1,300 posts of IAS and 505 of IPS vacant: Govt tells Lok Sabha

As many as 1,300 posts of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 505 belonging to the Indian Police Service (IPS) are lying vacant, Of the total of 6,877 sanctioned posts of the IAS, there are 5,577 officers in position, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. There are 4,594 IPS officers in position, as against their sanctioned strength of 5,099, he said.