CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Zone-I has seven cadres-AGMUT (also known as Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories), Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Detailed explanation-2: -The New Cadre Allocation Policy aims to fulfil three main goals of the Government of India and the State Governments: Increase national integration. Rationalise vacancies according to IAS cadre strength. Increase efficiency of administration by redistributing officers from surplus states to deficit states.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Delhi: The States or Joint Cadres will be divided into the following five Zones: i. Zone-1 (AGMUT, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana), ii. Zone-2 (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha), iii. Zone-3 (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and.

Detailed explanation-4: -After being selected for the IAS, candidates are allocated to “Cadres.” There is one cadre for each Indian State that is 21 Cadres in all, except for three joint cadres: Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur-Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT).

Detailed explanation-5: -It also functions as the cadre controlling authority of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre of Indian Administrative Service (IAS)/Indian Police Service (IPS) as also Delhi-Andaman and Nicobar Island Civil Service (DANICS)/Delhi-Andaman and Nicobar Island Police Service (DANIPS).