Rajasthan Administrative Service, popularly known as RAS, is a state civil service of state

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

along with

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and other services. The officers are included in the state cadre of civil service officers. RAS officers undergo two years training at

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.Cadre controlling authority for this service is Department of Personnel,

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 ...

. The head of this service is Chief Secretary. RAS Exam Controversy.

Posts

RAS officers start service as assistant collector and executive magistrate in training period. After training they usually serve as Sub-Divisional Magistrate for some years. After that they are posted as additional district collector and additional district magistrate or additional Divisional Commissioner till their induction in

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by promotion. Beside these posts they also hold various other posts like Deputy Secretary to

Rajasthan Government 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 ...

, Joint Secretary to

, Deputy Inspector General Stamp and Registration, Special Assistant to State Minister, Commissioner to Municipal Corporation, Additional Chief Executive Officer to Zila Parishad, chief executive officer to Zila Parishad, District Supply Officer, Secretary to Urban Improvement Trust, Registrar to State University, District Excise Officer, Member of Board of Revenue, Deputy and additional Commissioner to Colonisation and many other posts to different departments.

Functions

level and district level while delivering variou
government services
apart from conducting revenue administration maintenance of law and order. They work at grass-root level of administration for policy implementation and policy formulation. They also work in secretariat at different posts.

Promotion

Promotions in service :- Junior Scale : 5400 Grade : 0 - 5 Years Senior Scale : 6600 Grade : 6 - 10 Years Selection Scale : 7600 Grade : 11 - 18 Years Supertime Scale : 8700 Grade : 18 - 25 Years Higher Supertime : 9500 Grade : 26th Year The cadres usually start from a designation lower in rank than

(IAS) (one of the

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). However, promoted RAS officers gradually can take posts equivalent to IAS officers. Usually it takes 25–30 years of service for promotion in

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. Promotee

officers usually reach up to post of Divisional Commissioner before retirement. Promoted

officers are allotted a year of selection or batch on the basis of equivalent service of RAS to

References

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/ras-exam-result-controversy-rajasthan-education-minister-govind-dotasra-statement-latest-updates-722024

External links

RAS Association

RPSC Website
{{Public Services of India Government of Rajasthan State civil services of India 1950 establishments in Rajasthan

Posts

Functions

Promotion

See also

References

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