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description: "The Cadre Allocation Policy for All India Services, 2017, assigns officers based on rank and zones, streamlining the allocation process for IAS, IPS, and IFoS."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Cadre Allocation Policy 2017 is the Indian framework grouping state cadres into five zones to assign All India Services officers using rank-based zone-and-cadre preferences.
- How does the five-zone preference system actually work?
- What did the 2017 policy change from the earlier 2008 system?
- Is the insider-outsider ratio retained under the 2017 policy?
- How is cadre allocation different from cadre review?

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In 2017 the Department of Personnel and Training notified the new five-zone Cadre Allocation Policy, first applied to the 2017 batch of IAS, IPS and IFoS officers selected through the Union Public Service Commission examination.

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