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35-693: Railway Board Secretariat Service was constituted with effect from 1.12.1954 under the Railway Board Secretariat (Re-organisation and reinforcement) Scheme. The model followed in setting up the service was the Central Secretariat Service which had been re-organised under the Central Secretariat (Re-organisation and re-inforcement) Scheme, framed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, with a view to strengthen

70-550: A Committee on Cadre Restructuring of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) in June 2008. The Committee submitted its report in November 2008 for further reforms in the service. The report was finally accepted in 2010 and the number of posts at various levels including Deputy Secretaries and Directors were increased following the review A committee was formed under the leadership of Additional Secretary (GOI) in 2013 for further reforms in

105-467: A Ministry of Government of India as well as Technical Headquarter of a vast network of Indian Railways . The organisational hierarchy of the above Secretariat Services normally comprises the following levels / grades. 5400 in PB3 (After 4 years service)(PB3) L10 Railway Board Secretariat Service also has the cadre post at the level of Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in scale Rs.67000-79000 (L15) which

140-559: A number of sections and branches each having assigned list of subjects dealt by them. Apart from the above, the RBSS Officers are also posted in the secretariat of Ministers of Railways. Central Secretariat Service Central Secretariat Service ( Hindi : केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा ; abbreviated as CSS ) is the administrative civil service under Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of

175-518: Is an organisation under the Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments of the government of India and in subordinate offices and agencies. This commission is an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which consists of chairman, two members and a secretary-cum-controller of examinations. His post is equivalent to

210-474: Is headed by a Chairman and two members after him. Besides, there are one Secretary , one Director , one Deputy Secretary , two Joint Directors , nine Under Secretaries , four Deputy Directors , one Finance & Budget Officer , one Assistant Director (OL) , 24 Section Officers and more than 183 supporting officers/staff are at the Headquarters for discharging the duties and responsibilities of

245-431: Is published by the Ministry of Railways as part of Classified List of Gazetted Establishment of Indian Railways in chapter Railway Board. The directory of officers of Railway Board is available on the website of Ministry of Railways. The recruitment and promotion to various grades of RBSS are governed by Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 1969 notified on 11 Oct 1969 and a number of modifications and amendments made to

280-567: The Ministry of Finance and M.V. Ayyar who was empanelled as Secretary to Government of India . Reportedly, in the 1960s, there have been Labour Secretary and Education Secretary in Government of India also from CSS. The Railway Board Secretariat Service, the general administration staff in the Ministry of Railways , is modelled after the Central Secretariat Service. Staff Selection Commission Staff Selection Commission (SSC)

315-820: The President , the officers (Entry grade/Probationers) are allocated to different Ministries/Departments under Government of India . The Group B officers work in the levels of Assistant Section Officer and Section Officer/Assistant Director (For Directorate). The Group A officers work in the levels of Under Secretary/Deputy Director (For Directorate), Deputy Secretary/Joint Director (For Directorate), Director, Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary under Central Staffing Scheme of Government of India . The officers are posted in various Ministries and Departments, Prime Minister's Office , National Security Council Secretariat, intelligence agencies , Apex /Autonomous organizations of Government of India located at different places in

350-720: The Union Government ministries , Cabinet Secretariat , Central Secretariat and other offices of Government of India . Based on CSS service model, State governments like Bihar , Uttar Pradesh have organised their own independent services like Bihar Secretariat Service and Provincial Secretariat Service of UP . The Union Government ministries such like Railways , Defence and External Affairs , have organised their own independent services based on CSS model which are known as Railway Board Secretariat Service , Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services and Indian Foreign Service, Group B (general cadre) respectively. In

385-483: The executive branch of the Government of India . They are governed by Central Secretariat Service Rules of 1962, which has been issued under the powers of Article 309 of the Constitution of India . The service members work under restrictions and rules of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules. The service serves as the backbone of administrative work and provides permanent bureaucracy and functionary staff in

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420-553: The Commission Staff Selection Commission has its headquarters located at CGO Complex in New Delhi . At present, it has seven Regional offices at Prayagraj , Mumbai , Kolkata , Guwahati , Chennai , Bangalore and New Delhi . It also has two Sub-regional offices at Raipur and Chandigarh . Each regional office is headed by a Regional Director and each Sub-Regional office is headed by

