Entry Level Qualification 

Graduate

Career Fields 

Government & Defense Services

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

UPSC IAS

About Career 

1. Civil Services Officers are one of the most important administrative authorities of India. Civil Services officers run governments’ administration – both at the central and the state level. The Indian Economic Service Officers are a part of the administrative civil service under Group A of the Central Civil Services of the Government of India.

2. Indian Statistical Service Officers work at the executive level. They are responsible for ensuring the efficient working of the statistical administration (maintains norms and standards in the field of statistics, involving concepts and definitions, methodology of data collection, processing of data, analysis of data,preparation of statistical reports, and dissemination of results), preparing national accounts, publishing annual estimates of national product, government and private consumption expenditure, capital formation and consumption of fixed capital etc.

3. As Indian Statistical Service Officer, you will serve in the Statistical units or Divisions of some of the ministries like Agriculture, Water Resources, Health, Commerce, Labour, etc. There you will maintain databases, compile different types of statistics, evaluate monitor and formulate different schemes. The compilation usually includes estimates related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), National Income, Inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPIs), Annual Survey of Industry (ASI), Economic Census, Agriculture Census, Livestock Census, NSS reports on Socio-economic survey, monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), etc.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

As an Indian Statistical Officer, you would be involved in the following Key roles and responsibilities:

1. You would be responsible for national and international organizations in terms of ensuring statistical administration; statistical planning & advice; formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development policy and programmes etc.

2. You would be involved in the compilation of different kind of statistics and formulation/monitoring/evaluation of different schemes in various government Ministries/Departments

3. You would be producing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual outputs, using a range of statistical data via reports and visual aids

4. You would be involved in a range of projects such as: designing ways of collecting survey and administrative data, quality checking and cleansing data etc.

5. You would be responsible for interpreting statistical analysis for policy development, evaluation/monitoring, forecasting, and National Statistics

6. You would be developing statistical tools for future data collection

7. You would be involved in the compilation of estimates/indicators related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), National Income, Inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPIs), Index of Industrial Production (IIP), Annual Survey of Industry (ASI), Economic Census, Agriculture Census, Livestock Census, NSS reports on Socio-economic survey, monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), monitoring of Central Sector Infrastructure projects, policy formulation for Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) etc.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - Class 11-12 Science and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies - Bachelors in Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics/ Statistics/ Applied Statistics or similar field – Apply for and qualify Indian Statistical Service examination (ISS) – Become Indian Statistical Service Officer

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After completing Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies and Class 11-12 Science and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies, you can pursue Bachelors in Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics/ Statistics/ Applied Statistics or similar field. After graduation you must apply for and qualify Indian Statistical Service examination (ISS) to become Indian Statistical Service Officer.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - Class 11-12 Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies – Bachelors degree in Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics/ Statistics/ Applied Statistics or similar field – Master’s degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics – Apply and qualify Indian Statistical Service examination (ISS) – Become Indian Statistical Service Officer

After completing Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies and Class 11-12 Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies, you can pursue Bachelors in Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics/ Statistics/ Applied Statistics or similar field. After graduation you can then go for a master’s degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Applied Statistics or similar field. After acquiring a master’s degree you can then apply and qualify the ISS examination to become Indian Statistical Service Officer.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

In order to be eligible for Indian Statistical Service Examination, you must hold a Bachelors degree in Mathematics/Mathematical Statistics/ Statistics/ Applied Statistics or similar field. The minimum age to be eligible for ISS exam is 21 years and the maximum age is 30 years. The Indian Statistical Service examinations and recruitment are conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

The examination is conducted in two parts. Part I comprises of total 6 papers of 1000 marks. The first two papers will be of subjective type and carries 100 marks each and the other four papers are of 200 marks each.

Part I-Written examination

General English

1. Essays

2. Comprehension Passage

General Studies

1. Current Events - National & International

2. Indian Geography

3. Indian History

4. Indian Polity

5. Indian Constitution

6. Policy & Governance

7. Environmental Studies

8. Science & Technology

Statistics-I

1. Probability

2. Statistical Methods

3. Numerical Analysis

4. Computer application and Data Processing

Statistics-II

1. Linear Models

2. Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing

3. Official Statistics

Statistics-III

1. Sampling Techniques

2. Econometrics

3. Applied Statistics

Statistics-IV

1. Operations Research and Reliability

2. Demography and Vital Statistics

3. Survival Analysis and Clinical Trial

4. Quality Control

5. Multivariate Analysis

6. Design and Analysis of Experiments

7. Computing with C and R

Part II- Viva voce carrying a maximum of 200 marks

The Union public service commission conducts interview round for those who have successfully cleared the exam. Interview will be conducted of total 200 marks toassess the suitability of a candidate for the Indian Economic Services.It may assess the following attributes in a candidate (these are only indicative and do not comprise all the criteria):

