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Provincial Forest Service (Uttar Pradesh)
| Service Overview | |
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| Also known as | Uttar Pradesh Forest Service |
| Founded | 1966 |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Staff College | Central Academy for State Forest Service, Dehradun[1] |
| Cadre Controlling Authority | Department of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Minister Responsible | Dara Singh Chauhan, Minister of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Natural Resources |
| Duties | Forestry, Wildlife, Environmental Science and Ecology |
| Current Cadre Strength | 174 members (58 officers directly recruited by UP-PSC as ACF and 116 officers promoted from Forest Rangers' cadre)[2] |
| Selection | State Forest Service Examination |
| Association | Uttar Pradesh PFS Association |
| Head of the State Civil Services | |
| Chief Secretary | Sri Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, IAS |
| Principal Secretary (DoF&W) | Shri Sudhir Garg, IAS |
| Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Forces) | Mrs.Mamta Sanjeev Dubey, IFS |
Provincial Forest Service (IAST: Prāntīya Vana Sevā), often abbreviated to as PFS, is one of the state natural resource services under Group 'A' and Group 'B' state service of Government of Uttar Pradesh responsible for ensuring the ecological stability of the country via thorough protection and participatory sustainable forestry, wildlife and environment. It is also the feeder service for Indian Forest Service in the state.[3]
The Department of Forest and Wildlife of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is the cadre-controlling authority of the service. Along with the two state civil services which are Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Police Service (PPS), the PFS being a state natural resource service is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.
- ^ "Staff College for PFS officers" (PDF). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "2021 Total Cadre strength of PFS as in December 2021" (PDF). upforest.gov.in. Department of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Indian Forest Service". ifs.nic.in. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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