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		<title>Rajasthan Administrative Service</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;2405:201:5C09:3827:A8D9:4A17:9AB:CA01: I changed odisha to Rajasthan bcoz RAS is conducted in the state of Rajasthan&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2018}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox&lt;br /&gt;
| title            = Rajasthan Administrative Service&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;{{small|{{IAST|Rājasthāna Praśāsanika Sevā}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
| headerstyle      = background:#800080; color:white;&lt;br /&gt;
| header1          = Service Overview&lt;br /&gt;
| label3           = Also known as&lt;br /&gt;
| data3            = R.A.S.&lt;br /&gt;
| label4           = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]&lt;br /&gt;
| data4            = 2005&lt;br /&gt;
| label5           = State&lt;br /&gt;
| data5            = [[Odisha]]&lt;br /&gt;
| label6           = Staff College&lt;br /&gt;
| data6            = [[HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| label7           = Cadre Controlling Authority&lt;br /&gt;
| data7            = Department of Personnel, [[Government of Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| label8           = Minister Responsible&lt;br /&gt;
| data8            = [[Ashok Gehlot]], [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]] and Minister of Personnel&lt;br /&gt;
| label9           = Legal personality&lt;br /&gt;
| data9            = [[Governmental]]; [[Civil service]]&lt;br /&gt;
| label10          = Duties&lt;br /&gt;
| data10           = State Policy Formulation&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;State Policy Implementation&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;State Public Administration&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;State Bureaucratic Governance&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;State Secretarial Assistance&lt;br /&gt;
| label12          = [[En cadre|Current Cadre Strength]]&lt;br /&gt;
| data12           = 816 members (479 officers directly recruited by RPSC and 337 officers promoted from Tehsildars)&lt;br /&gt;
| label13          = Selection&lt;br /&gt;
| data13           = Rajasthan State and Subordinate Combined Services Competitive Examination&lt;br /&gt;
| label14          = Association&lt;br /&gt;
| data14           = RAS Association&lt;br /&gt;
| header15         = Head of the State Civil Services&lt;br /&gt;
| label16          = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]&lt;br /&gt;
| data16           = Niranjan Arya, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Rajasthan Administrative Service&#039;&#039;&#039;, popularly known as &#039;&#039;&#039;RAS&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a state civil service of state [[Rajasthan]] along with [[Rajasthan Accounts Service]], [[Rajasthan Police Service]] and  other services. The officers are included in the state cadre of civil service officers. RAS officers undergo two years training at [[HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration]].Cadre controlling authority for this service is Department of Personnel, [[Government of Rajasthan]]. The head of this service is [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Posts==&lt;br /&gt;
RAS officers start service as assistant collector and executive magistrate in training period. After training they usually serve as [[Sub-Divisional Magistrate]] for some years. After that they are posted as additional district collector and additional district magistrate or additional Divisional Commissioner till their induction in [[Indian Administrative Service]] by promotion. Beside these posts they also hold various other posts like Deputy Secretary to [[Rajasthan Government]], Joint Secretary to [[Rajasthan Government]], Deputy Inspector General Stamp and Registration, Special Assistant to State Minister, Commissioner to Municipal Corporation, Additional Chief Executive Officer to [[District Councils of India|Zila Parishad]], Chief Executive Officer to [[District Councils of India|Zila Parishad]], District Supply Officer, Secretary to Urban Improvement Trust, Registrar to State University, District Excise Officer, Member of Board of Revenue, Deputy and additional Commissioner to Colonisation and many other posts to different departments.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Functions==&lt;br /&gt;
The RAS officers hold various posts at sub-district level and district level while delivering various government services apart from conducting revenue administration and maintenance of law and order. They work at grass-root level of administration for policy implementation and policy formulation. They also work in secretariat at different posts.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Promotion==&lt;br /&gt;
The cadres usually start from a designation lower in rank than [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) (one of the [[All India Services]]). However, promoted RAS officers gradually can take posts equivalent to IAS officers. Usually it takes 25–30 years of service for promotion in [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]. Promotee [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officers usually reach up to post of [[Divisional Commissioner]] before retirement. Promoted [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officers are allotted a year of selection or batch on the basis of equivalent service of RAS to [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Indian Administrative Service]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rajasthan Police Service]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rajasthan Accounts Service]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rajasthan Public Service Commission]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rasassociation.com/?X RAS Association]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in/ RPSC Website]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Civil service}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Public Services of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Government of Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:State civil services of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1950 establishments in Rajasthan]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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