Sanctioned Strength of IAS Officers

Sanctioned Strength of IAS Officers

The total sanctioned strength of IAS officers as on 1.1.2011was 6077. Of these 4488 were in position and there was a shortage of 1589. The state wise details are as under:- SI. No. Cadre Total Authorised Strength Total officers in* position as on 1.1.2011 Shortage (3-4) 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andhra Pradesh 347 296 51 2 AGMU 337 217 120 3 Assam-Meghalaya 248 208 40 4 Bihar 326 203 123 5 Chhattisgarh 178 118 60 6 Gujarat 260 218 42 7 Haryana 205 178 27 8 Himachal Pradesh 129 108 21 9 Jammu & Kashmir 137 92 45 10 Jharkhand 208 108 100 11 Karnataka 299 225 74 12 Kerala 214 163 51 13 Madhya Pradesh 369 303 66 14 Maharashtra 350 307 43 15 Manipur-Tripura 207 145 62 16 Nagaland 91 54 37 17 Orissa 226 158 68 18 Punjab 221 172 49 19 Rajasthan 296 187 109 20 Sikkim 48 35 13 21 Tamil Nadu 355 293 62 22 Uttarakhand 120 85 35 23 Uttar Pradesh 592 384 208 24 West Bengal 314 231 83 Total 6077 4488 1589 * This includes number of officersallocated cadre on the basis of Civil Services Examination 2009, who had joined prior to 01.01.2011. All India Service officers are borne on the state cadres. The total authorized strength of IAS also includes posts under Central Deputation Reserve (CDR), which is 40% of Senior Duty Posts. There is a gap between the requirement of number of IAS officers and the posts filled up through direct recruitment as well through promotion. The requirement/sanctioned strength of IAS officers in the country has increased through periodic cadre review due to increase in developmental activities etc. Intake of IAS under DR Quota has also increased during last 5 years as is evident from the following table :- CSE Year Intake of IAS officers 2007 111 2008 119 2009 132 2010 (vacancies) 151 2011 (vacancies) 170 Shortage in promotion quota is being reduced through advanced/early determination of vacancies in promotion quota and timely conduct of Selection Committee meetings by UPSC.