Indian Skill Development Service

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The Indian Skill Development Services or 'ISDS' is one of the gazetted Central Civil Services (technical) under Group 'A' of the executive branch of the Government of India. It's is newest Central service. This service is created for training directorate of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Yogima Seth |title=Govt inducts first batch of Indian Skill Development Services |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/govt-inducts-first-batch-of-indian-skill-development-services/articleshow/71050646.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-11-23}}{{Cite web |title=Notification of new civil service |url=http://phdcci.in/live_backup/image/data/Research%2520Bureau-2014/Economic%2520Developments/Economic-2017/Jan/Government%2520issues.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjJ9vG8q-L7AhX2xnMBHX15CkAQFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ZGgmbni-6HKOeQulDucgo |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=www.phdcci.in}}

The appointment to this service is done through Combined Engineering Services Exam held every year by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India.{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Yogima Seth |title=Govt inducts first batch of Indian Skill Development Services |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/govt-inducts-first-batch-of-indian-skill-development-services/articleshow/71050646.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-11-23}}

It has 263 all India posts, the cadre comprises 3 post at senior administrative grade while 28 are at junior grade. While 120 posts at Senior Time Scale and 112 posts at Junior Time Scale.

Generally they are inducted through training at Administrative Training Institute, Mysuru.{{Cite web |title=Training For First Batch Of Newest Civil Service 'ISDS' Begins In Mysuru |url=https://www.ndtv.com/jobs/upsc-training-for-1st-batch-of-newest-civil-service-isds-begins-in-mysuru-2098220 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=NDTV.com}} The first batch was inducted in 2019.