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True, you can get a better salary offer at a PSU than at an IES. For example, the basic pay is around Rs. 60,000 in most PSUs, whereas the pay scale of an IES entry-level position is Rs. 15,600 to Rs. 39,100. However, the perks offered to IES officers outweigh the salary part of PSUs. These includes:
1. IES has better authority and respect in society than any other PSU. You will get the title of "government officer" as an IES.
2. Except for Indian Railways, every department in the IES offers postings in Tier 2 cities. However, because the plants are located in rural areas, you are more likely to be posted in rural areas in PSU.
3. You will get more facilities in IES. Such as vehicles, staff, and drivers, then in PSUs.
4. The promotions in IES are based on seniority, as opposed to merit plus seniority at PSU. Hence, you have secured promotions in IES.
5. The IES employees get decent bungalows with a large campus area, whereas the PSUs usually offer small quarters. For these reasons, most engineering graduates prefer the IES over PSUs and consider it a better option. However, you can decide, as per your own preferences, which one you want to join.

The Engineering Service Exam is conducted to recruit eligible candidates for both IRSS and IRSME. The job profiles are as follows: (I) Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS):
1. The nature of the work includes stock management tasks like material acquisition, storage, and disposal.
2. They are trained at the National Academy of Indian Railways in strategic procurement and logistics management.
3. They begin their careers as assistant divisional material managers, and at the highest level, a member of materials management is in charge of the department.
4. There are two divisional promotions and four zonal promotions in the promotion ladder, leading to the position of principal chief materials manager. (II) The Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME):
1. The work involves building and maintaining rolling stock, primarily diesel engines, coaches, and wagons.
2. At the National Academy of Indian Railways, they receive training in the design, acquisition, construction, and maintenance of the relevant infrastructure.
3. They begin their careers as assistant divisional mechanical engineers and can advance to the position of mechanical engineer staff members.
4. The promotion scale is also similar to IRSS, and IRSME can get a total of seven promotions to become a member staff. From the junior level, the in-hand salary for both positions is around Rs 55,135 per month.

Every year, the UPSC administers the ESE exam, now known as the IES exam. This exam is held to select engineers for positions in the central government departments. You can get the following jobs after clearing the ESE exam: (A) Railway jobs:
1. Indian Railway Stores Service
2. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
3. Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
4. Indian Railway Service of Engineers
5. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (B) Other departments:
1. Indian Defence Service of Engineers (lDSE)
2. Indian Naval Armament Service
3. Central Power Engineering Service
4. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS)
5. Central Water Engineering
6. Border Roads Engineering Service
7. Indian Supply Service
8. Indian Telecommunications Service
There are several other positions, such as JTO. The junior scale salary range for IES positions is Rs. 15,600 to Rs. 39,100, with a grade pay of Rs. 5400.

The ESE exam is the Engineering Services examination. This exam consists of 3 stages I. e. Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. ESE is a national-level examination conducted by UPSC for engineers. UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) conducts the ESE Exam as an entrance test on a yearly basis to recruit engineering students in different sectors like Telecommunication, Railways, Public Works, CWC, CPES, NHAI, Border Roads, CPWD, IDSE, MS Naval Armaments, etc. Exam pattern of the ESE exam:
Exam Mode: Offline (paper pen)
The selection process is done through 3 steps:
1- Prelims
2- Mains
3- Interview
Number of Papers
Prelims - 2
Mains - 2
Total Marks: 1300 Marks
Prelims - 500 Marks
Mains - 600 Marks
Interview - 200 marks
ESE engineer posts:
1- At the time of joining work as Assistant Director or Assistant Executive Engineer.
2- After the experience of 3 to 4 years, work as an executive engineer, director, or work manager.
3- After the experience of 8 years, work as deputy general manager or joint director
4- After the experience of 13 years, work as joint general manager or chief engineer of level 2.
5- After the experience of 20 years, work as chief engineer or additional general manager.
6- After the experience of 30 years, you work as a senior general manager or engineer-in-chief.
7- After the experience of 34 years you become a chairman or managing director of a governmental organisation. I hope this will help you.

The ESE exam is a little more complex than the GATE exam.
However, the GATE exam pattern:
Examination Mode: Computer-Based Test (CBT)
Duration: 3 Hours
Number of Subjects: 27
Sections: General Aptitude (GA) + Candidates Selected Subject
Type of Questions: (A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (B) Remaining types: MSQ) and NAT Questions for testing these abilities: Recall, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, and Synthesis
Number of Questions: 10 (GA) + 55 (subject) = 65 Questions
Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, EY, GG, M.A. PH, XH, and XL
General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Engineering Mathematics: 13 Marks + Subject Questions: 72 Marks = Total: 100 Marks
Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, EY, GG, M.A. PH, XH, and XL
General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Subject Questions: 85 Marks = Total: 100 Marks
Marking Scheme: All of the questions will be 1 mark or 2 marks.
Exam pattern of the ESE exam:
Exam Mode: Offline
Selection Process
1- Prelims
2- Mains
3- Interview
Number of Papers
Prelims - 2
Mains - 2
Total Marks
Prelims - 500 Marks
Mains - 600 Marks
Interview - 200 marks
Opportunities after GATE Higher studies (M.Tech Ph.D. Research, work in PSUs, etc.
Opportunities after ESE:
1- At the time of joining work as Assistant Executive Engineer or Assistant Director
2- After the experience of 3 to 4 years, work as an executive engineer, director, or work manager.
3- After the experience of 8 years, work as deputy general manager or joint director
4- After the experience of 13 years, work as joint general manager or chief engineer of level 2.
5- After the experience of 20 years, work as chief engineer or additional general manager.
6- After the experience of 30 years, you work as a senior general manager or engineer-in-chief.
7- After the experience of 34 years you become a chairman or managing director of a governmental organization.
I hope this will help you.

