"The Indian Foreign Service (Hindi: \u092D\u093E\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092F \u0935\u093F\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093E) (abbreviated as IFS) is the administrative diplomatic civil service under Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India. It is one of the two premier Civil Services (other being IAS) as appointment to IFS renders a person ineligible to reappear in Civil Services Examination. It is a Central Civil service as Foreign policy is the subject matter and prerogative of Union Government."@en . . .