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Indian Navy

Joining the Navy as an Commissioned Officer is a matter of PRIDE for the young men, who are enthusiastic and eager to serve their motherland and also believe to lead an adventurous life, in addition to attractive pay and perks, secured life, bright future and a number of other facilities, as compared to other salaried jobs.

Navy render invaluable services to the country both in times of War as well as in Peace, defending the extensive Coastline of the country in times of Aggression, safeguarding maritime interests such as off-shore Oil and Gas Installations, Coastal Shipping and Fishery Rights and protecting vital trade links. The Navy welcomes highly motivated patriots and well disciplined young men to join as Officers.

Navy constitutes Five main branches i.e., Executive, Technical, Electrical, Education and Law.

Executive Branch:

This is the operational branch of Navy. They work and fight during the War from Ships The Executive Branch execute, command, plans for various seas’ operations and other contingencies arising in the coastal territory.  They play vital role in the Navy by commanding a naval ship, alone, according to its capabilities and limitations. These officers specialize in Gunnery and Missiles, Navigation and direction, Torpedo and Anti Sub Marine Warfare, Communication, Logistics Management, Hydrographs and Law Officers.  Law Officers deal with the legal needs of the Navy.  They advise on evidence in Court Martial and other Disciplinary Actions and give Legal Advice to Naval Staff in various civil matters..  The entry is through four types of doors i.e., Cadet Entry (NDA), Graduate Entry, NCC Special Entry, and Armament Inspection Cadre.

Technical Branch:

Indian Police Service Officers

Rank Insignia of Additional Superintendent of Police (IPS Officer) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rank Insignia of Assistant Superintendent of Police (I.P.S. Probationary rank) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Job Description:

The IPS Officers are responsible for internal security, public safety and maintenance of law and order. The various functional branches, related to security, where these officers work include the crime branch, investigation department (CID) and traffic police. They also work with the various central police organizations viz., BSF, CRPF, ITBP and CISF. On central deputation they also come to organizations like the Intelligence Bureau and other security organizations under the Cabinet Secretariat like the Special Protection Group (SPG) meant for providing proximate security to the Prime Minister. On completion of probation a IPS begins his career as a Assistant Superintendent of Police of a sub-division.

Educational Qualification:

Graduates in any discipline and selected through the Civil Services Examination, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Remuneration:

Starting salary is Rs. 13,000 per month (excluding other allowances)

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Allied Services

Job Description:

Those with higher ranking in the merit list generally opt of IAS, IPS and IFS. The remaining candidates who are selected get into various other central services on the basis of their ranking and option. These officers unlike IAS and IPS officers serve only the central government. The area of work depends on the service that they enter.  Functional areas of some of these Group ‘A’ services are as below:

Ø Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) looks after the transportation and commercial matters of the railways. It comprises of the Operations Division and the Commercial Division. Operations Division controls the movement of trains and the Commercial Division is responsible for all the freight and passengers carried by trains. Activities of the Commercial Division include ticket checking, catering, and advertising and general railway administration.

Ø Indian Railway Accounts Services (IRAS) handles the accounting and finance section of the railways, which includes monitoring of purchase of equipments by Railways, calculation of bonus for the employees every year and managing the income and expenditure of Railways.

Ø Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) handles recruitment of all railway staff. Planning of such recruitment, deciding on promotions, postings, training, welfare activities issuing orders for transfers, promotions, disciplinary action, payments to be made in the event of an employees’ death etc all come under the purview of this service.