Indian Cost Account Service – Group ‘A’ Organised Finance & Accounts Service
(a)&(b): The Indian Cost Accounts Service is one of six Organised Central Group ‘A’ Services dealing with accounts and finance. The essential educational qualification prescribed for each of them is as under
| Sl. No. | Name of the Service | Essential Educational Qualification |
| (i) | Indian Cost Accounts Service | Qualifications recognized for enrolment in the Register of Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India or equivalent. |
| (ii) | Indian Audit and Accounts Service | A degree of any of the recognized universities.
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| (iii) | Indian Civil Accounts Service
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| (iv) | Indian Defence Accounts Service
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| (v) | Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service |
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| (vi) | Indian Railway Accounts Service |
(c), (d) & (e)- The junior most batches promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) in each of these services as on 1.1.2012 are as follows:
| Sl. No. | Name of the Service | Junior Most Batch Promoted to SAG(As on 1.1.2012) |
| (i) | Indian Cost Accounts Service | 1985 (3 out of 8 promoted) |
| (ii) | Indian Audit and Accounts Service | 1995 (entire batch) |
| (iii) | Indian Civil Accounts Service | 1990 (1 out of 3 promoted) |
| (iv) | Indian Defence Accounts Service | 1993 (9 out of 11 promoted) |
| (v) | Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service | 1993# |
| (vi) | Indian Railway Accounts Service | 1989 (entire batch) |
#As on 1.7.2011
As per O.M.No. AB.14017/64/2008-Estt. (RR) dated 24th April 2009 all the officers of batches of Organised Group A service that are senior by two years to the batch of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) which gets empanelled as Joint Secretary will get the same grade on non functional basis from the date of posting of the IAS officer in that particular grade. Accordingly since 1992 batch IAS officer has been empanelled as Joint Secretary on 4th April 2012 therefore 1990 and earlier batch of organized Group A Service is to be considered for Non-functional up gradation.
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Above information was submitted by Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Shri V Naryanasamy in reply of an unstarred question of Lok Sabha details given below:-
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2949
ANSWERED ON 29.08.2012
INDIAN COST ACCOUNT SERVICE
2949 . Shri BRIJ BHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether Indian Cost Accounts Service is the only Group `A` Organized Finance and Accounts Service of the Government of India having professionally qualified officers;
(b) if so, the details of other Group `A` Organized Finance and Accounts Services of the Government along with the essential qualifications required for its officers;
(c) whether most of the officers of 1985 batch of Indian Cost Accounts Service are yet to be promoted to the senior administrative grade;
(d) if so, whether the officers of much junior batches of the other Group `A` Organized Finance and Accounts Service of the Government of India have been promoted to the senior administrative grade; and
(e) if so, the batch-wise details of the officers of each of such services promoted to the senior administrative grade?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
***See above**
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