
In 1864, the British Raj established the Imperial Forest Department Dietrich Brandis, a German forest officer, was appointed Inspector General of Forests. The highest-ranking Forest Service official in each state is the Head of Forest Forces.Įarlier, the British Government in India had constituted the Imperial Forest Service in 1867 which functioned under the Federal Government until the Government of India Act 1935 was passed and responsibility was transferred to the provinces.Īdministration of the Service is the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.ĭietrich Brandis is widely considered as the father of the Service Positions in state forest department, such as District/Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Conservator of Forests, Chief Conservator of Forests and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests etc., are held, at times, by Indian Forest Service officers. A Forest Service officer is wholly independent of the district administration and exercises administrative, judicial and financial powers in their own domain. The members of the service also manage the National Parks, Tiger Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries and other Protected Areas of the country. The service implements the National Forest Policy in order to ensure the ecological stability of the country through the protection and participatory sustainable management of natural resources. It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951, by the Government of India. The other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service.




The Indian Forest Service ( IFS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Changeģ131 (2182 Direct Recruits and 949 Promotion Posts) Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, Uttarakhand