455-653: The Grade of Under Secretary are filled up through Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) proceedings held by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) by a promotion of officers in Section Officers' Grade with 8 years service. Promotion to the level of Joint Secretary and Advisor are made through the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC Proceedings). The direct recruits to the service entering at

490-635: The Indian Republic , for the first time in January 2023. The estimates committee in the parliament recommended the setting up of a Service Selection Commission in its 47th report (1967–68) for conducting examinations to recruit lower categories of posts. Later, in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, on 4 November 1975 government of India constituted a commission called Subordinate Service Commission . On 26 September 1977,

525-598: The Ministries and Departments. Most of the middle-level posts and a few administrative posts at the senior level in the Secretariat of these Ministries and Departments are staffed by the officers of various Secretariat Services. Such posts in the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) are held by the officers of Railway Board Secretariat Service. In various Ministries other than Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of External Affairs, such posts are held by

560-593: The Ministry of Railways are from RBSS. The officers of Railway Board Secretariat Service are posted in various directorates of Ministry of Railways along with the officers drawn from Zonal Railways on deputation. The officers drawn from various Group A organised Railway services are posted in Railway Board for a fixed tenure and work together with the Railway Board Secretariat Service officers who provide continuity of policy dealt by

595-719: The Secretariat in New Delhi. They are also appointed in personal staff of Union Council of Ministers of India . The officers are also posted outside Delhi, or at various places of the country in other offices upon deputation. They can also be deputed for service under an international organization, an autonomous body not controlled by the Government, or a private body as same as under Rule 6 (2)(ii) of IAS (Cadre) Rules. In 2014, Government of India offered cadre officers on deputation to State governments of India like West Bengal and Uttarakhand . In 2016, Government of India has approved officers to be posted on non-cadre posts in

630-755: The Subordinate Services Commission was renamed as Staff Selection Commission. The functions of the Staff Selection Commission were redefined by the government of India through Ministry of Personnel , Public Grievances and on 21 May 1999. Then the new constitution and functions of the Staff Selection Commission came into effect from 1 June 1999. Every year conducts the Combined Graduate Level Examination for recruiting non-gazetted officers to various government jobs . The commission

665-561: The backbone of administrative work and provides permanent bureaucracy and functionary staff in the Ministry of Railways. The officers of the Service handle policy formulation, execution and review in the assigned sphere of responsibilities. They also handle Parliament questions, court cases and RTI matters on such issues. Most of the Central Public Information Officers and Asstt. Public Information Officers in

700-888: The directorate. Some of these directorates are as mentioned below: Accounts, Civil Engineering, Coaching, Computer and Information Systems, Corporate Co-ordination, Economics, Efficiency & Research, Electrical Engineering, Establishment, Finance, Finance (Budget), Finance (Expenditure), Health, Infrastructure, Land and Amenities, Legal, LRDSS, Management Services, Mechanical Engg., Mech.Engg.(PU&W), Pay Commission, Planning, Heritage, Public Relation, Environment Management, Railway Sports Promotion Board, Safety, Secretary Branches, Security (RPF), Signal, Statistics and Economics, Stores, Telecommunication, Track, Traffic Commercial, Traffic Transportation, Tourism & Catering, Vigilance, Works, Works Planning, High Power Committee, High Level Committee for Railway Restructuring, Accounting Reforms, Passengers Amenities Committee. Above directorates comprise

735-415: The level of Assistant Section Officer are imparted training at Institute of Secretariat Training and Management . The officers of Railway Board Secretariat Service used to constitute feeder categories for filling up the posts Indian Railway Personnel Service in its earlier days. Their services are also often taken by various Railway undertakings and corporations on deputation basis. The service serves as

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770-469: The level of additional secretary to the government of India. The SSC decided to conduct the Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff examination in 13 Indian languages , which are Urdu , Tamil , Malayalam , Telugu , Kannada , Assamese , Bengali , Gujarati , Konkani , Meitei ( Manipuri ), Marathi , Odia and Punjabi , in addition to Hindi and English , out of the 22 official languages of

805-507: The list of corrupt bureaucrats and have come under the CBI scanner for alleged involvement in a few corruption cases. Since its inception, CSS has produced few outstanding civil servants in India. Influential members include - M.P. Singh who was appointed as Vice-Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal at Jabalpur Bench, P.G. Lele who served as Additional Secretary to Government of India in

