With an aim to tide over a huge shortage of about 1,500 IAS officers in the country, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is trying to devise ways to increase the annual intake of IAS officers.
According to reports submitted by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, the gap between the sanctioned strength and the in-position strength of IAS officers is growing with 104 in Uttar Pradesh cadre, 94 in Bihar cadre, and 87 in AGMUT cadre.
Sources in the DoPT indicated that the Union Government is also aware of the shortage and is working on possible ways to increase the number of annual intake of IAS officers in a phased manner through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to reduce this shortage.
The committee has also flagged the issue of shortage of the IAS officers in the country.
The panel, in its 112th report, observed that due to the bureaucratic deficit the states tend to adopt means like appointing non-cadre officers to cadre posts, and continuing them in such posts beyond the permissible time limit besides giving multiple charges to the serving officers.
The committee felt that such moves compromise the efficiency of administration. That is perhaps the reason why it recommended that the DoPT needs to increase the annual intake of IAS officers significantly keeping in view the evolving needs of Indian administration.
The panel also recommended the Centre to undertake cadre review of posts designated as ‘Cadre posts’ exclusively reserved for IAS officers in states.
The committee also held that 12 Central Group A services are awaiting cabinet approval and the cadre review proposals of nine services were pending with the Cadre Review Committee and hoped that this would be completed at the earliest.
The panel has asked the DoPT to take steps to expedite cadre review of the rest of the 17 services and ensure that the process is completed at the earliest.
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