RowenaClune540: put up a data

2024-10-25T13:48:23Z

put up a data

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox
| title = Provincial Forest Service<br />{{small|{{IAST|Prāntīya Vana Sevā}}}}
| headerstyle = background:#800080; color:white;
| header1 = Service Overview
| data2 = [[File:Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg|frameless|200x200px]]
| label3 = Also known as
| data3 = Uttar Pradesh Forest Service
| label4 = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
| data4 = 1966
| label5 = State
| data5 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| label6 = Staff College
| data6 = Central Academy for State Forest Service, [[Dehradun]]<ref name="Training Module for ACF/SFS Training">{{cite web|title=Staff College for PFS officers|url=http://casfosddn.nic.in/publications/handbook_publication.pdf|accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref>
| label7 = Cadre Controlling Authority
| data7 = [[Department of Forest and Wildlife (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Forest and Wildlife]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| label8 = Minister Responsible
| data8 = [[Dara Singh Chauhan]], Minister of Forest and Wildlife, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| label9 = Legal personality
| data9 = [[Governmental]]: [[Natural Resource]]s
| label10 = Duties
| data10 = [[Forestry]], [[Wildlife]], [[Environmental Science]] and [[Ecology]]
| label12 = [[En cadre|Current Cadre Strength]]
| data12 = 174 members (58 officers directly recruited by UP-PSC as ACF and 116 officers promoted from Forest Rangers' cadre)<ref name="2017 Total Cadre strength of PFS as in December 2021">{{cite web|title=2021 Total Cadre strength of PFS as in December 2021 |url= http://upforest.gov.in/web/MediaGallery/sfs_seniority_list_01_07_2021.pdf |agency= [[Department of Forest and Wildlife (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Forest and Wildlife]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] |website= upforest.gov.in |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>
| label13 = Selection
| data13 = State [[Forestry|Forest Service]] Examination
| label14 = Association
| data14 = Uttar Pradesh PFS Association
| header15 = Head of the State Civil Services
| label16 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
| data16 = Sri Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| label17 = [[Principal secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] ([[Department of Forest and Wildlife (Uttar Pradesh)|DoF&W]])
| data17 = Shri Sudhir Garg, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| label18 = [[Principal Chief Conservator of Forests]] ([[Head of Forest Forces]])
| data18 = Mrs.Mamta Sanjeev Dubey, [[Indian Forest Service|IFS]]
}}

'''Provincial Forest Service''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Prāntīya Vana Sevā}}), often abbreviated to as '''PFS''', is one of the [[Natural Resource|state natural resource services]] under Group 'A' and Group 'B' state service of [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] responsible for ensuring the [[ecological stability]] of the country via thorough protection and participatory sustainable [[forestry]], [[wildlife]] and [[Environmental Science|environment]]. It is also the feeder service for [[Indian Forest Service]] in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ifs.nic.in/hist.aspx|title=Indian Forest Service|last=|first=|date=|website=ifs.nic.in|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-18}}</ref>

The [[Department of Forest and Wildlife (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Forest and Wildlife]] of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the two [[civil service|state civil services]] which are [[Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)|Provincial Civil Service]] (PCS) and the [[Provincial Police Service (Uttar Pradesh)|Provincial Police Service]] (PPS), the PFS being a [[Natural Resource|state natural resource service]] is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.

== Recruitment ==
In theory, one-third of the PFS quota is filled by promotion from Forest Rangers' cadre, and the remainder of recruitment is done on the basis of an annual competitive examination conducted by [[Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission]], but in reality, there hasn't been an examination held for ACF in many years. PFS officers, regardless of their mode of entry, are appointed by the [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Governor of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="2017 Total Cadre strength of PFS as in December 2017">{{cite web|title=2017 Total Cadre strength of PFS as in December 2017 |url= http://upforest.gov.in/MediaGallery/SeniorityList01102017.pdf |agency= [[Department of Forest and Wildlife (Uttar Pradesh)|Department of Forest and Wildlife]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] |website= upforest.gov.in |accessdate=16 October 2018}}</ref>

== Responsibilities of PFS officer ==
The typical functions performed by a PFS officer are:
* Conservation of precious forest resources while understanding the larger policies of the government to protect and preserve the heritage of the forest and its resources.

== Career progression ==
After completing their training, a PFS officer generally serves as assistant conservator of forests and are posted as sub-divisional forest officer. After that they are promoted as deputy conservator of Forests, divisional forest officer, deputy director in forest department.

=== Salary structure ===
Most of the directly recruited PFS officers get promoted to the IFS after getting pay level 11.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
The salary structure of the Provincial Forest Officer
|Pay Level 12
|₹78800-209200
|Joint Director

|13 - 15 year
|-
| Pay Level 11 || ₹67700–208700 || Deputy Director || 8 - 10 year
|-
| Pay Level 10 || ₹56100–177500 || Assistant Conservator of Forests. || Initial year
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Provincial Finance and Accounts Service (Uttar Pradesh)]]
* [[Provincial Development Service (Uttar Pradesh)]]
* [[Provincial Secretariat Service (Uttar Pradesh)]]
* [[Provincial Transport Service (Uttar Pradesh)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{Public Services of India}}
{{Civil service}}

[[Category:Civil Services of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]

Provincial Forest Service (Uttar Pradesh) - Revision history

RowenaClune540: put up a data