Seeing their daughter/son as an IAS is the dream of many a parents. When it comes to government services, out of the variety of services ranging from administration to police to taxation to defence, it is the IAS that takes the cake in terms of variety of job offered and the reputation and perks that come associated with the job. It is not the salary and the perks alone that makes these services premium (there are many jobs which offer you a higher salary than the IAS), but the social status that is associated with the brand which is what attracts millions of candidates every year to compete for these coveted exams.
Eligibility criteria for UPSC CIVIL SERVICES:- Just a plain graduate. There is even no minimum prescribed marks for the same also.
When to start preparation?
The ideal time to start your preparation is from class IX itself and latest by the final year of your degree programme.. In order to clear the exam at an early stage and get established in your career as a civil servant, it is really important that you clear this exam (or for that matter, any exam) as early as you can. Hence, the preparation should be started in a structured manner as early as possible.
Aptitudes required:-
For being a successful civil servant, you should have a penchant for reading and writing and also should be an extrovert who likes social interactions, especially interacting with a large mass of people (because ultimately, that is what you will be doing once you join the service).
Starting Pay Package:-
The starting pay of a civil servant can be anywhere between Rs. 75,000/- to Rs. 1,20,000/- a month depending on the area and department of posting. Apart from that, a civil servant is entitled to generous perquisites like subsidized (yet grand!) housing, vehicle for official and personal uses, subsidized telephone/mobile, etc. But what takes the cake is the amazing bragging rights that you and your parents receive once you become a civil servant and the respect that you get in the society, which pushes many a young and bright people towards this career. There are many careers which can pay you more than what a civil services job does, but the social status that you receive here is unmatched in any other job, at least in India.
