There’s a shortage of 1,496 IAS in the country; Full list of state-wise breakup of shortfalls

THERE is a shortage of 1,496 IAS officers in the country, according to data available as on January 1, 2017, the government told Lok Sabha on Wednesday, adding that it had taken a number of steps to minimise the shortfall — by increasing the annual intake of direct recruit of IAS to 180 during the last six years and also regularly holding selection panel meetings for the timely promotion of the officers from the state services. According to data shared by the government, there are 5,004 IAS officers against the…

total authorised strength of 6,500, said minister of state for personnel Dr Jitendra Singh while replying to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The government also released the state-wise data of IAS officers — their authorised strength, current strength and the shortfalls:

Andhra Pradesh

Total Strength: 211

Current Strength: 170

Shortfall: 41

AGMUT 

Total Strength: 337

Current Strength: 279

Shortfall: 58

Assam-Meghalaya 

Total Strength: 263

Current Strength: 221

Shortfall: 42

Bihar 

Total Strength: 342

Current Strength: 243

Shortfall: 99

Chhattisgarh 

Total Strength: 193

Current Strength: 154

Shortfall: 39

Gujarat 

Total Strength: 297

Current Strength: 241

Shortfall: 56

Haryana 

Total Strength: 205

Current Strength: 155

Shortfall: 50

Himachal Pradesh 

Total Strength: 147

Current Strength: 115

Shortfall: 32

Jammu and Kashmir

Total Strength: 137

Current Strength: 91

Shortfall: 46

Jharkhand 

Total Strength: 215

Current Strength: 144

Shortfall: 71

Karnataka 

Total Strength: 314

Current Strength: 215

Shortfall: 99

Kerala 

Total Strength: 231

Current Strength: 150

Shortfall: 81

Madhya Pradesh 

Total Strength: 439

Current Strength: 341

Shortfall: 98

Maharashtra 

Total Strength: 361

Current Strength: 313

Shortfall: 48

Manipur 

Total Strength: 115

Current Strength: 91

Shortfall: 24

Nagaland

Total Strength: 94

Current Strength: 67

Shortfall: 27

Odisha

Total Strength: 237

Current Strength: 178

Shortfall: 59

Punjab 

Total Strength: 221

Current Strength: 182

Shortfall: 39

Rajasthan 

Total Strength: 313

Current Strength: 243

Shortfall: 70

Sikkim 

Total Strength: 48

Current Strength: 37

Shortfall: 11

Tamil Nadu 

Total Strength: 376

Current Strength: 289

Shortfall: 87

Telangana 

Total Strength: 208

Current Strength: 130

Shortfall: 78

Tripura 

Total Strength: 96

Current Strength: 76

Shortfall: 20

Uttarakhand

Total Strength: 120

Current Strength: 87

Shortfall: 37

Uttar Pradesh 

Total Strength: 621

Current Strength: 515

Shortfall: 106

West Bengal 

Total Strength: 359

Current Strength: 277

Shortfall: 82

All-India 

Total Strength: 6,500

Current Strength: 5,004

Shortfall: 1,496