UPSC Exams-General Information-FAQ-Frequently Asked questions and Free Counselling

Sir, can you give me career prospect of Indian Economic Service and how it s different from IAS?

-          Vijaya Laxmi

           

            First of all, Indian Economic Service is a technical service; the Indian Administrative Service is a General Administrative Service. IAS gets the State cadres after they clear the exam and it is called All India Service where as IES is called Central Service. But IES is doesn’t come under the General Civil services exam, where even IAS also comes under. But the service conditions offered by the IES are similar to other Central Civil Services. The places of posting are usually in the State capitals or New Delhi. If a candidate is selected at a favourable age i.e. young age, he/she can expect to rise quite high in the career and touch the level of even Secretary Rank to the Government of India, in any Ministry concerned with economic affairs. 

            The IES officers are posted in the Planning Commission, Planning Board, Ministry Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, National Sample Survey and other allied offices/departments that need specialists on economic and statistics. The nature of job is that of a specialist but at the same time they will also get administrative experience.

            An IAS officer gets different State cadres and work in General Administration.

            As far as the power and functions are concerned, the IAS is better than IES.

          But both the exams are conducted by UPSC