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Indian Economic Service Career Prospects

Hii sir, I Wants to go for the Indian Economic Service Will you Please provide me the Career Prospective of the Indian Economic Service ?`

[Vishal Kotkar]

The Indian Economic Service (IES) is an organized Group ‘A’ Central Service.
The IES was constituted in 1961 with the objective of institutionalising a core professional capacity within the Government to undertake economic analysis and render advice for designing and formulating development policies, strengthening delivery systems, and monitoring and evaluating the public programmes.

Career Prospective :

IES is the gateway to the central service as Group A officers. Aspirants who successfully pass IES/ISS examination are placed in various cadre posts in the planning commission, planning board, ministry of economic affairs, national sample survey and other allied offices

Job profile

The posts are primarily located in Ministries/ Departments dealing with economic and social sectors. Besides Cadre posts, IES officers go on deputation to serve in various domestic and international organizations such as UN bodies, foreign governments, state governments and regulatory bodies.


Names of the Posts in India Economics Services

Higher Administrative Grade + (HAG +)/ Principal or Chief Economic Advis
Pay Structure Rs. 80,000 (fixed)



Higher Administrative Grade (HAG)/ Senior Economic Adviser/ Senior Adviser Pay Structure Rs. 67,000- (annual increment @3%)- Rs.79,000



Senior Administrative Grade (SAG)/ Economic Adviser/ Adviser
Pay Band-4: Rs. 37,400-67,000 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 10,000

Junior Administrative Grade (JAG)/ Joint Director/ Deputy Economic Adviser
{including Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG)/ Director/ Additional Economic Adviser}
Pay Band-3: 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 7,600
{Pay Band-4: Rs. 37,400-67,000 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 8,700}

Senior Time Scale (STS)/ Deputy Director/ Assistant Economic Adviser/ Senior Research Officer
Pay Band-3: Rs. 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 6,600

Junior Time Scale (JTS)/ Assistant Director/ Research Officer
Pay Band-3: Rs. 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 5,400