Lok Sabha Question No. 3125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Shortage of IFS Officers
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3125

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2017

## Shortage of IFS Officers

## 3125.  DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is huge shortage of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers in the country including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-Wise; and
- (c) the number of IFS officials allotted during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) to(c) Information  regarding State-wise sanctioned strength, officers in-position and the number of Indian Forest Service officers allotted to different States during the last three years, including Andhra Pradesh is given in Annexure-I. For the current year i.e. 2017, the final results are still awaited.

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## Annexure-I:

Annexure -I referred to in reply of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question no. 3125 due for answer on 21.03.2017 regarding 'Shortage of IFS Officers'

| S.N o.   | States/Cadres    | Total (Sanctioned Strength)   | Total (In- Position)   | Batch   |   Batch |   Batch |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| S.N o.   | States/Cadres    | Total (Sanctioned Strength)   | Total (In- Position)   | 2014    |    2015 |    2016 |
| 1        | AGMUT            | 183                           | 160                    | 6       |       4 |       6 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH   | 82                            | 62                     | 2       |       2 |       3 |
| 3        | ASSAM-MEGHALAYA  | 142                           | 119                    | 4       |       4 |       5 |
| 4        | BIHAR            | 74                            | 55                     | 1       |       2 |       6 |
| 5        | CHATTISGARH      | 153                           | 130                    | 3       |       5 |       5 |
| 6        | GUJARAT          | 119                           | 102                    | 4       |       1 |       3 |
| 7        | HARYANA          | 69                            | 46                     | 0       |       1 |       3 |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 114                           | 103                    | 2       |       3 |       3 |
| 9        | JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 106                           | 72                     | 1       |       1 |       2 |
| 10       | JHARKHAND        | 142                           | 114                    | 3       |       5 |       6 |
| 11       | KARNATAKA        | 164                           | 148                    | 2       |       2 |       5 |
| 12       | KERALA           | 107                           | 73                     | 1       |       3 |       4 |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH   | 296                           | 251                    | 4       |       7 |       8 |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA      | 206                           | 160                    | 7       |       5 |       8 |
| 15       | MANIPUR          | 54                            | 43                     | 2       |       1 |       1 |
| 16       | NAGALAND         | 42                            | 41                     | 2       |       1 |       1 |
| 17       | ODISHA           | 141                           | 96                     | 4       |       3 |       3 |
| 18       | PUNJAB           | 61                            | 45                     | 2       |       1 |       3 |
| 19       | RAJASTHAN        | 145                           | 128                    | 5       |       3 |       5 |
| 20       | SIKKIM           | 30                            | 30                     | 0       |       0 |       0 |
| 21       | TAMIL NADU       | 147                           | 102                    | 2       |       4 |       5 |
| 22       | TELANGANA        | 65                            | 48                     | *       |       1 |       1 |
| 23       | TRIPURA          | 60                            | 54                     | 2       |       1 |       1 |
| 24       | UTTAR PRADESH    | 217                           | 196                    | 5       |       4 |       8 |
| 25       | UTTRAKHAND       | 112                           | 103                    | 1       |       1 |       2 |
| 26       | WEST BENGAL      | 126                           | 116                    | 4       |       4 |       4 |
|          | TOTAL            | 3157                          | 2597                   | 69      |      69 |     101 |

* Telangana was not a separate cadre at that time.