Gender Gap in all India Services :

The All India Services (AIS) include Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS).  Out of these officers, IAS & IPS are recruited through Civil Services Examination (CSE).  The details of male and female recruited through CSE-2007 to 2009 are as under :-

Year of Examination	2007		2008		2009
	M	F	M	F	M	F
IAS	79	32	87	32	90	41
IPS	71	24	103	18	117	24

                Service allocation for CSE-2010 has not been made so far.

The details of male and female officers recruited through Indian Forest Service Examination are as under: -

Year of Examination	2007		2008		2009		2010
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
IFS	19	09	76	09	61	24	68	17

(M=Male, F=Female)                                         

                The Government has no proposal to give weightage to women candidates for Civil Services Examinations to minimize the gender gap in the All India Services.

                This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri V. Narayanasamy in written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.

PIB Release, August 10, 2011