The Centre has formed a committee for recommendations on the intake of direct-recruit IAS officers through civil services exams from 2022 to 2030, Union minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, he also said the government had increased the annual intake of IAS officers to 180 through civil services exams (CSE) till 2021.

“The government has also constituted a committee for recommending the intake of direct-recruit IAS officers every year through CSE from CSE-2022 to CSE-2030. As far as IPS is concerned, intake of IPS (RR officers) through CSE (civil services examination) has been increased from 150 to 200 w.e.f. CSE-2020,” Singh said.

Filling up of vacancies through induction from state services is a continuous process and selection committee meetings are held by the UPSC with the state governments, he said. To a question whether the Centre was planning to acquire overriding powers to transfer IAS and IPS officers, Singh said the cadre rules of all three all-India services contain provisions governing the central deputation.