How many IAS and IPS officers are there from SC, ST, OBC in the country? Which state-cadre has the highest number, the government told everything

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How many IAS-IPS officers are there from SC-ST and OBC in the country? (PC-Wikimedia commons/upsc.gov.in) UPSC IAS IPS IFS Post: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently started the application process for UPAC CSE Exam 2026. Meanwhile, the Central Government has presented the status report in the Parliament on the sanctioned posts and postings of IAS,…

How many IAS and IPS officers are there from SC, ST, OBC in the country? Which state-cadre has the highest number, the government told everything

How many IAS-IPS officers are there from SC-ST and OBC in the country? (PC-Wikimedia commons/upsc.gov.in)
UPSC IAS IPS IFS Post: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently started the application process for UPAC CSE Exam 2026. Meanwhile, the Central Government has presented the status report in the Parliament on the sanctioned posts and postings of IAS, IPS, IFS in the country. According to this, there is a shortage of 19 percent civil servants in the country. Along with this, the government has also given the data of how many IAS-IPS officers of SC-ST and OBC categories there are in the country and the maximum and minimum number in the state cadre. Let us know in details here.

This many IAS-IPS and IFS in the list till January 1, 2025

The Center placed before Parliament on February 12 the updated data of direct recruitment in All India Services in terms of numbers, existing officers and category. This information was shared by Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. According to the list prepared till January 1, 2025, the vacancy in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) according to the cadre in the three All India Services is 1,300, Indian Police Service (IPS) There are 505 in the Indian Forest Service (IFS) and 1,029 in the Indian Forest Service (IFS).

More than 15 thousand posts of civil servants, 19 percent vacant

According to the information given by the Union Minister, civil servants in the country i.e. IAS15,169 posts of IPS, IFS are sanctioned. In comparison, there are 12,335 posts of IAS, IPS and IFS and 2,834 posts are vacant. In this way, about 19 percent of civil servant posts are vacant.

How many SC-ST and OBC category officers are there?

The government has also released the figures of recruitment from reserved category. The data of officers recruited from SC-ST and OBC categories during the last 5 years (CSE 2020 to CSE 2024) is as follows-

categoryIASipsIFS
OBC245255231
SC13514195
ST677148

IAS, IPS and IFS in state-cadre

The data of IAS, IPS and IFS posts in state cadre is as follows-

state cadreIAS sanctioned postsIAS-deploymentIPS-Approved Postips-deploymentIFS-sanctioned designationIFS-deployment
Andhra Pradesh2391951741408267
Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories Cadre (AGMUT)542406457427302201
Assam-Meghalaya26321419515714290
Bihar3593032422417450
Chhattisgarh202164142135153116
Gujarat31325520820312577
Haryana2151721441275844
Himachal Pradesh153117968411490
Jharkhand22417715814314284
Kerala23115717215010778
Karnataka314273224203164113
Madhya Pradesh459391319271296209
Maharashtra435359329306206139
Manipur1158091855825
Nagaland945380654529
Odisha24818519513214182
Punjab2311981721386143
Rajasthan332268222216145106
Sikkim483632303026
Tamil Nadu394343276242152102
Telangana2081741391348160
Tripura1027469636050
Uttar Pradesh652571541510217114
Uttarakhand126109757311270
west bengal37830334731912699
total6,8775,5775,0994,5943,1932,164