India, currently, has a total strength of 1,177 Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers working for it. It was disclosed in the Parliament by the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, while responding to a query on the number of vacancies/shortage in staff in various Indian Missions across the world. The minister also said that the sanctioned strength of Indian Foreign Service officers is 1,177.
According to him, there are 6,277 officers and officials — including local staff – currently serving in 218 missions and posts abroad. The requirement of manpower changes according to the workload, the minister added.
The government informed the Parliament that the Ministry of External Affairs regularly reviews the requirement of manpower at various levels in missions and posts abroad as well as at the headquarters.
The government also said in its reply that there are 49 IFS officers posted to Indian missions handling key multilateral organizations as on date. According to it, two Consulates General of India are being currently headed by two IFS officers
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