Subject(s): The role and importance of higher civil service -- Environment of the civil service in India -- Higher civil service during British rule -- Civil service in independence--Central personnal agency--Recruitment--Chief recruitment agency in India ,Union Public Service Commission -- Top management staffing--Establishment officer in the Government of India--All India services --Central civil service--Specialists in the higher civil service--in service training--Promotion--Salary fixation of the higher civil service--Conditions of service -- Civil service ethics--Making the civil service accountable--Road map to the future,fifth cental pay commission and beyond--Challenges for the future