Service Overview | |||||||||||
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Abbreviation | ISS | ||||||||||
Formed | 1961 | ||||||||||
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Civil Service academy | National Statistical System Training Academy (NSSTA) | ||||||||||
Controlling authority | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | ||||||||||
Legal personality | Governmental: Government service | ||||||||||
General nature | Statistical Planning | ||||||||||
Preceding service | Null | ||||||||||
Cadre Size | 814 (2017) | ||||||||||
Service Chief | |||||||||||
Chief Statistician of India Current: T.C.A. Anant |
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Head of the Civil Services | |||||||||||
Cabinet Secretary Current: Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
The Indian Statistical Service (abbreviated as ISS) (Hindi: भारतीय सांख्यिकी सेवा) is an organized Group-A Central Civil Services.