All 23 services
Services through CSEOne exam fills 23 services. Here is each one from the official list, what All India, Group A and Group B mean, where each service's pay starts, and how the Government allocates services.
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Services & Careers
What each service does, how careers grow, pay and training.
Salary
UPSC SalaryWhat each of the 23 services through the Civil Services Exam pays: starting level, basic pay and salary with dearness allowance, the top grade of each, and where the 8th Pay Commission stands.
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How an IAS career unfolds after the result: the training, every pay grade in DoPT's rules, when each promotion comes and the posts at each level.
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What happens after the result if you join the IPS: two years of training, your first posting as ASP, and every grade and pay level in the IPS (Pay) Rules up to Director General of Police.
Foreign Service
IFS career journeyWhat happens after you join the Indian Foreign Service: a year of training, a language posting abroad, and the titles and grades from Third Secretary to Ambassador, as MEA and the rules set them.
Revenue, Railways and Forest
Careers in the other services you can reach through the exam.
Comparisons
IAS vs IPSThe IAS and IPS share an exam and a rank list, then part ways. Here are the two services side by side, only on points official documents state: posts, training, control, pay grades.
Choosing your service
Service preference and DAFYour order of services decides what you can be given. Here is where you give it under the CSE 2026 rules, what became of the Detailed Application Form, and how the Government reads your list.
