Central Geological Service
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| Service Overview | ||||||||||||||
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| Abbreviation | CGS | |||||||||||||
| Formed | 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Headquarters | Geological Survey of India (GSI)-Central Headquarters (CHQ), Kolkata | |||||||||||||
| Country |  India | |||||||||||||
| Training Ground | Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI), Hyderabad | |||||||||||||
| Controlling Authority | Ministry of Mines, Government of India | |||||||||||||
| General Nature | Governmental, Natural Resources | |||||||||||||
| Cadre Size | 2700-3500 | |||||||||||||
| Service Chief | ||||||||||||||
| Shri Asit Saha, Director General | ||||||||||||||
| Head of the Civil Services | ||||||||||||||
| Cabinet Secretary Current: Rajiv Guaba IAS[1] | ||||||||||||||
In September, 2010, the geology stream of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), was constituted as 'Central Geological Service' and commonly referred as Central Geological Service (CGS) (केन्द्रीय भूवैज्ञानिक सेवा). The Central Geological Service (CGS) is one of the central natural resource services which is part of the executive branch of the Government of India. The Central Geological Service (formerly Geology stream of GSI) was constituted as an Organized Group ‘A’ Gazetted Service as per DOPT OM No. I-11019/12/2008-CRD dated 19/11/2009 by the Cadre Controlling Authorities.
GSI is organized group 'A' service since 1982 as per DoPT O.M.No.5/12/79-PP-II dated 31.07.1982 and schedule -I. Its number of vacancies and details of the examination are notified on the website of UPSC (www.upsc.gov.in).
The Officers of Central Geological Service (CGS) are recruited by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and posted to the Geological Survey of India (GSI). It is an esteemed geological organization officially formed in 1851 by British East India Company. It is a central government organisation in India working as an Attached Office to the Ministry of Mines, Government of India to carry out geological surveys, mineral exploration and allied studies.