West Bengal Civil Service

West Bengal Civil Service
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ জনপালন কৃত্যক
Service overview
Founded 1988 (1988)
Country India
Staff college Administrative Training Institute, Salt Lake, FC Block, Sector-III, Kolkata-700106
Cadre controlling authority Ministry of Home Affairs (West Bengal)
Minister responsible Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal and Home Minister
Legal personality Governmental; civil service
Duties Policy formulation
Policy implementation
Public administration
Bureaucratic governance
Secretarial assistance
Cadre strength 1604 members (Group-A) [1]
454 members (Group-B) [2]
Selection West Bengal Public Services Examination (WBPSC)
Success Rate 0.5%
Head of the civil services
Chief Secretary Malay Kumar De, IAS [3][4]

West Bengal Civil Service (Executive), popularly known as W.B.C.S.(Exe), is the civil service of the Indian state of West Bengal. For the WBCS (Exe) and other comparative posts, Public Service Commission of West Bengal arranges competitive examinations in three phases every year. These phases are Preliminary, Mains and Personality Test.

WBCS Exams

Exam PhasePaperTimeSubjectQuestion TypeTotal Marks
Preliminary Exams1 paper (qualifying)2.5 hrs.8 different topicsMCQ200
Main ExamsPaper I3 hrs.Bengali / Hindi / Urdu / NepaliDescriptive200
Paper IIEnglish
Paper IIIGeneral Studies-I : History & GeographyMCQ
Paper IVGeneral Studies-II : Science & Technology, Environment, G.K and Current Affairs
Paper VThe Constitution of India & Indian Economy
Paper VIArithmetic and Test of Reasoning
Paper VII & VIIIOptional Subject; One subject to be chosen (2 Papers) [lower-alpha 1]Descriptive(200 X 2)= 400
Notes
  1. ↑ Optional paper only for Group 'A' & 'B'
Personality Tests
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
200 Marks150 Marks100 Marks

WBCS Exam pattern, a short look

Normally, online form fill up begins for WBCS in the month of November. Preliminary Exam is hold in the Last week of January, then Mains Exams are held in July–August. The candidates who passed in Mains are called for Personality test. At last a selection list is issued by PSC consisting the name of qualified candidates of Mains Exams and Personality test. All these process take up to one and a half year.

Recruitment

There are different groups in recruitment of such examination based on choice and merit of scored number. These are Group A, Group B (only for West Bengal Police Service ), Group C [5] and Group D. The WBCS (Exe) officers belong to Group A . In general, As per record of the WBPSC the candidates with higher scores opt for WBCTS, WBPS and WBCS (Exe) as their first choice.Since 1988 most of the top ranker have opted WB commercial Tax Service as their first choice. The officers are included in the state cadre of civil service officers..

Functions

The WBCS (Exe) officers are usually appointed as deputy magistrates or deputy collectors on probation and after completion of two years of mandatory administrative training under the tutelage of Administrative Training Institute, start their career as Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector and Block Development (B.D.O.) Officers. They also pass order in Executive Magistrate Court and execute some sections of Criminal Procedure Code. The officers of the cadre perform the key administrative functions at different levels of various departments of the state. The highest position WBCS (Exe) officers can attain is that of Departmental secretary. Three posts of district magistrate in the State of West Bengal is reserved for these officers. WBCS (Exe) officers may also be nominated at a later stage of their career to become All India Services (IAS) officers.

References

  1. ↑ "WBCS officers list of 2018" (PDF), Government of West Bengal
  2. ↑ "WBPS officers list 2018" (PDF), WBP
  3. ↑ "List of Secretaries". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ IAS officers in West Bengal as on 02.08.2018
  5. ↑ "WBCS (Gr-C) new appointee of 2018", PSCWB
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