What is Indian Forest Service?
The '''Indian Forest Service''' ('''IFS''') is one of the three [[All India Services]] of the [[Government of India|Government of]] India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Service|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/knowindia/profile.php?id=32|website=Official website of Government of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=31 December 1997|title=rti|url=http://upsc.gov.in/ais/slno1-10.htm#PageTop|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219051413/http://www.upsc.gov.in/ais/slno1-10.htm#PageTop|archive-date=19 December 2015|access-date=27 December 2015|website=Upsc.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy : Indian Forest Service|url=http://www.ignfa.gov.in/IndianForestService/tabid/56/language/en-US/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111233456/http://www.ignfa.gov.in/IndianForestService/tabid/56/language/en-US/Default.aspx|archive-date=11 January 2016|access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> The other two [[Civil service|All India Services]] being the [[Indian Administrative Service]] and the [[Indian Police Service]]. It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951. The service implements the National Forest Policy<ref>{{cite web|title=NFP 1988|url=http://envfor.nic.in/sites/default/files/introduction-nfp.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007061523/http://envfor.nic.in/sites/default/files/introduction-nfp.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2013|access-date=27 December 2015|website=Envfor.nic.in}}</ref> in order to ensure the ecological stability of the country through the protection and participatory sustainable management of natural resources. Positions in state forest department, such as District/Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Conservator of Forests, Chief Conservator of Forests and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests etc., are held, at times, by Indian Forest Service officers. The highest-ranking Forest Service official in each state is the Head of Forest Forces.<ref>{{Cite news