IPS As an all India Service it is under the ultimate control of the Union Government, but is divided into state cadres, each under the immediate control of a State Government. The Indian Police Service is managed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Indian Forest Service The Indian Forest Service is the only all India Service that has been set up after independence. It became operational by an Act of Parliament in .
Its pay scale and status is lower than that of the two original all India Services - the IAS and the IPS. Its recruits are chosen from an exclusive examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, which consists of a written test and interview. Though it is an All India Service, its nature is not that of a generalized civil service, but is specialized and functional. It is managed by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms which is in charge of making rules of recruitment, discipline and conditions of service regarding all India Services.
After selection the appointees undergo a foundational course lasting three months along with successful candidates of the other all India and Central Services. After the foundation course, the probationers move to their own Academy (Indian Forest Institute) at Dehradun for a rigorous two year training course, the end of which they have to pass an examination before final posting. The Indian Forest Service is cadre-based as in the case of other All India Services. Like all other All India Services, a member of this Service can come to the Centre on deputation but has to go back to his cadre after the period of deputation is over.
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) The Indian Foreign Service comes under Central Civil Service - Class I and was created after Independence. It is under the exclusive control of the Central Government and its members are recruited from the top few positions of the All India Civil Services examination. Among the Central Civil Services it is the top most in prestige, status, pay and emoluments and its recruits are asked, to serve in Indian mission and embassies abroad. It is managed by the Ministry of External Affairs.
Also, involved in the management of the IFS are the Department of Personnel which determines the conditions of service and the Ministry of Finance, which is concerned with the pay scales and other financial aspects of conditions of service. In matters of allowances, the members of the Indian Foreign Service are more fortunate compared to other services. They are entitled to foreign allowance which are fixed with reference to: (a) local cost of living, (b) other expenditure which an officer serving abroad necessarily incurs either at home or abroad, over and above that an officer of corresponding grade serving in India, (c)representational expenditure, i.e., expenditure which while optional for a private individual is obligatory for a member of the service resident, by virtue of his official position. The recruit of the IFS undergoes a training programme which covers a period of three years.
He is attached to a district for some time to enable him to pick up contact with practical work, he also undergoes a period of secretariat training. . . UPSC- Organization, Powers,