Some candidates choose IPS over IAS .Why ?

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Most of the aspirants in the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) prefer IAS over IPS and IFS. However,
there are always some candidates who select IPS over IAS as their first preference. It is because there are
certain attractions in IPS which other civil service cannot provide. Following are the main reasons or attraction to
select IPS over IAS.

Why IPS over IAS ?

1: Uniform

IPS is a uniform force service. An IAS officer or the officers of any other civil service are like anyone else cannot
be recognized unless someone introduces them to you. However, an IPS officer is immediately identified by
his/her uniform. How smart and beautiful an IPS officer looks like in his uniform? A smart IPS officer stand
unique in the crowd from his/her body language and smartness.

Kerala IPS officer: Merin Joseph

2: Specialization

The best part of IAS is the variety of tasks /posts assigned to this job. Although, it also produces an IAS officer
jack of all trades and master of none. May be in agriculture department today as a secretary, head the revenue
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department tomorrow and may be transferred to the department of minority affair next day. They hardly spend
ample time at any single charge to develop specialization. Thus they loose to know much less than the officers
who are working under them. Most services see IAS officers comes from outside and intrudes in the main
administration domain.

An IPS officer specializes in police administration and investigation. IPS officers builds a brand identity of
efficiency and expertise in his chosen field and respected by everyone. The organisations like CBI, IB and RAW
directly monitored by the Prime Ministers Office . CBI , IB and RAW are always headed by IPS officers.As per
current scenario,National Security Adviser to Prime Minister is most powerful bureaucrat in the country which is
always headed by a senior most IPS officer expert in security measures

3: Power

The IPS officers enjoy immense power directly. There is no one who can take conflict even with low ranking
police officers. They have plentiful discretionary power and they can put any person including a senior IAS
official into trouble. The CBI which is almost exclusively manned at the senior level by IPS officer can arrest
anyone including Ministers and IAS officers. IPS officers have power over every citizen of the country including
other officers.

4: Job Satisfaction

The police administration job provides great job satisfaction

since you are directly dealing with public. When you
apprehend a criminal or an anti-social element, you are
curing the society of an illness. An honest police officer
bags the affection and admiration of the people who are
suffering in the hands of the powerful and rich people. In
IAS , your contribution is indirect except in the District
Collector post. The satisfaction is greatest as an IPS officer. I know some IPS officers who are so much afraid by
the antisocial elements that they would leave the town no sooner the officer is posted there.

Also read :Salary of an IAS Officer after 7th Pay Commission

5: Visibility

Most visible service in the group of Civil Service is Indian Police Service. You cant move even a small distance
in a city without facing a police officer on the road. There is nothing will be a matter how high you may be, you
have to deal with police officer when you have some problem arising. While hardly anyone knows who is the
Chief Secretary of the State but even common people may very well know the particular Police Commissioner
or the Director General of Police.

6: Social Importance

No society can be peaceful or prosperous if the law and order situation of the state or country vulnerable. A
single crime like rape and murder can disturb the conscience of the society ,state and nation. While it may not be
serious issue if revenue targets are missed by a few hundreds of crores or a project is suspended for couple of
years. Our constitution guarantees the protection of life and property of Citizen by Article 20 &21. So it will be s
very serious issue if a innocent girl attacked in the city. Who can forget the Delhi Gang rape case of 2012
which shaken the country?
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7: Glamour

Police is the public face of the real power of government. You would seldom see any IAS, IRS or IFS or any
other officer in the cinema. However, almost all movie has police officer as a powerful character. You cannot be
a megastar unless you did played the role of a dashing police officer in a picture. They may be hated or loved,
but they cannot be ignored by anyone. T Singham ,Dabang are such examples of glamorisationof police
officer as a Superman.

8: Public Adulation

The common people of India thinking the real state power with police and treat police as above the rest. I
recalled a small story which I read several years ago in a a national daily.

An old lady was fighting for land dispute case for several years. Finally, the Judge pronounced
the verdict in her favour from the Court.

The old woman got extremely cheerful and she blessed the Judge: May God make you a
Thanedar (Police Inspector) soon!

If a police inspector is place to be so high in the eyes and heart of the common man,then imagine the place of
an IPS officer whom dozens of such officer report? This would be surely beyond their comprehension.

You certainly miss a lot when you choose IAS over IPS.

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