Almost every IAS aspirants and also other citizens are always keen about the life of an IAS Officer. People ponder, how will be the day to day life of an IAS officer. Being a Civil servant, they should make themselves be prepared to handle all the hectic situations. A key point to note here is that an IAS officer of course gets good support and a well decent income post the 7th pay commission. But does he/she get enough time to enjoy those cheer?
In this article I am going to provide a glimpse about the life of an IAS officer comes through TOP IAS academy in Chennai.
Normally an IAS officer will begin their day early by 9 AM and will end up the day around 9 to 09:30 PM. During their work time they will not get much time to give space for their personal calls. His/her day will be fully engaged with meetings and addressing field level works and inspections.
They must be prepared stay away from personal life in case of emergency situations. During those time (natural or man-made disasters), they would be fully held up with leading the team whole night or for days to resolve the public problems. Moreover, an IAS officer is not supposed to leave his station without an approved leave.
An IAS officer’s daily life will be fully packed; they may not even get time to eat meals on time especially when there is an emergency.
Of course, an IAS officer does get a big house in elegant locality to stay with their family. However, most of the times they will get to stay at home only during their bed time. They are not authorized to use their official vehicle provided from government for their personal purpose.
And if they want to use the government vehicle allocated to them for their personal use, they should pay a sum of amount to the government. Normally their work timing will be between 70-75 hours a week at job. In case of emergency situations their work time may extend even more.
In the view of their vacation plan during the period of their IAS journey, it is very difficult to plan for the same; easily they won’t get long leave, even though if they are permitted to go for a vacation. Anytime they could be called for duty in between during their vacation. Other leisure activities such as watching a movie are few and far between!
An Indian administrative officer’s life is not all fascinating and powerful. It involves long duration of work for serving the people. If you are ready for it, go for the civil services exam and pick the best UPSC coaching centre in Chennai and get an opportunity to change lives for the better.
Wish you all success J Thanks for reading this article.