1. Analytical and logical abilities

2. Balance of judgement

3. Compassion and empathy

4. Critical abilities

5. Deductive and Inductive Reasoning abilities

6. Ethical thinking

7. Integrity and morality

8. Intellectual abilities

9. Interpersonal abilities

10. Leadership abilities

11. Multi-faceted interests and depth of interests

12. Power of expression

13. Self-awareness or intra-personal abilities

14. Understanding of social issues and challenges

Competencies Required

Interests                                     

1. Enterprising: You should have interests for Enterprising Occupations. Enterprising occupations involve taking initiatives, initiating actions, and planning to achieve goals, often business goals. These involve gathering resources and leading people to get things done. These require decision making, risk-taking, and action orientation.

2. Conventional: You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done. These occupations involve working more with data, systems, and procedures and less with ideas or creativity.

3. Social: You should have interests in Social Occupations. Social occupations involve helping or assisting others; these involve working with and communicating with people to provide various services; these may involve educating and advising others.

Abilities

1. Abstract Reasoning: The ability to understand ideas which are not expressed in words or numbers; the ability to understand concepts which are not clearly expressed verbally or otherwise.

2. Articulation: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

3. Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules and common logic to specific problems to produce answers that are logical and make sense. For example, understanding the reasons behind an event or a situation using general rules and common logic

4. Emotional Intelligence: The ability to understand your own and others' emotions and feelings; empathy for others; adjusting your behaviour or self-control and self-regulation according to others' emptions and situations.

5. Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

6. Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information from various sources, concepts, and theories to form general rules or conclusions. For example, analysing various events or situations to come out with a set of rules or conclusions

7. Inter-Personal: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

8. Intrapersonal: The ability to clearly understand your strengths and weaknesses, what your capabilities are, what you can do and cannot do, what you like and dislike.

9. Numerical Reasoning: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and perform other basic numerical calculations correctly.

10. Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

11. Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

12. Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or innovative ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

13. Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

14. Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a long period of time without being distracted.

15. Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

16. Verbal Reasoning: The ability to think and reason with words; the ability to reason out ideas expressed in words.

17. Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

18. Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand

Knowledge

1. Administration: Knowledge of various administrative and operational functions in managing an organization such as general administration, facility management, front office management, back-office management, etc.

2. English Language: Knowledge about English grammar, words, spelling, sentence construction, using English to communicate with others, reading in English, etc.

3. Politics & Governance: Knowledge about different political ideologies, political systems, and processes, governance standards and processes, constitutions, etc.

4. Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, statistics, and other mathematical disciplines and their applications.

Skills

1. Active Learning: Focused and continuous learning from various sources of information, observation and otherwise for application in getting work done.

2. Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

3. Communication in English: Skills in communicating effectively in writing as well as verbally with others in English language.

4. Communication in local language: Skills in communicating effectively in writing as well as verbally with others in a local/regional language.

5. Coordination: Skills in working together with other people to get things done.

6. Critical Thinking: Skills in analysis of complex situations, using of logic and reasoning to understand the situations and take appropriate actions or make interpretations and inferences.

7. Directing: Skills in directing others' actions to get things done

8. Instruction: Skills in training others how to do something.

9. Judgment and Decision Making: Skills in considering pros and cons of various decision alternatives; considering costs and benefits; taking appropriate and suitable decisions.

10. Managing Financial Resources: Skills in determining how money should be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

11. Managing Human Resources: Skills in motivating, developing, and leading people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

12. Negotiation: Skills in bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

13. Persuasion: Skills in persuading others to change their minds or behaviour.

14. Problem Solving: Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

15. Reading Comprehension: Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

16. Service Orientation: Skills in or a keen interest to help and assist people

17. Supervising: Skills in Supervising and monitoring the performance of others, businesses, and different projects.

18. Time Management: Skills in prioritizing work, managing time effectively.

19. Writing: Skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the readers.

Personality

1.You are always or mostly organized in your day-to-day life and activities.

2. You always feel secure in your surroundings and in most situations.

3. You are always self-satisfied or feel satisfied with your life in most situations.

4. You are a soft-hearted person sometimes.

5. You trust others sometimes but not always.

6. You are helpful to others sometimes.

7. You remain calm in difficult situations sometimes but some other times you are anxious.

8. You are imaginative sometimes.

9. You prefer to experience new things and have new experiences sometimes.

10. You act independently sometimes but do not do so in some other times.

11. You are friendly and outgoing sometimes, but not always. You prefer company of people sometimes but not always.

12. You are caring, supportive, sympathetic and kind to others sometimes.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

After qualifying the Indian Statistical Service Examination, you would be directly recruited as Assistant Director. After recruitment you would undergo a two-year probationary training comprising the foundation course at The National Statistical System Training Academy (NSSTA), Greater Noida (UP).