840-549: The next 25 percent recruitment was through Annual Departmental Examination and next 25 percent by promotion. However, after the cadre restructuring in 2003, the direct recruitment into CSS through the Civil Services Examination has been stopped. The mode of recruitment was changed to the grade of Section Officer by way of 50% through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination by Union Public Service Commission and 50% by seniority. After appointment by

875-562: The officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Armed Forces Headquarter Civil Service (AFHQCS) and Indian Foreign Service (B) officers respectively. All these services are treated as part of Central Civil Services . Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS) was constituted on the pattern of CSS and various changes made in the composition of CSS in the year 2004-2005 as a consequence of first cadre restructuring of CSS have also been adopted in RBSS. Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) functions as

910-660: The principle rules thereafter last being through Railway Board Secretariat Service (Amendment) Rules, 2004 notified in December 2004. Up to the year 2003, direct recruitment to the 20% posts in the Section Officers Grade of Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS) was made through the Civil Services Examination held by Union Public Service Commission . Based on cadre restructuring of RBSS as per cadre registration of CSS undertaken in 2004-05,

945-450: The secretariat of Northeastern states of India . In 2003, a committee was formed under the leadership of Additional Secretary (GOI). The direct induction of CSS officer through Civil Services Examination was permanently stopped. Also a new level G training program was organised for those in line of promotion in the rank of Joint Secretary (GOI) in the SAG level. The Government had set up

980-505: The secretariat structure of other Ministries of Government of India. The Railway Board Secretariat (Re-organisation and re-inforcement) Scheme was later codified in the form of statutory rules by promulgating the Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 1969 on the basis of Central Secretariat Service Rules, 1962. The headquarters organisation of Government of India comprises a number of Secretaries of

1015-545: The service. Most of the officers of Railway Board Secretariat Service are posted in New Delhi at Headquarter of Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) at Rail Bhavan . A few directorates like Health directorate and Pay Commission directorates are, however, located at Railway Board office in DFCCIL premises at 3rd Floor at Supreme Court metro station complex adjacent to Supreme Court of India . The Civil List of various Gazetted officers of Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS)

1050-467: The service. The report is currently pending with Prime Minister's Office and is expected to improve the service conditions by increasing the number of posts at the level of Deputy Secretaries. In addition to these, the Government has also introduced mandatory training programs at every level of promotion. The CSS officers are trained both in India and abroad in various institutions starting at Level E onwards. Recently, some CSS officers have been in

1085-487: The vacancies in the Grade of Section Officer of Railway Board Secretariat Service are filled up 50% by Combined SO Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination organised annually by Union Public Service Commission and 50% by promotion of Asst. Section Officers having 8 years of Service in the Grade. The 75% vacancies in the Grade of Asst. Section Officer of RBSS are filled up through SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination held by Staff Selection Commission . The posts in

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1120-768: The year 1919, the Imperial Secretariat Service came into being as one of the offshoots of the Lewllyn-Smith Committee which had been set up on the eve of the introduction of the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms . The posts of Assistant and Assistant Secretary/Under Secretary were filled by officers drawn from the Imperial Secretariat Service during the British Raj . The recruitment of the members

1155-625: Was created based on recommendations of 5th Central Pay Commission. Above posts have been granted normal revised pay structure comprising the Pay Levels in the Pay Matrix after implementation of recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission on the Indian Railways. The Railway Board Secretariat Service has 1 HAG (L15), 5 SAG (L14), 25 Director ( L13), 39 JAG (L12) and 139 Senior Scale (Group A) posts after second cadre restructuring of

1190-554: Was formed in 1946 and was established before the creation of All India Services - Indian Administrative Service in 1950, Indian Forest Service in 1966 and Indian Police Service in 1948. CSS is one of the earliest organized services in India . From 1946 until 2003, 50 percent of direct recruitment into CSS was through the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission ,

1225-644: Was made by Central Staff Selection Board, which was precursor of the Union Public Service Commission set up in 1926. In 1946, after India gained independence from Britain , the Imperial Secretariat Service was replaced by Central Secretariat Service in India. However, in Pakistan, a Central Secretariat Service was formed in Central Superior Services of Pakistan , which was later replaced and renamed to Office Management Group (OMG) and Secretariat Group (SG). The Central Secretariat Service

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