Provincial Secretariat Service
| Service Overview | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Uttar Pradesh Secretariat Service |
| Founded | 1986 |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Staff College | Secretariat Training and Management Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Cadre Controlling Authority | Department of Secretariat Administration, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
| Minister Responsible | Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Secretariat Administration |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government service |
| Duties | State Policy Formulation State Secretarial assistance |
| Current Cadre Strength | 357 members (238 officers directly recruited by UP-PSC and 119 officers promoted from Section Officers' cadre) |
| Selection | State Civil Services Examination |
| Association | Uttar Pradesh PSS Association |
| Head of the State Civil Services | |
| Chief Secretary | Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS |
| Additional Chief Secretary (DoSA) | Mahesh Kumar Gupta, IAS |
Provincial Secretariat Service (IAST: Prāntīya Sacivālaya Sevā), often abbreviated to as PSS, is the civil service under Group A and Group B state service of Government of Uttar Pradesh responsible for providing a permanent bureaucratic set up which assists in establishment and administration, policy formulation and monitoring and review of the implementation of policies/schemes of various departments.