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The All India Services (AIS) comprises three Civil Services of India common to the centre and state governments, which includes the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Police Service (IPS), and the Indian Forest Service (IFS).[1][2][3] Civil servants recruited through All India Services by the central government are assigned to different state government cadres. Some civil servants may, later in their career, also serve the centre on deputation.[3] Officers of these three services comply to the All India Services Rules relating to pay, conduct, leave, various allowances etc.[4]
The central government is the Cadre Controlling Authority for all three All India Services. In terms of provisions for promotion regulations, the specific authorities are the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions for IAS, while the Ministry of Home Affairs is the authority for IPS, and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the authority for IFS. Recruitments are conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on the basis of the annual Civil Services Examination for IAS and IPS, and Forest Service Examination for IFS. Since 2012 onwards, the preliminary test of the two examinations are combined.
The All India Services Act, 1951, provides for the creation of two more All India Services, namely, the Indian Service of Engineers and the Indian Medical and Health Service.[5][6][7][8]
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