There is a vacancy for 1,472 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, 864 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and 1,057 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
The sanctioned strength of IAS officers was 6,789, 4,984 IPS officers, and 3,191 IFS officers as on January 1, 2022, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
Of these, 5,317 IAS officers, 4,120 IPS officers, and 2,134 IFS officers, respectively, were in position, he said.
"Occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process. It is the endeavor of the central government to fill up vacant posts expeditiously. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts examinations for filling up vacancies on direct recruitment basis in IAS, IPS, and IFS every year," the minister said.
The government has increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 through the civil services examination (CSE) till CSE-2021, he said.
Further, the minister said that a committee had been constituted to recommend the intake of direct recruit IAS officers every year through CSE from CSE-2022 to CSE-2030.
The intake of IPS officers through CSE has been increased to 200 from CSE-2020, Singh said, adding that the intake of IFS has been raised to 150 in 2022.