Both the national focus and the technical resources required for sustaining a systematic forest fire management program are lacking in the country. Important forest fire management elements like strategic fire centers, coordination among Ministries, funding, human resource development, fire research, fire ...
The first Inspector General of Forests, Hari Singh, was instrumental in the development of the Forest Service. All top positions in the state forest department are held by IFoS officers. Recruitment of officers for IFoS is done by UPSC on an All India basis to get the best talent. for the...