Civil Services of India
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In India, the Civil Service is the collection of civil servants of the government who constitute the permanent executive branch of the country.[1][2] This includes servants in the All India Services, the Central Civil Services, and various State Civil Services, who are recruited through competitive examinations.
As of 2010, there were 6.4 million government employees in India in all levels within the central and state governments.[3] The services with the most personnel are with the Central Secretariat Service[lower-alpha 1] and Indian Revenue Service (IT and C&CE).[lower-alpha 2]
Civil servants in a personal capacity are paid from the Civil List. Article 311 of the constitution protects civil servants from politically motivated or vindictive action. Senior civil servants may be called to account by the Parliament. The civil service system in India is rank-based and does not follow the tenets of the position-based civil services.[2]