Despite the fact that Madhya Pradesh is going to get a larger share of IAS officers (after the results of the UPSC exam declared on Friday) this time than it had earlier, the state will continue to face a shortage of 68 officers.
The state has nearly 459 sanctioned posts of IAS officers, out of which 320 posts are filled through direct recruitment and 139 posts through promotion.
At present, only 391 officers of both categories are working in the state. Among them, 265 are directly recruited, and 126 officers are promotees.
The MP’s woes are heightened due to retirements. 18 officers retired last year, and a large number of state cadre officers will retire in the next three years, resulting in an additional shortage of IAS officers.
The situation is the same for the State Administrative Service (SAS) officers, as they are unlikely to be promoted to the IAS because of a ban on promotion. For the SAS, 873 posts have been sanctioned, out of which 436 posts are filled up by direct recruits, and the rest, 437 posts, are manned through promotion.
Under the current scenario only half of the sanctioned posts of the SAS officers are working in the state.
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