The Centre has allocated 163 posts of IAS, 112 IPS and 65 Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officers to the newly-formed state of Telangana. The composition of the three all-India services is based on a recommendation by a six-member committee headed by former Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Pratyush Sinha. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued a notification defining cadre strength for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and IFoS. With this order, Andhra Pradesh will have 211 posts of IAS, 144 of IPS and 82 of IFoS officers, it said. Earlier, Andhra Pradesh had a total authorised strength for IAS officers of 376, 258 of IPS and 149 of IFoS. Of the total of 163 IAS ...

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