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copy pasting the relevant bits from an article Post and Telegraphs: This service looks after the revenue and expenditure of the Indian postal system. Officers of this service are involved with planning the expenditure of the department and minimising revenue deficits. This service too has a probationary period of two years during which the officers undergo departmental training.
Audit and Accounts: An officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service is under the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The job includes audits of transactions of the central government, state governments and union territories and also of all the ministries and departments of the central government. At the ministerial level, a large number of financial advisers are drawn from the cadres. Officers of IAAS are also on deputation at various levels, including Secretaries to the Government of India. An IAAS officer is responsible for ensuring that proper accounts are maintained. Other duties include looking after matters of financial control, internal audit, interpretation of the government's financial regulations and rendering of financial advice. Postings could be anywhere in India or even abroad.
Customs and Central Excise: This is concerned with the fiscal administration of the Government of India. Those selected for Customs Service are trained in Chennai while the training for excise officers takes place in one of the metros. Customs officers are supposed to check and levy duty on taxable goods being imported into the country. Initially, they are posted in coastal towns and later at the international airports. Starting from assistant collector, they could rise to become principal collectors. The Excise Service follows a similar pattern of promotion.
Defence Accounts: The first appointment in this service is as assistant controller of defence accounts. Jobs in this service are restricted to cantonment towns. The next posting as deputy controller of defence accounts is in state capitals. In the senior grade, you become a full-fledged Controller of Defence Accounts. Postings, then, will only be in cities which are the headquarters of defence commands.
Revenue Service: During the probationary period in this service, on-the-job training is provided at an assistant commissioner's office for six months. After that, you serve as an assistant commissioner for two years in a major city. The work involves tax assessment in cases where it is more than the prescribed figure. An assistant commissioner deals with income and losses between Rs 2-5 lakh. A deputy commissioner handles cases above Rs 5 lakh. A commissioner comes in the senior administrative grade and the posting could be either in a metropolitan city or in one of the state capitals.
Civil Accounts: Your first posting in this service will be as Assistant Controller of Accounts in a ministry of the Government of India. In the senior scale, you will become Deputy Controller of Accounts and in the selection grade, Controller of Accounts. The next posting will be as Additional Controller General of Accounts while the highest career post in this service is Controller General of Accounts with a fixed salary higher than that in the Additional Secretary's scale.
Railway Services: There are three services under the Railways Traffic (IRTS), Accounts (IRAS),and Personnel (IRPS). The traffic service looks after the commercial and operational functions of the Indian Railways; the accounts service monitors the income and expenditure of the railway network; the personnel service deals with recruitment, promotions, training and welfare of railway employees.
Information Service: As an IIS officer, you can be posted anywhere in India, in various media organisations of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting or the Ministry of Defence (DIPR) requiring journalistic work and similar professional qualifications.
@all Did you see the After Office-Hours Entry for Andaman & Nicobar...??? Not as funny as BBT but really close...
After office hour activities are something one does almost on a daily basis, like a routine. Then why is it written get married for A&N islands? Are they advising us to get married every day after office?
I seriously dont get it. Indeed, jokes tend to be abstruse.
After office hour activities are something one does almost on a daily basis, like a routine. Then why is it written get married for A&N islands? Are they advising us to get married every day after office?
I seriously dont get it. Indeed, jokes tend to be abstruse. :P
I guess what was tried to be expressed was that family life will be the only thing to indulge in after hours since Andaman is such a dead place, with no fun to be had. (A sentiment which I disagree with)
@mach24 Instead of explaining it to you let me share some info and add few questions and help you arrive at a conclusion that will help in better understanding it...
One of my friends who went to A&N for Honeymoon after marriage was yakking on and on about how fantastic it was and how he wanted to stay there for longer...(His honeymoon was just 15 days-corporate job) Now it is very likely that most IAS probationers get married after their selection, so if you are going to get A&N District training why would you wanna get married after completing your district training....???
@Stardust1901 i think you got it all backwards there bro...
Can anybody elaborate on the postings in the AGMUT cadre? If you get Andaman, are you stuck there for life? Will you spend your life jumping between these places frequently? What are the disadvantages when it comes to selection for higher posts? And is it true that some non-domicile toppers choose AGMUT?
