Establishment Of Indian Forest Service

When was Indian Forest Service created? Also provide the list of Notable IFS (Indian Forest Service) officers of India ?

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Indian Forest Service is one of the Civil Services of India and belongs to the apex All India Services group, with other two being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Indian Forest Service was created in the year 1966 .

IFS (Indian Forest Service) officers are recruited through the Indian Forest Service examination directed annually by the Union Public Service Commission.

Indian Forest Service officers broadly falls into two categories:

Central Deputation

State Deputation

For Central Deputation, there are two schemes in Government of India and organizations under its control.

Central Staffing Scheme

Non-Central Staffing Scheme

Notable IFS officers

• Hari Singh
• Sanjiv Chaturvedi
• Ramesh K. Pandey
• Hemendra Singh Panwar
• Fateh Singh Rathore
• Daniel Richmond
• P. Srinivas