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Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951 by the Government of India. The main mandate of IFS service is the implementation of the National Forest Policy which aims to ensure environmental stability and maintenance of ecological balance. An IFS officer is largely independent of district administration and exercises administrative, judicial and financial powers in their own domain. All top positions in state forest department are held by IFS officers. On acceptance to the IFS, new entrants undergo a probationary period (and are referred to as Officer Trainees). Training begins at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, where members of many elite civil services are trained for the period of 15 weeks. On completion of which they go to the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy at Dehradun, for a more intensive training in a host of subjects important to Forestry, Wildlife Management, Biodiversity, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Forest Policies and Laws, Remote Sensing and GIS, Forest Dwellers and Scheduled Tribes. Salary structure in Indian Forest Services. Grade Pay Scale Junior Time Scale Rs 15600 – Rs 39100 with Grade Pay of 5400 Senior Time Scale Rs 15600 – Rs 39100 with Grade Pay of Rs. 6600 Junior Administrative Grade Rs 15600 – Rs 39100 with Grade Pay of Rs. 7600 Deputy Conservator of Forest (Selection Grade) Rs 37400 – Rs 67000 with Grade Pay of Rs. 8700 Conservator of Forests Rs 37400 – Rs 67000 with Grade Pay of Rs. 8900 Chief Conservator of Forests Rs 37400 – Rs 67000 with Grade Pay of Rs. 10000 Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Rs 67000 – Rs 79000 Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Rs 75000 – Rs 80000 Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Fixed Pay Scale: Rs 80000 Hierarchy in the Indian Forest Services Assistant Conservator of Forests Deputy Conservator of Forests Conservator of Forests Chief Conservator of Forests Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Director of Forest |
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