Home Secretary (India)
{{short description|Administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Home Secretary
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = Flag of India
| insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
| insigniasize = 75px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of India
| reports_to = The Home Minister
| residence = 3, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/home-secretary-gives-the-miss-to-fortified-bungalow/article7656529.ece|title=Home Secretary gives the miss to fortified bungalow|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|date=September 16, 2015|website=The Hindu|access-date=October 6, 2017}}
| seat = Ministry of Home Affairs
North Block, Cabinet Secretariat
Raisina Hill
New Delhi
| appointer = Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
| appointer_qualified =
| termlength = {{raise|0.0em|Two years, term can be extended.}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/09/stories/2005020906041100.htm|title=Fixed tenure planned for Home, Defence Secretaries|last=Khare|first=Harish|date=February 8, 2005|website=The Hindu|access-date=January 10, 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/22fixed.htm|title=Fixed tenure for defence, home secretaries|date=September 22, 2005|website=Rediff.com|access-date=January 10, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/fixed-tenure-for-defence-home-secretaries/324513|title=Fixed tenure for Defence, Home Secretaries|date=September 22, 2005|website=Outlook|access-date=January 17, 2018}}
| image =
| incumbent = Govind Mohan, IAS
| incumbentsince = 23 August 2024
| succession =
| inaugural =
| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1947}}
| salary = {{INRConvert|225000}} monthly{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?|date=June 29, 2016|editor-last=Biswas|editor-first=Shreya|website=India Today|access-date=September 24, 2017}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.mha.gov.in/|Official Website}}
| department = Ministry of Home Affairs
| native_name = गृह सचिव
| member_of = Strategic Policy Group
Committee of secretaries on Administration
| body =
}}
{{Politics of India}}
The Home Secretary (ISO: Gṛh Saciv) is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This post is held by a senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. The current Home Secretary is Govind Mohan. All Central Forces including the Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Border Security Force and Central Police Organizations are under the Union Home Secretary.
As a Secretary to Government of India, the Home Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|title=Order of Precedence|date=July 26, 1979|work=Rajya Sabha|publisher=President's Secretariat|url-status=dead|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704022423/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf}}{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf|title=Table of Precedence|date=July 26, 1979|website=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|publisher=President's Secretariat|url-status=dead|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527155701/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf|archive-date=May 27, 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top|title=Table of Precedence|website=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|publisher=President's Secretariat|url-status=dead|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top|archive-date=April 28, 2014}}{{cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=New Delhi}}
Powers, responsibilities and postings
Home Secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is the principal adviser to the Home Minister on all matters of policy and administration within the Home Ministry.{{cite web|url=http://darpg.gov.in/sites/default/files/CSMOP_0_0.pdf|title=Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure - 14th Edition (2015)|publisher=Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension|page=6|access-date=15 November 2016}}
The role of Home Secretary is as follows:
- To act as the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The responsibility in this regard is complete and undivided.{{cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=Noida|pages=3.1–3.10}}
- To act as the chief adviser to the Home Minister on all aspects of policy and administrative affairs.
- To represent the Ministry of Home Affairs before the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament of India.
- To act as the first among equals secretaries in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Emolument, accommodation and perquisites
The Home Secretary is eligible for a Diplomatic passport. The official earmarked residence of the Union Home Secretary is 3, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi, a Type-VIII bungalow.
As the Home Secretary is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.nic.in/sites/default/files/ArmyPayRules.pdf|title=Army Pay Rules, 2017|date=May 3, 2017|work=Ministry of Defence, Government of India|access-date=September 24, 2017}} to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and to Vice Chief of Army Staff/Commanders, in the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.
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|+Home Secretary monthly pay and allowances !Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month) !Pay Matrix Level !Sources |
| {{INRConvert|225000}}
|Pay Level 17 |{{cite web|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India|publisher=Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India|format=PDF|url-status=dead|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf|archive-date=November 20, 2015}} |
List of Home Secretaries
See also
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=New Delhi}}
- {{cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=Noida}}
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Category:Civil Services of India
Category:Indian government officials