Cadre Preferences for IAS/IPS & Service Preference

As the prelims result is out, I got a few queries regarding cadre preference. Now preference of cadres will vary from one aspirant to another as typically (& not all) one prefers his/her home state and neighboring states. Also the personality of an individual (comfort seeking, challenge seeking etc) will play an important role. I am putting here an indicative list of cadre preference (which I opted for during my attempt). Please please note that it is just indicative & a personal opinion. You are free to even follow it in reverse order!!!!!!

PREFERENCE ORDER FOR IAS
1. Rajasthan (Rajasthan being my home state & a very good cadre in general).
2. Haryana
3. Punjab
4. Madhya Pradesh
5. Uttar Pradesh (A good cadre with probably longest tenures for direct IAS/IPS as Collector/SP)
6. Gujarat
7. AGMUT
8. Maharashtra
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Uttarakhand
11. Karnataka
12. Chhattisgarh
13. Bihar
14. Jharkhand
15. Orissa
16. Tamil Nadu
17. Andhra Pradesh
18. Assam-Meghalaya (A largely peaceful and good cadre)
19. Sikkim
20. J&K (Out of 22 districts only 4-5 districts have direct IAS/IPS posted as Collector/SP)
21. Kerala
22. West Bengal
23. Manipur-Tripura
24. Nagaland

PREFERENCE ORDER FOR IPS
1. Rajasthan (Rajasthan being my home state & a very good cadre in general).
2. AGMUT
3. Haryana
4. Madhya Pradesh
5. Uttar Pradesh (A good cadre with probably longest tenures for direct IAS/IPS as Collector/SP)
6. Gujarat
7. Maharashtra
8. Punjab
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Uttarakhand
11. Karnataka
12. Tamil Nadu
13. Andhra Pradesh
14. Chhattishgarh
15. Bihar
16. Jharkhand
17. Orissa
18. Assam-Meghalaya (A largely peaceful and good cadre)
19. Sikkim
20. J&K (Out of 22 districts only 4-5 districts have direct IAS/IPS posted as Collector/SP)
21. Kerala
22. West Bengal
23. Manipur-Tripura
24. Nagaland

AGMUT is a very good cadre for IPS. Again I went to mention that this list is indicative only. It is biased in favor of north Indian states as I am from Rajasthan. Please consult your peers, faculty and family members before finalizing the list. It is very important to fill in the preference carefully. There were quite a few cases of sorry stories in my batch because of improper preferences of cadre. Good Luck!!

An indicative list of Service Preference is mentioned below

1. IAS
2. IFS
3. IPS
4. IRS (IT)
5. IRS (C&CE)
6. Indian Account and Audit Service
7. IRTS
8. DANICS
9. DANIPS
10. IDES
11. IDAS
12. AFHQ
13. IRAS
14. Civil Accounts
15. ICLS
16 IRPS
17 RPF
18 IIS
19 IP&TAFS
20 Postal Service
21 Ordinance Facotry

In the list above the first five service (upto IRS customs) are preferred generally in the same order. IAAS & IRTS are preferred equally as 6th preference. Beyond 7th preference this list does not accurately reflect the conditions of service. I have very limited information regarding service below IRTS, therefore please consult someone who knows (preferably someone who is working in any of these services). Another way of gauging the preference order can be accessing the service allocation list (by rank) of previous years on the portal of Ministry of Personnel (DoPT). The link is:

http://persmin.gov.in/AIS1/QrySA.asp

Hope it helps. All the best!!

Single Post to Download all Notes

I have consolidated all notes shared on this blog in this single post. I had earlier shared these notes on gmail and rapidshare too. In case of gmail, self centered aspirants kept on deleting the attachments and it was not possible for me to restore it everytime. So I have shared them through two portals (google docs and skydrive). You can follow any one portal. 

Link to download prelim notes (Follow any one of the two links mentioned below)

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-5WdSFmy5ZrYzZkNjE1ODktYmRkNS00MGVmLWJkNDQtODE4ODdkYTQ0YTk4

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=2d8abacb7f51015a&resid=2D8ABACB7F51015A!107&parid=2D8ABACB7F51015A!103&authkey=!AByQ_5yWCDjkS_w

Link to download Mains notes (Follow any one of the two links given below)

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-5WdSFmy5ZrMzIxZjFiYjEtZjZjZi00Y2Q3LTgyZTYtYWZmZmRkOGExYTgw&hl=en_US

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=746fee966adcc8b8&resid=746FEE966ADCC8B8!105&authkey=4RDeISwUt7k%24

Click on the link or copy paste the link in the address bar of your browser and press enter. For google doc link, once the page opens, click on file and then click on download, the notes will automatically download. 

For skydrive link, once the page opens, just click on download on the top left side of the page and the download will start.

For those who are not net savvy, let me tell them that the notes are zipped in a folder. You will need wizip or winrar software (which can be downloaded for free from anywhere or www.download.com). After installing wizip, you can right click on the zipped folder & select "Extract to here" & all the notes will appear in a normal windows folder.

I hope I don't receive emails now to send the aspirants notes by email as they are easily accessible through above mentioned links. Also some aspirants send me emails sharing the notes on google docs. Probably such aspirants click on some wrong link. I have already explained above how to download the notes by properly following the links.

Good Luck!!!