority to retire a government servant, "if it is necessary to do so in public interest".[3]

A government servant can be retired "in public interest" under Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1965, as a penalty for possession of assets disproportionate to known source of income or for accepting gratification as a reward for doing or forbearing to do an official act.[4]

Recruitment

The recruitment of the CCS (Group A) is made throughCivil Services Examination,Engineering Services Examination,Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination, I.E.S./I.S.S. Examination,Combined Medical Services Examination,Central Armed Police Forces ofUnion Public Service Commission(UPSC). All promotions or empanelment in the CCS are either by Civil Services Board or byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Central Civil Services (Group A)

TheCentral Services (Group A)are concerned with the administration of theUnion Government.[5]All appointments to Central Civil Services (Group A) are made by thePresident of India.

In 2019, based on the Bibek Debroy committee report of 2015, theCabinet of Indiaapproved the plan to merge eight railway services. In 2022, the government released a gazette notification about the merger of existing eight services, which fall under the Central Civil Services, into a newIndian Railways Management Service(IRMS). The eight services includesIndian Railway Accounts Service,Indian Railway Personnel Service,Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers,Indian Railway Service of Engineers,Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers,Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers,Indian Railway Stores Service,andIndian Railway Traffic Service.[6]

Central Government Services (Group B)

For Group Bcivil serviceposts only, the Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) is conducted by theStaff Selection Commission(SSC).[a][7] All appointments to Group B are made by the authorities specified by a general or special order of the President.[b][7]

Reforms and Challenges

In 2016, theMinistry of Financefor the first time, dismissed 72 and prematurely retired another 33Indian Revenue Serviceofficers for non-performance and on disciplinary grounds.[8][9][10][11][12]In 2019, Government of India dismissed 12 (IRS IT) and 15 (IRS Customs and Central Excise) officers for corruption and bribery charges.[13][14]In 2019, Department of Personnel and Training inMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensionslisted 284Central Secretariat Serviceofficers for performance audit by review panel headed byCabinet Secretary of India.[15]

See also

Notes

  1. ^The Schedule of Central Civil Services for Group 'B'. The complete list as per Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt. of India
  2. ^The Schedule of Central Civil Services for Group 'B'. The complete list as per Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Govt. of India

References

  1. ^Goel, S.L. (2008).Public Personnel Administration: Theory and Practice.Deep and Deep Publications, 2008.ISBN9788176293952.
  2. ^abMaheshwari, Shriram (1992).Problems and Issues in Administrative Federalism.Allied Publishers.ISBN9788170233428.
  3. ^"Centre to weed out inefficient, corrupt employees, asks depts to review service records of staff".The Economic Times.Retrieved21 December2020.
  4. ^"Odisha asks Centre to compulsory retire Indian Forest Service officer for graft".The Times of India.Retrieved20 December2020.
  5. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2018-03-04.Retrieved2017-05-04.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^Thakur, Rajesh Kumar (13 February 2022)."Indian Railway merges eight service cadres into one newly created cadre".The New Indian Express.Retrieved5 September2023.
  7. ^abComplete Civil Service Schedule of the Central Civil Services Group B of India."Central Civil Service Group B - Government of India,20 April 2020.
  8. ^"For good governance, Finance Ministry fires 72 tax officers, retires 33 more".Business Standard.6 May 2016.Retrieved12 May2016.
  9. ^"Government takes strict action against defaulting/non performing tax officials/officers".Press Information Bureau.Retrieved12 May2016.
  10. ^"Absent for years, government sacks 11 IRS officers".The Indian Express.14 January 2016.Retrieved21 December2016.
  11. ^"108 IRS officers under CBI probe for alleged corruption: Government".The Economic Times.Retrieved21 December2016.
  12. ^"CBI seizes 2 crore in old currency from city residence of IRS officer".The Times of India.Retrieved21 December2016.
  13. ^"Govt sacks 12 senior I-T officers including a senior officer for corruption".Business Standard.Retrieved22 August2019.
  14. ^"Govt Sacks 15 Senior Customs, Central Excise Officers Over Corruption, Bribery Charges".Outlook.Retrieved22 August2019.
  15. ^"Modi govt to retire Central Secretariat Service officers now, 284 of them under scanner".The Print. 4 September 2019.Retrieved3 November2019.

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