Indian Railway Accounts Service

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Indian Railway Account Service

Official emblem
Service Overview
Abbreviation	IRAS
Formed	1920s
Headquarters	Rail Bhavan New Delhi
Country	India
Training Academy	Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM), Secunderabad https://irifm.indianrailways.gov.in/
Controlling Authority	Ministry of Railways, Government of India
Cadre Size	800
Service Chief
Member Finance (L/A)	Ms Roopa Srinivasan, IRAS.
Head of the Civil Services
Cabinet Secretary	T. V. Somanathan, IAS

The Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS; Bharatiya Rail Lekha Seva) is one of the Group A Central Civil Service of the Government of India. The civil servants under this Service are responsible for the Accounts and Finance Management of the Indian Railways. About 25–30 IRAS officers are recruited every year through Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission. Currently, the IRAS Cadre has a strength of about 800 officers.