District collector
Overview
 
The District Collector is the district head of administration of the bureaucracy in a state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of India. Though he/she is appointed and is under general supervision of the state government, he/she has to be a member of the elite IAS
Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....

 recruited by the Central Government
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

. The post of Collector originally follows from the post of collector of taxes in a revenue district during the British rule in India.
District Collectors are officers of the Indian Administrative Service
Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service is the administrative civil service of the Government of India. It is one of the three All India Services....

 and are the most powerful government officials of the district.
 
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