The Rajasthan Forest Service (RFS) is one of the

state services A public service is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies ...

of the

Government of Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Rajasthan, a judiciary and a legislative. Jaipur is the capital of R ...

, the prominent two being the

Rajasthan Administrative Service Rajasthan Administrative Service, popularly known as RAS, is a state civil service of state Rajasthan along with Rajasthan Accounts Service, Rajasthan Police Service and other services. The officers are included in the state cadre of civil ser ...

(RAS) and the Rajasthan Police Service (RPS). The officers of Rajasthan Forest Service are governed by the provisions of The Rajasthan Forest Service Rules, 1962. shall not be interchangeable with each other and will be eligible for promotion in each wing separately.

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RFS officers start service as Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) (Hindi: सहायक वन संरक्षक) and Forest Range Officer (FRO) (Hindi: वन रेंज अधिकारी) in training period. The senior position among these is the ACF, which after considerable time, gets promoted to Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) (Hindi: उप वन संरक्षक). There are five salary-scales in RFS.

Recruitment

Officers are recruited through an open competitive examination conducted by the

RPSC The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) is a body with authority under the Constitution of India to select applicants for appointment to civil service jobs in the Indian state of Rajasthan according to the merits of the applicants and th ...

. A separate competitive exam is conducted for recruitment of following officers of the service -
1. ''Assistant Conservator of Forest'' (ACF)
2. ''Forest Range Officer'' (FRO).
Recently, the Government of Rajasthan has given "out of turn" appointment to 29 sports medallists to different state services, including appointment of 5 sports medallists as Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) in RFS.

References

{{Improve categories, date=December 2020 State forest departments of India Environment of Rajasthan State agencies of Rajasthan