INDIAN FOREST SERVICE(IFS) RECRUITMENT 2017 :: NO OF POST::14500
INDIAN FOREST SERVICE(IFS) RECRUITMENT 2017 ::
NO OF POST::14500
Company name: INDIAN FOREST SERVICE
Role name: Indian Forest Officer
Payscale: High salaryProfile:
Indian Forest Service (Hindi: भारतीय वन सेवा) (abbreviated as IFS[2]) is one of the Civil Services of India and belongs to the All India Services group, with other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).[3][4][5]
Indian Forest Service was created in 1966 under the All India Services Act 1951. Previously, the Imperial Forestry Service existed during the British Raj from 1865 to 1935.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, under the Government of India, is the cadre controlling authority of Indian Forest Service.
India was one of the first countries in the world to introduce scientific forest management. In 1864, the British Raj established the Imperial Forest Department. In 1864 Dr Dietrich Brandis, a German forest officer, was appointed Inspector General of Forests.[6] The Imperial Forestry Service was organised subordinate to the Imperial Forest Department in 1867 when five candidates were selected to undergo training in France & Germany. This continued up to 1885 except for a short break on account of war between France and Russia
Shift: Any shift
Required skills
1. Communication
2. Analytical skills
Age range details are
For Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC /ST) : Upto 5 years Other Backward Classes (OBC): Upto 3 years State of Jammu & Kashmir (Domiciled during the period from the 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989: Upto 5 years. Defence Services personnel: Upto 5 years Ex-servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service as on and have been released: Upto 5 years ECOs/SSCOs : Upto a maximum of five years. (Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three month's notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment) Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons: Upto 10 years.
Graduation required: Any Graduate/Post Graduate
Final date: Not mentioned
Selection process
1. Written test
2. Communication test
Required documents
1. Cv
2, Resume
3. Degree documents
