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Do IAS go on foreign trips?
Ans. IAS officers usually are not issued diplomatic passports unless they are visiting a foreign country on diplomatic work. The maroon coloured diplomatic passport is issued to IAS officers only in the event they are posted out of the country to a diplomatic mission.
Do IAS officers visit foreign countries during their training period?
Yes, an officer go foreign trips during training day. Government of India Sent all ias officers in different countries for learning the advanced skill and knowledge. Hence ias officers go for foreign trips when in training period.
Do IAS officers travel abroad during training?
The Officer Trainees also go on a week-long Foreign Study Tour (FST) to understand best practices overseas. On return, they write a paper highlighting the administrative practices that they found interesting and those that can be adapted or replicated in the Indian context.
Do IAS officers go for foreign trips during training Quora?
Yes, in addition to Bharatdarshan the IAS trainees visit various foreign countries like Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka etc as “ exposure tour’ as part of their training programme to study good governance practices . Thanks for the A2A.
How many IAS officers are there in the country?
There are around 4800 IAS officers in the country as of today. After one year of training at LBSNAA, we are posted as Assistant collector (under training) in a particular district. These are mostly middle rung districts where collector has enough time to spend with the trainee probationers.
Should an IAS officer tour the world at government expense?
An IAS officer touring the world at Govt expense is a sheer waste of public taxpayer’s money. It is ethically wrong. Moreover, it is NOT his job. He should be able to handle the problems of this country by studying it’s own people and their issues. Many IAS officers routinely manage trips abroad. Some of them even once a month!
Do IAS officers in India get holidays?
An IAS officer is the backbone of Indian administration so he hardly gets time to enjoy completely because governments rules say that Govt officer is an employee who needs to work 24/7. So he/she has to be on alert on holidays too. Officially there are some casual leaves, earned leaves and medical leaves etc.
Do IAS officers get enough leave?
Originally Answered: do IAS officers get enough leave? IfThey are officially entitled to adequate leave. If they can’t take earned leave due to some reason it gets accumulated and converted into money which is useful at the time of need.