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What is the basic pay scale of IAS officers
The Government of India has fixed salary grades for Civil Servants. The pay scale at various levels is as follows:
Junior Officers: Rs. 8000-275-13500
Senior Officers: Rs. 10650-325-15200
Junior Administrative Grade: Rs. 12,750-375-16,500
Selection Grade: Rs. 15,100-400-18,300
Additional Secretary: Rs. 22400-525-24500
Secretary :Rs :26,000
Cabinet Secretary: Rs.30,000
In addition to the salary civil servants receive various allowances such as Dearness Allowance, City compensatory Allowance, Leave Travel Allowance, Medical and subsidised housing.
I had decided to leave my lucrative career and sit for IAS exams and my preperations were underway. I always thought that being a honest IAS officer is a greater thing than any other career. But I am confused with the concept of generalists attached to all bureaucrats, especially when the director of LBSNAA says so. Please check this article http://203.199.8375/news/2000/jun/27inter.htm Questions that are bothering me and hindering my studies are:
1. Does IAS role gets greatly reduced even in Rural development, Education, poverty alleviation programmes?
2. Isn't bureucracy a Complex administrative exercise where lot of intellectual, talent, grit is heavily required for decision making?
3. I dont think an IAS officer is a generalist. But I surely think India requires a new Age officers who see problem eye-to-eye and deliver public service caring least for rewards....Am I correct??
4. Can I survive in IAS service, not to earn name and fame but to deliver, by hardwork, setting things right, correcting the procedures, building best e-governance projects, Do I get these opportunities?
However your concerns are genuine and require careful attention. IAS is generalist in govt. in the same manner as MBA is in the private sector. His being generalist does not in any way hamper his capacity to deliver public service. His general perspective keeps the overall picture in place, which may be lost sight of in case a specialist is on the job. This debate is likely to go on. We, personally, don't see any reduction of IAS role in governance in near future. In my opinion a dedicated IAS officer can be of more help to people than any other professional. We are not counting social service activist ( e.g. Baba Amte, Medha Patekar etc) nor honest politicians.
IAS remains a principal implementing agency with a vast policy making areas of your interest. There are political and other challenges. Still an IAS officer can make a big difference by ensuring a just atmosphere, a responsive administration and efficient delivery system.
There are IAS officers who have achieved big successes in eradication of illiteracy, initiating e-governance projects, poverty alleviation schemes, creating law and order etc. Ultimately however, an individual has to decide in what way he or she can fulfill his or her destiny, both in personal and in wider context. It can be through any field; professional, political, literacy or government service.