As a Statistical Officer you will be joining the Government Statistical Service and work in the following Government Ministries/ Departments:

1. Ministry of Agriculture& Farmer Welfare:

2. Ministry of chemical & Fertilizer

3. Ministry of Civil Aviation

4. Ministry of Coal: Coal control

5. Ministry of Commerce & Industries: Directorate General of Foreign Trade,

6. Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS), Directorate General of Supply and Disposal, Department of Commerce- Office of Economic Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Directorate of Anti-Dumping.

7. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

8. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

9. Ministry of Culture- Anthropological Survey of India

10. Ministry of Defence: Army Statistical Organisation, Management Information Systems Organisations (MISO), Director General (DG) Infosys, DirectorateGeneral of Resettlement, Naval Headquarters, Additional Director General (ADG) Systems, Military Training Directorate, Air Headquarters Computer Centre,Directorate of Flight Safety

11. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

12. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

13. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: Forest Survey of India(FSI), Dehradun

14. Ministry of Finance: Department of Economic Affairs, Department of FinancialService, Department of Expenditure- Pay Research Unit, Department of Revenue, Tax Research Unit, Financial Intelligence Unit, Directorate of Data Management

15. Customs and Central Excise, Directorate of Income (Tax-Research-Statistics),

16. Publication and Public Relations (RSP and PR)

17. Ministry of Food Processing Industries

18. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Department of Health and FamilyWelfare, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)- All India Institute ofHygiene and Public Health, National Centre for Disease Control, National Anti-Malaria Programme (NAMP), National Tuberculosis Institute, Central Bureau ofHealth and Intelligence(CBHI)

19. Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

20. Ministry of Home Affairs: Registrar General of India (RGI), Intelligence Bureau(IB), National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

21. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

22. Ministry of Human Resources Development: Department of School Education andLiteracy, Department of Secondary and Higher Education

23. Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ministry Proper, Directorate General ofEmployment and Training (DGET), Directorate General of Mines Safety, LabourBureau

24. Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)

25. Ministry of Mines: Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)

26. Ministry of Minority Affairs

27. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

28. NITI Aayog

29. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

30. Ministry of Power

31. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

32. Ministry of Rural Development: Department of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources

33. Ministry of Science and Technology: Department of Bio-technology

34. Ministry of Shipping

35. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment: Department of Social Justice,

36. Department of Disability Affairs

37. Ministry of Steel

38. Ministry of Textiles

39. Ministry of Tourism

40. Ministry of Tribal Affairs

41. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation:Ministry Proper, Central Water Commission (CWC), Central Water and PowerResearch Station (CWPRS), Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)

42. Ministry of Women and Child Development

43. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

As an Indian Statistical Service Officer, you will be working in one of the following Divisions/Departments:

1. Statistics wing

2. Central statistics office (CSO)

3. Data Informatics and Innovation Division(DIID)

4. Program Implementation (PI) wing

5. Integrated Finance Division

6. Administration Division

After acquiring work experience of 5-10 years as an Indian Statistical Service Officer, you would also be deputed to serve in various domestic and international organizations such as Central Staffing Scheme, UN bodies, foreign governments, state governments, PSUs etc.

After joining the Indian Statistical Services, as an ISS officer’s career is categorised in to two phases: General Phase and the Specialisation Phase. Candidates in the General phase serve for 15 years as Indian Statistical Officers and the Specialisation Phase starts after 15 years of working as ISS officer and lasts till retirement. After completion of 15 years of service, the posting of ISS officer will be done on the basis of their specialisation.

Some of the major areas of specialisation are as follows:

1. Official Statistics

2. Agriculture and Allied Statistics

3. Industrial Statistics

4. Economic Statistics

5. Labour and Employment Statistics

6. Social Statistics and Demographic Statistics

Specialisation Tracks In This Career 

1. Indian Statistical Service Officer (Official Statistics)

Official Statisticians are involved in providing the statistical information of a country or different phenomena through data, and images such as graphs and maps. (Statistical Information covers areas such as economics, demographics and social etc. The Official Statisticians provide basic information for decision making, evaluations and assessments at different levels.

