{"id":9462,"date":"2026-02-03T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/?p=9462"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:12:25","slug":"indian-defence-estates-service-ides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/indian-defence-estates-service-ides\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES), Salary, Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Indian Defence Estates Service is a group \u2018A\u2019 service that one is assigned after qualifying the UPSC Civil Services Examination. The IDES Officers are appointed to work at the Defence Estates Organisation with the responsibility to manage all the civil affairs of cantonments and defence land in India. In this article, we are going to look into the roles and responsibilities of IDES Officers along with their roles and responsibilities and salary and career growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IDES Officers Roles and Responsibilities\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Defence Estate Services Officers have the following Roles and Responsibilities:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overseeing the management and administration of defence lands.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supervising the functioning of Cantonment Boards.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promoting the development of Cantonments with a focus on providing healthcare, quality education, social care for the elderly, differently-abled, and underprivileged communities.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conducting regular surveys of defence lands to ensure accurate records.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Managing the acquisition, hiring, and requisition of immovable properties for defence purposes.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Performing regular audits to ensure proper utilisation of defence lands.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maintaining and updating digitised records of defence land ownership and usage.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preventing encroachments and unauthorized constructions on defence lands and initiating their removal when necessary.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overseeing the disposal of defence lands in compliance with regulations.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Handling legal disputes and litigation related to defence land ownership.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advising the Ministry of Defence on issues concerning Cantonments and defence land policies.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monitoring the implementation of the Cantonments Act, 2006, to ensure adherence to its provisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IDES Officers Training\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The training for IDES Officers is conducted at the National Institute of Defence and Estates Management at New Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The office of Directorate General of IDES is situated at Delhi Cantonment.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Director of General of Defence Estates heads the Directorate General.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A senior additional director general and along with him four other additional director generals are incharge of a specific division.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chief Executive Officer is responsible for leading the 62 cantonments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The officers undergo training at the National Institute Defence Estates Management (NIDEM) at Delhi.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Defence Estate Services Salary and Grade Pay<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being a Grade \u2018A\u2019 service, IDES officers are offered the following salary and grade pay:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Grade<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Designation in Directorate<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Designation in Directorate General<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"tb-color\">\r\n<p><b>Pay Scale<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Junior Time<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Scale<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assistant Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assistant Director-General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15,600 \u2013 39,100 + Grade Pay 5400<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Senior Time<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Scale<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assistant Director-General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15,600 \u2013 39,100 + Grade Pay 6600<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Junior<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Administration<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Grade (Ordinary)<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joint Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Director-General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15,600 \u2013 39,100 + Grade Pay 7600<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Junior<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Administrative<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Grade<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>(Selection)<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joint Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Director-General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">37,400 \u2013 67,000 + Grade Pay 8700<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Senior<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Administrative<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Grade<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional Director General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">37,400 \u2013 67,000 + Grade Pay 10,000<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Higher<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Administrative<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Grade<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Principal Director<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Additional Director General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">67,000 \u2013 79,000<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Secretary-level<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Post<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Director-General<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Defence Estates<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">80,000<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IDES Officers Career Growth\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Defence Estate Services Officers have the following career opportunities:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputation opportunities with the Central Government.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roles with State Governments offering significant responsibilities.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opportunities to work with Public Sector Undertakings 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