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Selected candidates are sent for foundation training at the [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]], [[Mussoorie]]. This is followed by Forest Service-specific orientation at the [[Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy]] at [[Dehradun]], with training on [[forest management|forest]] and [[wildlife management]], [[soil conservation]], [[surveying]], [[List of Scheduled Tribes in India|Scheduled Tribes]] and handling [[weapon]]s. After completion of their training the officers are awarded a master degree in Science (Forestry) of the Deemed University known as [[Forest Research Institute]]. The officers are taught more than 56 subjects of life sciences in two years. |
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After completing training at the academies, candidates go through a year of on-the-job field training in the state to which he or she is assigned. There is a probationary period of three years during which they are posted as Assistant Conservators of Forests. On completion, and after four years of service in the junior scale, officers are appointed to the Senior Time Scale and are entitled to be posted as [[Deputy Conservator of Forests (India)|Deputy Conservators of Forests]] or ''Divisional Forest Officers'' (DFO) in charge of districts/forest divisions. |
After completing training at the academies, candidates go through a year of on-the-job field training in the state to which he or she is assigned. There is a probationary period of three years during which they are posted as Assistant Conservators of Forests. On completion, and after four years of service in the junior scale, officers are appointed to the Senior Time Scale and are entitled to be posted as [[Deputy Conservator of Forests (India)|Deputy Conservators of Forests]] or ''Divisional Forest Officers'' (DFO) in charge of districts/forest divisions. |
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Abbreviation | I.F.S. | ||||||||||
Formed | 1966 | ||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||
Training Ground | Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun | ||||||||||
Controlling Authority | Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) | ||||||||||
Legal personality | Governmental: Government service | ||||||||||
General nature | Administration of Forest and Wildlife resources | ||||||||||
Preceding service | Imperial Forestry Service | ||||||||||
Cadre size | 3034 (Including 2009) | ||||||||||
Website | [1] | ||||||||||
Service Chief | |||||||||||
Director General of Forests Current: K. Judesekar | |||||||||||
Head of the Civil Services | |||||||||||
Cabinet Secretary Current: A. K. Seth |
Wildlife of India |
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- "Imperial Forest Service" redirects here
The Indian Forest Service (Hindi: भारतीय वन सेवा) (Abbreviated as IFS) is the Forestry service of India. It is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India.[citation needed] Its members are recruited by the national government but serve under the state governments or Central Government.
History
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The modern Indian Forest Service was created in 1966 for protection, conservation, and regeneration of forest resources.
Imperial Forest Service
India was one of the first in the world to introduce scientific forest management. In 1864, the British Raj established the Imperial Forest Department. In 1866 Dr. Dietrich Brandis, a German forest officer, was appointed Inspector General of Forests. The Imperial Forestry Service was organized subordinate to the Imperial Forest Department in 1867. The British colonial government also constituted provincial forest services and executive and subordinate services similar to the forest administrative hierarchy used today.
Officers appointed from 1867 to 1885 were trained in Germany and France, and from 1885 to 1905 at Cooper's Hill, London, a noted professional college of forestry. From 1905 to 1926, the University of Oxford (Sir William Schlich), University of Cambridge, and University of Edinburgh had undertaken the task of training Imperial Forestry Service officers.
From 1927 to 1932, forest officers were trained at the Imperial Forest Research Institute (FRI) at Dehradun, which had been established in 1906.
Indian Forest College
The Indian Forest College (IFC) was established in the 1938 at Dehradun, and officers recruited to the Superior Forest Service by the states and provinces were trained there. Forestry, which was managed by the federal government until then, was transferred to the "provincial list" by the Government of India Act 1935, and recruitment to the Imperial Forestry Service was subsequently discontinued.
Modern agency
The modern Indian Forest Service was established in 1966, after independence, under the All India Services Act 1951. The first Inspector General of Forests, Hari Singh, was instrumental in the development of the IFS.
India has an area of 635,400 km2 designated as forests, about 19.32 percent of the country. India's forest policy was created in 1894 and revised in 1952 and again in 1988.
Training
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Selected candidates are sent for foundation training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. This is followed by Forest Service-specific orientation at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy at Dehradun, with training on forest and wildlife management, soil conservation, surveying, Scheduled Tribes and handling weapons. After completion of their training the officers are awarded a master degree in Science (Forestry) of the Deemed University known as Forest Research Institute. The officers are taught more than 56 subjects of life sciences in two years.
After completing training at the academies, candidates go through a year of on-the-job field training in the state to which he or she is assigned. There is a probationary period of three years during which they are posted as Assistant Conservators of Forests. On completion, and after four years of service in the junior scale, officers are appointed to the Senior Time Scale and are entitled to be posted as Deputy Conservators of Forests or Divisional Forest Officers (DFO) in charge of districts/forest divisions.
The officers are supposed to work in the field of forestry as well as wildlife. At times they are posted as working plan officers and put on deputation with agencies such as State Forest Corporation, for carrying out exploiting operations of timber and their marketing, as Member Secretaries of Pollution control Board, Tourism Officers or Executive Directors or MDs of state-run corporations or boards. They can be posted as Secretaries of the Autonomous Bodies and as Directors or Joint Secretaries in government of India.
Indian Forest Service officers draw pay and other perks equal to Indian Police Service officers. They are awarded non-functional scales as when their juniors in IAS by two years draw the scale of Joint Secretary, they are awarded the scale of Chief Conservator of Forests in the state.
Salary structure
Grade | Position in the State Government(s) or Central government | Pay Scale |
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Director General Of Forests Grade | Director General of Forests | ₹80,000 (fixed) plus grade pay-Nil |
Apex Scale | Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of States, Officers of equivalent rank posted at the union government | ₹80,000 (fixed) plus grade pay-Nil |
Above Super Time Scale | Addl.Principal Chief Conservator of Forests/Chief Conservator Of Forests | ₹37,400-₹67,000 plus grade pay of ₹12,000 |
Super Time Scale | Conservator of Forests | ₹37,400-₹67,000 plus grade pay of ₹10000 |
Selection Grade | Deputy Conservator of Forests or Divisional Forest Officers | ₹37,400-₹67,000 plus grade Pay of ₹8700 |
Junior Administrative Grade | Deputy Conservator of Forests or Divisional Forest Officers | ₹15,600-₹39,100 plus grade pay of ₹7600 |
Senior Time Scale | Deputy Conservator of Forests or Divisional Forest Officers | ₹15,600-₹39,100 plus grade pay of ₹6600 |
Junior Time Scale | Assistant Conservator Of Forests | ₹15,600-₹39,100 plus grade pay of ₹5400 |
See also
- Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
- Indian Administrative Service
- Indian Police Service
- Indian Revenue Service