Indian Statistical Service About

ISS Officers are responsible for data management and administration of statistical reports in a multi-disciplinary domain. There are vacancies for ISS officers under various ministries and organisations in different parts of the country. The placements are directly under the central government and is a 'Group A' Central Civil Service post. The candidate requires high efficiency in statistical methods and applications to meet the job profile requirements. The posts are recruited through UPSC examinations. The minimum eligibility criteria is a bachelor's degree in statistics or having done mathematical statistics or applied statistics as one of the subjects. They are involved in the formulation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of various schemes.

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Career Roles & Responsibilities
  • Collect and compile statistical data from numerous sources, which might include survey responses, production records, sales records, timesheets, and quality test and control records.
  • Verify the accuracy of sources.
  • Enter collected data into reports and present an analysis of the collected data.
  • Apply statistical software and formulas to compile and interpret the data. Use reliable and appropriate tools for collecting and analyzing data.
  • Gather relevant information- graphs, reports, and charts and use these to draw conclusions.
  • Print reports for distribution or analysis.
  • Administrative duties
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Career Education Path Summary

If you begin your career after your appointment as Assistant Director you would progress as:

Assistant Director – Deputy Director –Joint Director/Director – Deputy Director-General – Additional Director General – Director-General

If you begin your career after appointment as Research Officer you would progress as:

Research Officer – Senior Research Officer – Additional Statistical Adviser/Deputy Statistical Adviser – Deputy Director General–Director General/ Chief Statistical Officer

If you begin your career after appointment as Statistician you would progress as:

Statistician – Senior Statistician – Chief Statistical Adviser/Deputy Statistical Adviser – Chief Director/Advisor-Additional Director-General – Director-General

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Degree

  • B.Sc Mathematics

Degree

  • UPSC Statistical Services exam Training (exam training)

Degree

  • National Statistical System Training Academy
  • Ministry of Agriculture& Farmer Welfare:
  • Ministry of Chemical & Fertilizer
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation
  • Ministry of Coal: Coal control
  • Ministry of Commerce & Industries: Directorate General of Foreign Trade,
  • Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS), Directorate General of Supply and Disposal, Department of Commerce- Office of Economic Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Directorate of Anti-Dumping.
  • Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  • Ministry of Culture- Anthropological Survey of India
  • Ministry of Defence: Army Statistical Organisation, Management Information Systems Organisations (MISO), Director General (DG) Infosys, DirectorateGeneral of Resettlement, Naval Headquarters, Additional Director General (ADG) Systems, Military Training Directorate, Air Headquarters Computer Centre, Directorate of Flight Safety
  • Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
  • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: Forest Survey of India(FSI), Dehradun
  • Ministry of Finance: Department of Economic Affairs, Department of FinancialService, Department of Expenditure- Pay Research Unit, Department of Revenue, Tax Research Unit, Financial Intelligence Unit, Directorate of Data Management
  • Customs and Central Excise, Directorate of Income (Tax-Research-Statistics),
  • Publication and Public Relations (RSP and PR)
  • Ministry of Food Processing Industries
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Department of Health and FamilyWelfare, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, National Centre for Disease Control, National Anti-Malaria Programme (NAMP), National Tuberculosis Institute, Central Bureau of Health, and Intelligence(CBHI)
  • Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
  • Ministry of Home Affairs: Registrar General of India (RGI), Intelligence Bureau(IB), National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
  • Ministry of Human Resources Development: Department of School Education and literacy, Department of Secondary and Higher Education
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment: Ministry Proper, Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET), Directorate General of Mines Safety, LabourBureau
  • Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
  • Ministry of Mines: Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)
  • Ministry of Minority Affairs
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • NITI Aayog
  • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • Ministry of Power
  • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • Ministry of Rural Development: Department of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources
  • Ministry of Science and Technology: Department of Biotechnology
  • Ministry of Shipping
  • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment: Department of Social Justice,
  • Department of Disability Affairs
  • Ministry of Steel
  • Ministry of Textiles
  • Ministry of Tourism
  • Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  • Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation: Ministry Proper, Central Water Commission (CWC), Central Water and PowerResearch Station (CWPRS), Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

As an Indian Statistical Service Officer, you will be working in one of the following Divisions/Departments:

  • Statistics wing
  • Central statistics office (CSO)
  • Data Informatics and Innovation Division(DIID)
  • Program Implementation (PI) wing
  • Integrated Finance Division
  • Administration Division
Similar Careers

As Research Officer, you would earn around Rs. 69,237 – 95,796 per month.

As Senior Research Officer, you would earn around, Rs. 82,809 – 1,42,245 per month.

As Deputy Statistical Adviser, you would earn around, Rs. 95,796 – 1,56,987 per month.

As Deputy Director-General, you would earn around, Rs. 1,72,314 – 2,11,837 per month.

As Chief Statistical Officer, you would earn around, Rs. 2,43,918– 2,76,962 per month.

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Career Pros Details
  • Firstly a specialist job that means if you are passionate about economics who going to love each and every second of your job.
  • You can call yourself a government economists.
  • Central Civil Service job ie Group A Gazetted post.
  • Initial career postings in Delhi only . Then you can get transfer to Metro cities of India or deputed in International organisation like IMF , World Bank etc at Indian Desk.
  • Peaceful life with less transfers as compared to All India Service officers .
  • Fully funded PhD in your later career by Government. Only available to ISS and IES because they are Specialist service.
  • It is a 57 year old service , so you carry a sense of pride and was started by the 1st Prime Minister of India.
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Career Cons Details
  • Not given Plum postings . As IAS , IFos are given.
  • No working at grassroot level, no connection with masses. You will be posted in Central Secretariat.
  • Less recognized service and highly underrated .
  • It is a specialist service thus less scope of doing dynamic work as compared to generalist services like IAS.
  • Average promotion opportunities. Joint Secretary in 28 years of service.
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