{{Infobox , title = Rajasthan Accounts Service
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Government of Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Rajasthan, a judiciary and a legislative. Jaipur is the capital of Raja ...

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Financial Advisor
Chief Controller of Budget
Chief Accounting Authority
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Rajasthan Accounts Service (R.Ac.S.) formed in 1954, is a premier state civil service of Rajasthan. Accounts/Finance officers of the Service posted in all Government departments, government undertakings, autonomous bodies, Urban Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj institutions etc. manage their financial administration. The Accounts/Finance officers are posted to assist the Head of Departments in attaining a reasonable high standard of financial administration so that financial regularity may be secured all-round by enforcing implicit, observance of rule and orders relating to financial procedure and propriety, and to ensure that the accounts of the departments are maintained efficiently. The officers of the cadre are known for their knowledge, wisdom and integrity; and are considered as watchdogs of the state exchequer. The members of the service working at higher levels of the government set-up render consultation support regarding maintenance of the financial discipline, to the heads of departments or institutions and administrative Secretaries, as the case may be. The administrative control of RAcS cadre is with the Department of Finance, Government of Rajasthan and the officers are governed by Rajasthan Accounts Service Rules 1954.

Recruitment

The recruitment of officers in this service is made through competitive examination held by

Rajasthan Public Service Commission The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) is a body with authority under the Constitution of India to select applicants for appointment to civil service jobs in the Indian state of Rajasthan according to the merits of the applicants and t ...

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. The examination is conducted annually and is known as Rajasthan State Administrative and Subordinate Services combined competitive examination. The examination is conducted to select officers for Rajasthan Administrative Service, Rajasthan Police Service and Rajasthan Accounts Service and number of other civil services.

Promotion

The first posting in Junior/Ordinary scale is as Accounts Officer in various departments and as Additional Treasury Officer in District Treasury Office. After sufficient experience officer is promoted in Senior scale as Senior Accounts Officer/Treasury Officer and in Selection scale as Chief Accounts Officer and as Comptroller in state universities and in Super-time Scale as Joint Secretary in Finance (Excise) Department, Finance (EAD & Finance Commission) Department, Finance (Budget) Department, Finance (Ways & Means) Department, Finance (Rules), Finance (Revenue) etc. and Financial Advisors (FA) in various departments and in Higher Super-time Scale as Director, Treasuries and Accounts Department; Director, Inspection Department; Director, Local Fund Audit Department; Director, Pension and Pensioners' Welfare Department; Director (Budget), Finance Department etc and as Joint Secretary in Finance (Expenditure-3) Department, Secretariat, Finance (Expenditure-4) Department, Finance (Expenditure-5) Department, Finance (Rules) Department, Finance (Audit) Department; etc. Some officers of outstanding performance get a promotion in

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References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20090719021729/http://racsassociation.com/ *http://finance.rajasthan.gov.in/TRANSFERS/F1(2)2000-25.02.09.pdf *http://finance.rajasthan.gov.in/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20030325154802/http://rpsc.gov.in/ *http://finance.rajasthan.gov.in/apps/m_apps/ASM/civillist.aspx *http://finance.rajasthan.gov.in/PDFDOCS/GT/F-GT-7961-04022019.pdf Government of Rajasthan Accounting in India State civil services of India 1954 establishments in Rajasthan