IAS: Indian Administrative Service 

IPS: Indian Police Service.

IAS – Indian Administrative Service

IAS – Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services and an All India Civil Service.

IAS is one of the three arms of the All India Services along with the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFoS).

Members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) serve state governments as well as the Government of India.

The duties of an IAS officer are Public Policy Implementation, Public Administration, Public Policy Formulation, Secretarial Assistance, Bureaucratic Governance.

IAS officers represent India at the international level in multilateral and bilateral negotiations.

IAS officers are also given opportunities to work in intergovernmental organizations like the United Nations (U.N), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank etc.

As per mandate given by the Election Commission of India, IAS officers also conduct elections in India.

IPS – Indian police service

Indian Police Service (IPS)

IPS is one of the All India Services.

IPS officers are employed in states and with the Union Government.

IPS officers get opportunity to serve in diverse organizations like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigative Agency (NIA), Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), Intelligence Bureau (I.B), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), National Security Guard (NSG) etc.

The IPS cadre is controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The duties of an IPS officer are Law enforcement, disaster relief, counter terrorism, crime prevention and criminal investigation, internal and external intelligence, maintaining public order, VIP protection, counter terrorism