The ESE exam is now known as the Indian Engineering Service. This exam is conducted by UPSC every year to recruit for various engineering posts in the government. You can get the following jobs after clearing the ESE exam:
1. Indian Railways engineers as IRSE, IRSME, IRSEE, and IRSSE
2. Officer in the Indian Railway Stores Service
3. Indian Ordnance Factories Service officer
4. Group A or Group B officer in Central Power Engineering Services
5. Grade A officer in Central Engineering Service (Roads)
6. Engineer in Indian Radio Regulatory Service
7. Officer in Central Water Engineering Service
8. Officer in Indian Defence Service of Engineers
9. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service officer
10. Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I
The salary scale for the ESE posts is Rs. 15600 to Rs. 39100, with a grade pay of Rs. 5400. The gross salary that an ESE engineering officer might get is around Rs. 64,000, including allowance.

The Indian Railway Service of Engineers salary is as per the recommendation of the seventh pay commission. The salary of an IRSE officer recruited through ESE increases through promotion as follows:
1. At first posting, an IRSE officer's salary is as per the Junior Time Scale. At this scale, the pay band is between Rs. 15600 and Rs. 39100, and the grade pay is fixed at 5400.
2. After promotion to the senior time scale, the grade pay is increased to Rs. 6600.
3. With further promotion, the grade pay also increases to Rs. 7600.
4. Finally after third promotion to Non-Functional Selection Grade the salary band increases to Rs.37400 to Rs. 67,000 with an 8700 grade pay
5. Once an IRSE is promoted to senior administrative grade, their grade pay is raised to Rs. 10000.
6. After further promotion, the salary scale and grade pay remain fixed, but there is an annual increment of 3%
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Group A posts are superior to Group B posts in ESE, and a Group B officer reports to a Group A officer. CPES (Central Power Engineering Services) group posts: one who joins the post of Assistant Director I or Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in the CEA (Central Electricity Authority). They report to Deputy Directors. CPES (Central Power Engineering Services) Group B posts: one who joins the post of Assistant Director II or Assistant Engineer (AE) in CEA. They are inferior in terms of rank to Assistant Director I. If you got your Group B job through ESE, it takes about 4 years to get to Group A. If one has gotten a group B post through SSC RRB or JE exams or any other exam like junior works manager, etc. , then it will take 10 to 15 years to become a group A officer. Salary (as per the 7th pay commission):
Group A posts: Basic pay: INR 56100 (INR 15600 + INR 5400, 6th pay)
Group B posts: Basic pay: INR 47600 ( INR 9300+ INR4800,0 6th pay)
So, if one joins Group B posts through ESE, they will be junior in terms of rank to Group A officers. They will also get a lesser salary as there is a difference in basic pay.

ESE in-hand Salary:
IES officers come under Pay band 10 which has a scale salary of INR 56,100 Per month. Pay Band: INR 56,100
Grade Pay: INR 0
TA: INR 3,200
DA: INR 2% (INR 1122/-)
DA on TA 125%: INR 4000
Gross Pay: 64,200
In-Hand Salary: 55,135 (approximately. )
Entry-level IES officer:
The entry-level salary of an IES Officer as per the 7th Pay Commission is listed below
Basic Salary: INR15600 - INR 39100
Grade Pay: INR 5400
Net Salary: INR 21000
DA (Dearness Allowances): 113% of net salary I. e. 113% of INR 21000 equals INR 23730
HRA: 30% of Net Salary + DA I. e. 30% of INR (21000 + 23730) equals to INR 13419
TA (Transport Allowance): INR 6600 (for type 1 cities)
Gross Salary: INR 64,749 (In addition to the above)
ESE Basic Pay:
The basic pay is the amount that an employee will be entitled to by excluding all allowances and salary deductions. After the appointment, the employee will get INR 21000 as basic pay with grade pay of INR 5400 (Basic Pay INR 15600 + INR 5400 Grade Pay). The level-wise grade pay and pay scale of the UPSC ESE 2023 is listed below. Junior Level: INR 5400 (Grade Pay) and INR 15600 - INR 39100 (Pay Scale)
Senior Level: INR 6600 (Grade Pay) and INR 15600 - INR 39100 (Pay Scale)
Junior Administrative Grade: INR 7600 (Grade Pay) and INR 15600 - INR 39100 (Pay Scale)
Chief Engineer Level 2: INR 8700 (Grade Pay) and INR 37400 - INR 67000 (Pay Scale)
Chief Engineer: INR 8700 (Grade Pay) and INR 37400 - INR 67000 (Pay Scale)
Cabinet Secretary Grade: INR 90,000 (Pay Scale)
I hope this will help you.

In the Engineering Services Examination preliminary exams, the Union Public Service Commission won't follow any weight-based pattern. For an electrical aspirant, I can suggest a few points. , Among all subjects, machines, networks, power systems, and control systems combined will definitely ensure you 100 to 150 marks (whatever the pattern may be). The new subjects like computer organisation, material Science, and math will be there in every teacher's mind because of their new syllabus. The subjects that were less focused on the previous year will not be the same this year; we can expect less emphasis on communication, microcontrollers, and microprocessors, as they will be less focused on Mains as well. My advice is to cover all subjects for prelims, and we can have the option to leave a few during main practice.