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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Nagesh Prabhu

Career growth of KAS officers bleak in Karnataka as only 56% promoted to IAS against 93% in Tamil Nadu

The career growth prospects among Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officers in Karnataka is “very bleak” as only 56.8% of KAS officers are promoted to the IAS cadre, as against 93% of the same cadre officers in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

The percentage of officers of State Civil Service Officers (SCS)/KAS promoted and working in IAS positions in Karnataka is very less compared to Tamil Nadu (93%), Uttar Pradesh (86.4%), Maharashtra (84.9%), Himachal Pradesh (84.8%), Andhra Pradesh (84.7%), Sikkim (78.6%), Gujarat (78.9%), Rajasthan (75.8%), and Punjab (70%).  Karnataka ranked at the bottom of the table along with Odisha and Assam (both 50% each), revealed a new research conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru.

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