Indian Information Service
| Service Overview | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | IIS |
| Formed | 1960 |
| Country |
 India
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| Training Grounds | Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi |
| Controlling Authority | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) |
| Legal Personality | Government Service |
| General Nature | Media Managers of Govt. Official Spokespersons Media Adviser to Ministries Heading DD News & All India Radio Policy Formulation Policy Implementation |
| Association | Indian Information Service Association |
| Service Chief | |
| Principal Director General | A.P. Frank Noronha |
| Head of the Civil Services | |
| Cabinet Secretary | Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
The Indian Information Service (IIS) (Hindi: भारतीय सूचना सेवा) is the administrative civil service under Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India.
Indian Information Service officers are the media managers of the Government of India. They acts as a vital communication link between the Government and the people by way of disseminating information and communicating various Government policies and schemes to the public at large; and also collecting and providing valuable feedback to the Government for policy formulation.
Most IIS officers work in various media units which are under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting such as DD News, All India Radio, Press Information Bureau etc. During their tenure in Press Information Bureau, they are posted with various Ministries as spokespersons to handle the Ministry's information and communication needs and help in policy formulation.
IIS officers are also posted as spokespersons to various constitutional bodies such as Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Election Commission of India and statutory bodies such as Central Bureau of Investigation. Besides postings all over India, an IIS officer also gets posted to a few foreign assignments under Prasar Bharati.
Indian Information Service (IIS) was established as an organised central service named Central Information Service (CIS) on 1 March 1960. Prior to 1960, these posts were manned by officers recruited separately by each media unit. In 1987, CIS was bifurcated into IIS Group 'A' and IIS Group 'B'.
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