List of Services in Group B

List of Services in Group B

Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services
Botanical Survey of India
Central Electrical Engineering Service
Central Engineering Service
Central Excise Service
Central Health Service
Central Power Engineering Service
Central Secretariat Official Language Service
Central Secretariat Service (Section and Assistant Section Officers Grade only)
Customs Appraisers Service (Principal Appraisers and Head Appraisers)
Customs Preventive Service (Chief Inspectors)
Defense Secretariat Service
DANICS
DANIPS
Geological Survey of India
Indian Foreign Service (General Cadre, Grade I and General Cadre, Grade II only)
Indian Posts and Telegraphs Accounts and Finance Service, Telecommunication Wing.
Indian Posts & Telegraphs Accounts & Finance Service, Postal Wing
Income Tax Service
Indian Salt Service
India Meteorological Service
Survey of India
Postal Superintendents’ Service
Postmasters’ Service
Railway Board Secretariat Service (SO and ASO only)
Telecommunication Engineering Service
Telegraphs Traffic Service
Zoological Survey of India

GROUP ‘B’ SERVICES

The Group ‘B’ Services include the Central Secretariat Service (Section Officers GradE-CSS), the Railway Board Secretariat Service (Section Officers’ GradE- RBSS), the Indian Foreign Service (Section Officers’ GradE- IFS ‘B’), the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (Assistant Civilian Staff Officers Grade), the Customs’ Appraisers Service, the Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS), the Goa, Daman and Diu Police Service, Posts of Assistant Commandant, Post of Deputy Superintendents of Police in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Though officers of the Group ‘B’ Services start off almost at par with their Group ‘A’ counterparts, yet after the fourth year they lag behind by five to seven years. This gap widens further by the 18th year when Group’A’ Officers enter the Super Time Scale. The most coveted service among the “Group B” services is the Central Secretariat Service (CSS).