Indian Information Service
The Indian Information Services (IIS) Officers are controlled by the Ministry of Defence (Directorate of Public Relations). The tasks
- Managing government's print media, electronic media, advertising agency, Union Ministeries (news desk),act as press advisors
- Constitute a press party
- Organise press conferences
- Control official media
- Organise festivals (national and international), etc
The work is interesting as it uses the flare for journalism, public relations and administration all together. There is a special requirement to enter this service. The officer needs to have some previous experience of work in a newspaper or news agency or ad agency. The promotional channel is more or less the same as that of other Services.
Indian Information Service Eligibility
The eligibility criteria for the Indian Information Service exam is the same as for other services. Once the candidate clears the civil services and gets allotment to the Indian foriegn service as per his rank, he has to go through specified training.
IIS eligibility for persons with disability
People with the following disabilities & Physical conditions can be selected into the IIS
| Category(ies) for which Identified | Functional Classification | Physical Requirements |
| (i) Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims and Muscular Dystrophy | Both Legs, Both Legs One Arm | Sitting, Reading and Writing, Seeing, Hearing/Speaking, Communication |
| Both Legs and Arms | Sitting, Seeing, Hearing/Speaking, Communication | |
| Both Arms, Both Hands | Sitting, Standing, Walking, Seeing, Hearing/Speaking | |
| One Leg, One Arm, Muscular Weakness, One Arm One Leg | Sitting, Standing, Walking, Seeing, Hearing/Speaking, Reading and Writing, Communication | |
| (ii) Blind and Low Vision | Low Vision | Manipulation by Finger, Pushing & Pulling, Lifting, Kneeling and Crouching, Bending, Standing, Walking, Hearing/Speaking, Reading and Writing, Communication, Seeing |
| Blind | Manipulation by Finger, Pushing & Pulling, Lifting, Kneeling and Crouching, Bending, Standing, Walking, Hearing/Speaking, Communication | |
| (iii) Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Hard of Hearing | Manipulation by Finger, Pushing & Pulling, Lifting, Kneeling and Crouching, Bending, Standing, Walking, Hearing/Speaking, Reading and Writing, Communication |
| Fully Deaf | Manipulation by Finger, Pushing & Pulling, Lifting, Kneeling and Crouching, Bending, Standing, Walking, Reading and Writing, Communication | |
| (iv) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (i) to (iii) above including deaf-blindness in the posts identified for each disability | All mentioned above [(i), (ii) and (iii) above] |
All mentioned above [(i), (ii) and (iii) above] |
Indian Information Service Recruitment and Training
The training for Indian Information Service is of two sorts; one is the thought the Civil Service Exam which is conducted by UPSC every year (50%) and the other is upgrading the officers already working at senior position of IIS of Group B (50%).
After the distribution by Department of Personnel & Training, the newly appointed officers have to pursue three months basic training in any of the recognized national academies.
The other part of training includes nine months certified training in India Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) and further one year being part of media in several outlets like PIB, DPD, NSD, RNI, AIR, DFP, DDN and NMW under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Indian Information Service (Junior Grade) Ranks and Salaries
Service Hierarchy|
Grade |
Pay
scales |
Designation in Field |
Designation in Headquarters |
|
Junior
time scale |
8000-275-13500 |
Assistant Director, Inspector of Exhibition, Assistant News
Editor, New Reporter/ Correspondent, Assistant Director
(Monitoring), Field Publicity Officer, Assistant Regional
Officer, Assistant Research Officer |
Assistant Director, PIB |
|
Senior
time scale |
10650-325-15850 |
Assistant Press registrar, Campaign Officer, Public Relations
Officer, deputy Director, Editor, Copy Tester, Research
Officer, Senior Correspondent-cum-Editor, Regional Officer,
Officer on Special duty, Talks officers, Senior correspondent,
Public Relations Officer, Special Correspondent (abroad) |
Deputy
Director, PIB |
|
Junior
administrative grade |
12000-375-16500 |
Joint
Director (News), Chief (Media), Director (Media), Deputy Press
Registrar, editor-in-Chief, Special correspondent (abroad),
Joint Director |
Counselor Director |
|
JAG
(NFSG) |
14300-400-18300 |
Director |
Director |
|
Senior
administrative grade |
18400-500-22400 |
Director, Registrar of Newspapers for India, Additional
Director General (News), Special correspondent (abroad) |
Deputy
Director General, PIB |
|
Higher
administrative grade |
22400-525-24500 |
Director
General (News) |
Additional Director General, PIB |
|
26000
(fixed) |
Director
General / Principal Information Officer |
Director
General, PIB |