2. Indian Statistical Service Officer (Agriculture and Allied Statistics)

Agriculture and Allied Statistics Professionals are responsible for conducting various surveys and census related to agriculture such as Survey on Land and Livestock, Agriculture census, Land Record Statistics, Crop cutting experiments etc.

3. Indian Statistical Service Officer (Industrial Statistics)

Industrial Statistics officers are involved in the Policy Making and research of the national economy. They play a key role in the formulation and promotion of industrial policies and are often posted in Central Statistics Office (Industrial Statistics Wing), Economic Statistics Division (ESD), Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy etc.

4. Indian Statistical Service Officer (Economic Statistics)

Economic Statisticians are involved in the collection, processing, compilation, dissemination, and analysis of the economic data. They study and evaluate surveys on National Accounts, Price Statistics as well as Trade Statistics.

5. Indian Statistical Service Officer (Labour and Employment Statistics)

Labour and Employment Statistics officers are involved in the study and evaluation of the data collected by the Ministry of Labour and Labour Bureau in relation to Labour economics, Labour force statistics etc.

6. Indian Statistical Service Officer (Social Statistics and Demographic Statistics)

Social Statistics officers are involved in the study and evaluation of non-economic characteristics of population. They also deal with miscellaneous topics like Swachch Bharat Abhiyan and NREGA etc. They are posted in offices like Ministry of Women & Child Development, Road Transport & Shipping, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Water resource etc. Demographic Statistics officer’s work include the study and evaluation of Population census and challenges faced during the implementation, and reports on Annual Health survey, Sample registration System, Birth and Death registration system etc.

Salary Offered  

According to the 7th Central Pay Commission,

1. As Research Officer, you would earn around Rs. 69,237 – 95,796per month.

2. As Senior Research Officer, you would earn around, Rs. 82,809 – 1,42,245 per month.

3. As Deputy Statistical Adviser, you would earn around, Rs. 95,796 - 1,56,987 per month.

4. As Deputy Director-General, you would earn around, Rs. 1,72,314 – 2,11,837 per month.

5. As Chief Statistical Officer, you would earn around, Rs. 2,43,918– 2,76,962 per month.

Monthly Earning In Indian Rupee

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid-Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

1. Addressing grievances and resolving conflicts: Handling complaints and grievance to resolve; resolving conflicts among co-workers or others at workplace or outside in relation to your work.

2. Analysing and interpreting data and information: Analysis of data and information to find facts, trends, reasons behind situations, etc.; interpretation of data to aid in decision making.

3. Assessing and determining compliance with standards, laws, rules and guidelines: Using relevant information, auditing information, processes and systems to determine whether organisations or people are complying with standards, laws, rules and guidelines.

4. Communicating with co-workers and others: Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work including vendors, government officials, etc. or with people at large

5. Decision making and problem solving: Analysis of data and information; evaluation of alternative decisions and results of decisions; taking the right decisions and solving problems.

6. Developing and maintaining inter-personal relationships: Developing professional relationships with co-workers and others outside organisations and maintaining good relationships.

7. Estimating quantity, cost, time and resources: Estimating sizes, volumes, distance, and quantity; estimating and determining time, costs, and resources; estimating materials required to perform a task.

8. Getting Information and learning: Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

9. Handling administrative activities: Handling various administrative tasks and managing day-to-day operations.

10. Inspecting situations, events, and people: Inspecting situations, events and people to understand the reasons and causes for the situation or events to happen; inspecting people to understand reasons behind their behaviour and actions.

11. Leading: Inspiring and motivating co-workers to work to achieve specific goals; enabling and facilitating others to perform tasks effectively; addressing issues and solving problems in order to help people perform well.

12. Managing and supervising: Managing and supervising work of others; setting goals; giving instructions; monitoring work performance, etc.

13. Monitoring use of resources: Monitoring and controlling use of resources like land and materials as well as spending of money.

14. Negotiating: Negotiating terms, conditions, costs, prices and about other issues.

15. Organising, planning and prioritising tasks: Planning and organising tasks in order to achieve work goals; prioritising tasks to achieve goals and making the best use of the time available.

16. Providing advices and consultation to others: Giving advices or consultation to others about various issues, conceptual matters, know-hows, scientific matters, products or services.

17. Scheduling tasks: Scheduling project timelines, tasks and activities.

18. Strategic planning: Developing visions and goals, developing strategies and action plans for achieving visions and goals.

19. Updating and using relevant knowledge: Keeping updated with the latest knowledge relevant to your fields of work and use of the relevant knowledge in getting things done.

20. Using computers for work: Using computers for day-to-day office work; using computer software for various applications in day-to-day professional work; entering data and process information; for writing.

21. Working in a team: Working in a team of people; developing team; maintaining professional relationships among team members.