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{{Short description|Government Agency}}
{{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 Uttarakhand.svg|frameless|200x200px]]
| label3 = Also known as
| data3 = Uttarakhand Forest Service
| label4 = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
| data4 = 15 May 2001
| label5 = State
| data5 = [[Uttarakhand]]
| label6 = Staff college
| data6 = Central Academy for State Forest Service, [[Dehradun]], Uttarakhand<ref name="Training Module for ACF/PFS 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 = [[Uttarakhand Forest Department|Department of Forest]], [[Government of Uttarakhand]]
| label8 = Minister responsible
| data8 = [[Subodh Uniyal]], Minister of Forest and Wildlife
| label9 = Legal personality
| data9 = [[Governmental]]: [[Natural resource]]s
| label10 = Duties
| data10 = [[Forestry]], [[Wildlife]], [[Environmental science]] and [[Ecology]]
| label12 = [[En cadre|Current Cadre Strength]]
| data12 =
| label13 = Selection
| data13 = State Forest Service Examination conducted by the [[Uttarakhand Public Service Commission]]
| label14 = Association
| data14 = Uttarakhand PFS Association
| header15 = Head of the Provincial Civil Services
| label16 = [[Principal Chief Conservator of Forests]] ([[Head of Forest Forces|Head of the Uttarakhand Forest Forces]])
| data16 = Dhananjai Mohan, [[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]] services under Group 'A' and Group 'B' state service of Government of Uttarakhand, India. It is responsible for ensuring the [[ecological stability]] of the country via thorough protection and participatory sustainable forestry, wildlife and 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 [[Uttarakhand Forest Department|Department of Forest]] of the Government of Uttarakhand is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the two [[Civil Services of India|state civil services]] which are [[Provincial Civil Service (Uttarakhand)|Provincial Civil Service]] (PCS) and the [[Provincial Police Service (Uttarakhand)|Provincial Police Service]] (PPS), the PFS is one of the three feeder services to its respective [[All India Services]].

==Recruitment==
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 [[Uttarakhand Public Service Commission]]. PFS officers, regardless of their mode of entry, are appointed by the [[Governor of Uttarakhand]].

==Responsibilities of a 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.

==See also==
* [[Provincial Civil Service (Uttarakhand)]]
* [[Provincial Police Service (Uttarakhand)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Public Services of India}}
{{Civil service}}
[[Category:Civil Services of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Government of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Asia]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in India]]

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