Civil services of India
  The  Civil Services  refer to the  civil services , the permanent  executive branch  of the  Republic of India . The civil service system is the backbone of the administrative machinery of the country. [1] [2]   In the  parliamentary democracy  of India, the  ultimate  responsibility for running the administration rests with the elected representatives of the people which are the ministers. But a handful of ministers cannot be expected to deal personally with the manifold problems of modern administration. Thus the ministers lay down the policy and it is for the civil servants to carry out this policy.   The  executive  decisions are implemented by the Indian civil servants. The members of civil service serve at the pleasure of the  President of India  and Article 311 of the  constitution  protects them from politically motivated or vindictive action. Civil servants are employees of the  Government of...