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Advantages And Disadvantages Of State Civil Services

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State Civil Services (SCS) also known as Provincial Civil Services (PCS) corresponds to Administrative Services in state government. Every State Public Service Commission carries out a competitive examination usually every year for recruitment to the Provincial Civil Services.
Note: In some States the examination is not conducted every year. In such States the candidates may have to remain prepared for longer durations and to grab the opportunity when it comes their way.
Candidates selected through PCS Examinations are meant to choose from following categories
State Civil Services, Class-I (SCS)
State Police Service, Class-I (SPS)
• Block Development Officer
• Tehsildar/Talukadar/Asstt. Collector
• Excise and Taxation Officer
• District …show more content…

After putting in a certain number of years in the State service, the officers of SCS and SPS may expect to be nominated to the IAS and IPS respectively, with some antedate seniority. In the SCS, the officers get posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrates/Deputy Collectors, Land Acquisition Collectors, Additional District Magistrates, Municipal Administrators, Under/Deputy Joint Secretaries, Deputy/Joint /Additional Directors or Assistant Commissioners in the State administration. Similarly, SPS officers are appointed as Deputy/Additional Superintendents of Police. One major advantage these services has is that one may expect to remain within that particular State and gain valuable experience before getting nominated to the IAS/IPS. This enables these officers to excel in their higher postings. A candidate joining SCS/SPS at a favorable age may expect to reach the level of the Secretary or DIG Police. However, the promotional avenues vary from State to State. Moreover, these services have built-in higher scales like senior and selection scale before getting into the …show more content…

The number of vacancies being limited, the examination offers a tough competition to the aspirants and only the candidates with thorough preparations may expect to be successful.
Scheme of Examination
The pattern of this examination is similar to the civil services examination conducted by the UPSC. Most of the bigger States follow the practice of holding a preliminary examination to short-list the candidates. Preliminary examination is almost on the lines of preliminary examination for the civil services examination conducted by the UPSC, with the exception that a few questions may be asked about the custom, traditions, planning and problems of the State concerned.
The smaller States with relatively lesser number of vacancies and lesser candidates may skip the preliminary examination. The Centre’s for examination are determined by the concerned public service commission considering the geographical area of the State and the number of candidates taking the examination. Preliminary examination is followed by the main examination (Smaller States usually go in for main examination

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