Provincial Civil Service (West Bengal)

West Bengal Civil Service (Executive), popularly known as W.B.C.S.(Exe.), is the civil service of the Indian state of West Bengal. For the WBCS (Exe) and other comparative posts, Public Service Commission of West Bengal arranges competitive examinations in three phases every year. These phases are Preliminary, Mains and Personality Test. WBCS is considered to be the premium public service in the state of West Bengal.

West Bengal Civil Service
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ জনপালন সেবা
Service overview
Founded1950 (1950)
CountryIndia
Staff college
  • Netaji Subhash Administrative Training Institute, Salt Lake, Sector-III, Kolkata (Executive and Other Services)
  • Swami Vivekanada State Police Academy, Barackpore (Police and Revenue Service)
Cadre controlling authorityPersonnel & Administrative Reforms Department
Minister responsibleMamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal and Home Minister
Legal personalityGovernmental; Civil Service
Cadre strength
  • 1,646 (Group-A, Executive) (2019)
  • 517 (Group-B) (2021)
SelectionWest Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC)
Success Rate0.5%
Head of the civil services
Chief SecretaryShri H. K. Dwivedi, IAS
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