Subject(s): Civil service in India. -- Public administration in India. -- Civil service. -- Role and importance of higher civil service, environment of civil service in India, higher civil service during British rule, higher civil service since independence, central personnel agency, recruitment, chief recruitment agency in India- union public service commission, top management staffing, establishment officer in government of India, all India services, central civil services, specialists in higher civil service, in serving training, promotion, salary fixation and higher civil service, conditions of service -- Civil service ethics, making the civil service accountable, fifth central pay commission and beyond