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-

category IAS ips IFS
OBC 245 255 231
SC 135 141 95
ST 67 71 48

IAS, IPS and IFS in state-cadre

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

state cadre IAS sanctioned posts IAS-deployment IPS-Approved Post ips-deployment IFS-sanctioned designation IFS-deployment
Andhra Pradesh 239 195 174 140 82 67
Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories Cadre (AGMUT) 542 406 457 427 302 201
Assam-Meghalaya 263 214 195 157 142 90
Bihar 359 303 242 241 74 50
Chhattisgarh 202 164 142 135 153 116
Gujarat 313 255 208 203 125 77
Haryana 215 172 144 127 58 44
Himachal Pradesh 153 117 96 84 114 90
Jharkhand 224 177 158 143 142 84
Kerala 231 157 172 150 107 78
Karnataka 314 273 224 203 164 113
Madhya Pradesh 459 391 319 271 296 209
Maharashtra 435 359 329 306 206 139
Manipur 115 80 91 85 58 25
Nagaland 94 53 80 65 45 29
Odisha 248 185 195 132 141 82
Punjab 231 198 172 138 61 43
Rajasthan 332 268 222 216 145 106
Sikkim 48 36 32 30 30 26
Tamil Nadu 394 343 276 242 152 102
Telangana 208 174 139 134 81 60
Tripura 102 74 69 63 60 50
Uttar Pradesh 652 571 541 510 217 114
Uttarakhand 126 109 75 73 112 70
west bengal 378 303 347 319 126 99
total 6,877 5,577 5,099 4,594 3,193 2,164

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