Indian Entrance |
IPS |
To serve in the IPS one has to pass the Civil Services Examination or be elevated from the state cadre, which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, every year. This examination is a common examination conducted for selection to the other one of the other All India Services, as well as various other Group A and Group B services under the Central Government.
Taking the Civil Services Examination, a three-stage competitive selection process consisting of a preliminary exam, a main exam, and an interview is the only way to get in to IPS as with many other civil service bodies. This Civil Services Examination is administered by the Union Public Service Commission once a year.
At one stage, there is an objective type examination called the Preliminary examination. This is a qualifying examination and only the candidates who clear this can appear for the next stage called the Main examination. In the Main examination each candidate has to select two optional subjects, apart from which all candidates have to take a General Studies, Essay and compulsory language paper and English paper. Preliminary examination consists of General Studies & Optional 1. On clearing this candidate would be allowed to write mains, which consists of nine papers.
After being selected for the IPS, candidates are allocated to their Cadres. There is one cadre in each Indian state, except for three joint cadres: Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur-Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT).
IPS officers pay scales, according to the Sixth Central Pay Commission:
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