@mach24 Its more about not throwing away a chance at a free and long and relaxed honeymoon... Usually people cram lot of activities in a few days exhausting themselves Sometimes the time pressure leads to fights right in the middle of it... In conclusion it is a chance too good to miss if you have though about it or just sit and think about it now...
Another part i loved was about Arunachal Pradesh "Don’t expect people and officers to be servile. North East is an egalitarian society" I have always dreamed of living in "an egalitarian society", sadly my home state isn't one...
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Post and Telegraphs: This service looks after the revenue and expenditure of the Indian postal system. Officers of this service are involved with planning the expenditure of the department and minimising revenue deficits. This service too has a probationary period of two years during which the officers undergo departmental training.
Audit and Accounts: An officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service is under the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The job includes audits of transactions of the central government, state governments and union territories and also of all the ministries and departments of the central government. At the ministerial level, a large number of financial advisers are drawn from the cadres. Officers of IAAS are also on deputation at various levels, including Secretaries to the Government of India. An IAAS officer is responsible for ensuring that proper accounts are maintained. Other duties include looking after matters of financial control, internal audit, interpretation of the government's financial regulations and rendering of financial advice. Postings could be anywhere in India or even abroad.
Customs and Central Excise: This is concerned with the fiscal administration of the Government of India. Those selected for Customs Service are trained in Chennai while the training for excise officers takes place in one of the metros. Customs officers are supposed to check and levy duty on taxable goods being imported into the country. Initially, they are posted in coastal towns and later at the international airports. Starting from assistant collector, they could rise to become principal collectors. The Excise Service follows a similar pattern of promotion.
Defence Accounts: The first appointment in this service is as assistant controller of defence accounts. Jobs in this service are restricted to cantonment towns. The next posting as deputy controller of defence accounts is in state capitals. In the senior grade, you become a full-fledged Controller of Defence Accounts. Postings, then, will only be in cities which are the headquarters of defence commands.
Revenue Service: During the probationary period in this service, on-the-job training is provided at an assistant commissioner's office for six months. After that, you serve as an assistant commissioner for two years in a major city. The work involves tax assessment in cases where it is more than the prescribed figure. An assistant commissioner deals with income and losses between Rs 2-5 lakh. A deputy commissioner handles cases above Rs 5 lakh. A commissioner comes in the senior administrative grade and the posting could be either in a metropolitan city or in one of the state capitals.
Civil Accounts: Your first posting in this service will be as Assistant Controller of Accounts in a ministry of the Government of India. In the senior scale, you will become Deputy Controller of Accounts and in the selection grade, Controller of Accounts. The next posting will be as Additional Controller General of Accounts while the highest career post in this service is Controller General of Accounts with a fixed salary higher than that in the Additional Secretary's scale.
Railway Services: There are three services under the Railways Traffic (IRTS), Accounts (IRAS),and Personnel (IRPS). The traffic service looks after the commercial and operational functions of the Indian Railways; the accounts service monitors the income and expenditure of the railway network; the personnel service deals with recruitment, promotions, training and welfare of railway employees.
Information Service: As an IIS officer, you can be posted anywhere in India, in various media organisations of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting or the Ministry of Defence (DIPR) requiring journalistic work and similar professional qualifications.
Are they advising us to get married every day after office?
I seriously dont get it.
Indeed, jokes tend to be abstruse.
One of my friends who went to A&N for Honeymoon after marriage was yakking on and on about how fantastic it was and how he wanted to stay there for longer...(His honeymoon was just 15 days-corporate job)
Now it is very likely that most IAS probationers get married after their selection, so if you are going to get A&N District training why would you wanna get married after completing your district training....???
@Stardust1901 i think you got it all backwards there bro...
Same sentiments here!
@Caartey
No offence, but mixing one's cadre allocation and honeymoon plans, doesnt sound to be a very good idea to me. However, I got your message.
Its more about not throwing away a chance at a free and long and relaxed honeymoon...
Usually people cram lot of activities in a few days exhausting themselves
Sometimes the time pressure leads to fights right in the middle of it...
In conclusion it is a chance too good to miss if you have though about it or just sit and think about it now...
Another part i loved was about Arunachal Pradesh
"Don’t expect people and officers to be servile. North East is an egalitarian society"
I have always dreamed of living in "an egalitarian society",
sadly my home state isn't one...
honeymoon ke beech me tsunami aagaya toh? 8-}