Indian Civil Accounts Service

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Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)

Indian Civil Accounts Service
Service Overview
Abbreviation	ICAS
Formed	1976
Country	India
Training Ground	National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad Institute of Government Accounts and Finance, New Delhi
Controlling Authority	Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Legal Personality	Governmental, Civil Service
General Nature	Accounting and Finance
Service Chief
Controller General of Accounts	Ms Bharati Das(ICAS)
Head of the All India Civil Services
Cabinet Secretary	T. V. Somanathan, IAS

The Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS; Hindi: भारतीय सिविल लेखा सेवा Bharatiya Civil Lekha Seva ) is one of the Civil Services of India. ICAS is under the Department of Expenditure in the Union Ministry of Finance. The service was created in 1976 with the purpose of separating the Auditing and Accounting functions of the Union Government with deputation and transfer from the Indian Audits and Accounts Service. Since 1977, personnel have been selected from the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, like all other Central Civil Services.