what is a collector

sorry i dont know what a collector is can anyone tell me

Me neither. I keep hearing IAS officer and I think IPS officer. What professions are these?

collector is also called district magistrate .he or she has many function but main function is to maintain law and order .he or she is also called administrator of district .he or she come through elite ias competion exam.

Originally posted by: surabhi01

collector is also called district magistrate .he or she has many function but main function is to maintain law and order .he or she are also called administrator of district .he or she come through elite ias competion exam.

Collector is really an IAS officer. The term collecter is because the person is supposed to "collect" revenue from the district

District collectors are officers of the Indian Administrative Service and are the most powerful government officials of the district along with the Superintendent of Police, Commissioner of Police and Commissioner of Income Tax. They are entrusted with the task of handling law and order, revenue collection, taxation, the control of planning permission, and the handling of natural and man-made emergencies. A collector was a crucially important colonial officer placed at the district level and entrusted with the responsibility of revenue collection and other civil duties.

dm has also power to close schools when there is so much winter and in winter v always hear that due to extreme winter dm has order to close school for some time.

Originally posted by: parri814

Me neither. I keep hearing IAS officer and I think IPS officer. What professions are these?

IAS=Indian Administrative Service
IPS=Indian Police Service
Collector= Is the Chief administrative officer of the area-The bigger the area,the more his/her power

OK? ALL SORTED?

Thank you all. Just one more question from me if you guys don't mind. As you know I am not from India and have very little knowledge of the professional hierarchy, power etc. so my question is:

Originally posted by: parri814

Thank you all. Just one more question from me if you guys don't mind. As you know I am not from India and have very little knowledge of the professional hierarchy, power etc. so my question is:

Why is the position of IAS or IPS so sought after? I just want to understand.

From what I read and heard, an IAS officer is supposed to be very honored, honorable, honest and above reproach. But I also saw on Satyamev Jayate that some are also corrupt. Is the attraction the power and prestige?

Sorry, turned out to be more than one question.