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Indian Economic/Statistical Service (IES/ISS) : Job Prospects & Career options

  
  
  
  
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IES is the gateway to the central service as Group A officers. Aspirants who successfully pass IES/ISS examination are placed in various cadre posts in the planning commission, planning board, ministry of economic affairs, national sample survey and other allied offices where specialists in economics and statistics are required.

The posts are primarily located in Ministries/ Departments dealing with economic and social sectors. Besides Cadre posts, IES officers go on deputation to serve in various domestic and international organizations such as UN bodies, foreign governments, state governments and regulatory bodies. Officers from the service are also appointed on deputation to posts in the Central Ministries/ Departments under the Central Staffing Scheme.

 The places of posting are usually in the State capitals or New Delhi. A candidate selected at a favourable age can expect to rise quite high in the career and touch the level of even Secretary to the Government of India, in any Ministry concerned with economic affairs. 

Hierarchy in the service

No. Grade/Designation Pay Structure
1 Higher Administrative Grade + (HAG +)/ Principal or Chief Economic Adviser  Rs. 80,000 (fixed)
2  Higher Administrative Grade (HAG)/ Senior Economic Adviser/ Senior Adviser  Rs. 67,000- (annual increment @3%)- Rs.79,000
3 Senior Administrative Grade (SAG)/ Economic Adviser/ Adviser Pay Band-4: Rs. 37,400-67,000 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 10,000
4 Junior Administrative Grade (JAG)/ Joint Director/ Deputy Economic Adviser

{including Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG)/ Director/ Additional Economic Adviser}
Pay Band-3: 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 7,600

{Pay Band-4: Rs. 37,400-67,000 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 8,700}
5 Senior Time Scale (STS)/ Deputy Director/ Assistant Economic Adviser/ Senior Research Officer Pay Band-3: Rs. 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay: Rs. 6,600
6 Junior Time Scale (JTS)/ Assistant Director/ Research Officer Pay Band-3: Rs. 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay:  Rs. 5,400
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