Why in News?

• The Union Government has launched the e-Civil List-2019 of the IAS Officers.

IAS Civil List:

• The IAS Civil list contains vital information in respect of officers in respect of their batch, cadre, present posting, pay scale, qualification and superannuation with their overall cadre strength with search features.
• The Civil list has been linked with the ER sheets. The List has been designed through DoPT, which gives multiple search options to the users.
• The Department of Personnel and Training is the cadre controlling authority of IAS officers and the Civil List is prepared with the help of inputs received from the States Cadres.
• The e-IAS Civil list is available on the website of the Ministry

Significance:

• The civil list is in line with citizen-centricity in working as it provides the information related to IAS officers in public domain which is accessible to the users from anywhere.
• It will facilitate the Information Commissions as the information demanded by RTI activists about the officers is already in public domain that too with multiple search options.
• DoPT being the HR wing of the government, it will also facilitate in research and comparative data analysis based on many parameters such as age, sex. educational qualifications etc
• It will also assist in the human resource management of the Government to ensure that the services of these officers are utilized to the best of their abilities.