The Prime Minister's Office (IAST: Pradhānamantrī Kāryālaya) consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister of India, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Prime Minister. The PMO is headed by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, currently Pramod Kumar Mishra. The PMO was originally called the Prime Minister's Secretariat until 1977, when it was renamed during the premiership of Morarji Desai. It is located in Seva Teerth, where it relocated to on February 13, 2026, from its previous location in the South Block of the Secretariat Building.
History During the tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of India, the then Prime Minister's Secretariat was headed by a Joint Secretary to Government of India until his death. The post of the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister was conceived during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister. The Principal Secretary to the PM is the head of the Prime Minister's Office.
Function The PMO provides secretarial assistance to the Prime Minister. It is headed by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. The PMO includes the anti-corruption unit and the public wing dealing with grievances. The office houses the Prime Minister and few selected officers of Indian Civil Service who work with him to manage and coordinate government and his office. The Prime Minister through his office coordinates with all ministers in the central union cabinet, minister of independent charges and governors and ministers of state government. The PMO is located at the South Block of the Secretariat Building.
The subject-matter of files required to be submitted to the Prime Minister depends on whether he is holding direct charge of the Ministry or whether there is a Cabinet Minister or Minister of State (Independent Charge) in charge of the Ministry. In the case of the latter, most matters are dealt with by the Cabinet Minister / Minister of State-in-charge. Only important policy issues, which the Minister concerned feels should be submitted to the Prime Minister for orders or information, are received in the PMO.
In cases where the Prime Minister is the Minister-in-charge, matters requiring Ministerial approval which are not delegated to the Minister of State/Deputy Minister, if any, are submitted for orders. The Prime Minister has traditionally been the Minister-in-charge of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the Departments of Space and Atomic Energy.
Some of the important matters that require the Prime Minister's personal attention include the following: Important defence-related issues; Decorations, both civilian and defence, where Presidential approval is required; All important policy issues; Proposals for appointment of Indian Heads of Missions abroad and requests for grant of agreement for foreign Heads of Missions posted to India; All important decisions relating to the Cabinet Secretariat; Appointments to State Administrative Tribunals and the Central Administrative Tribunal, UPSC, Election Commission, appointment of members of statutory/constitutional committees, commissions attached to various ministries; All policy matters relating to the administration of the Indian Administrative Service and other civil services and administrative reforms; and Special packages announced by the Prime Minister for states are monitored in the PMO and periodical reports submitted to Prime Minister.
Parliament Questions
Parliament Questions relating to the Ministries and Departments of which Prime Minister is the Minister-in-charge are answered by a Minister of State nominated for the purpose or by Prime Minister himself.
PM's Funds
The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and the National Defence Fund (NDF) are operated directly from the PMO. The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund was established in January 1948 as Trust, by then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan, due to partition of India. In the year 2013–2014, the Fund received donations worth .PM National Relief Fund PMO.
The Office
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) located in South Block, overlooking the grandeur of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Though in the 1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, used Prime Minister's Residence (PMR) spread over a 4-hectare complex as office.
Current officials in the PMO Official Designation Rank Pramod Kumar Mishra, IAS Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Cabinet Minister Shaktikanta Das, IAS Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Cabinet Minister Ajit Kumar Doval, IPS, KC National Security Adviser Cabinet Minister Tarun Kapoor, IAS Advisor to the Prime Minister Secretary to the Government of India Ashish Vachhani, IAS Additional Secretary, PMO Additional Secretary to the Government of India M. S. Srikar, IAS Additional Secretary, PMO Additional Secretary to the Government of India Amit Singh Negi, IAS Additional Secretary, PMO Additional Secretary to the Government of India Subhasish Panda, IAS Additional Secretary, PMO Additional Secretary to the Government of IndiaC. Sridhar, IASAdditional Secretary, PMOAdditional Secretary to the Government of India Yadav Manharsinh Laxmanbhai, IFS Joint Secretary, PMO Joint Secretary to the Government of India Saurabh Shukla, IA&AS Joint Secretary, PMO Joint Secretary to the Government of India Nidhi Tewari, IFS Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Joint Secretary to Government of India Vivek Kumar, IFS Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Joint Secretary to Government of India Hardik Shah, IAS Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Joint Secretary to Government of India
Organisation
Prime Minister's OfficePrime Minister Narendra ModiAdministrationNational SecurityCabinet SecretariatCabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan (IAS)R&AWSPGNACWCSFFSecretary (R) Parag Jain (IPS)Director SPG Alok Sharma (IPS)Chairperson Roli Singh (IAS)Commander ClassifiedPerformance Management Division Secretary Prajapati TrivediMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsMinister Jitendra Singh RanaDepartmentsDoPTDARPGUnion Public Service Commission Central Bureau of Investigation Central Information CommissionAll India Services Central Civil Services Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring SystemNational Security Council Secretariat National Security Adviser Ajit DovalStrategic Policy GroupIndian Intelligence CommunityNational Security Advisory BoardNuclear Command Authority Political Council Chair: Prime MinisterExecutive Council Chair: National Security AdviserStrategic Forces Command Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen Dinesh Singh RanaCabinet Committee on Security (CCS)Chairperson Prime Minister Narendra ModiDefence MinisterHome MinisterNational Security AdviserExternal Affairs MinisterFinance Minister Rajnath Singh Amit Shah Ajit Doval S. Jaishankar Nirmala SitharamanScience & Strategic TechnologyPolicy, Appointments & Economic AdvisoryNational Technical Research OrganisationChairman, NTRO Rajesh Arya (IPS)Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)Secretary, DAE Ajit Kumar MohantyBARCIGCARNPCILAECResearch & DevelopmentAdvanced Reactor ResearchNuclear Power GenerationGoverning body of the DAEDepartment of Space (DoS)Secretary, DoS V. NarayananISROSDSC-SHARIN-SPACeNESACSpace MissionsPrimary SpaceportPrivate Space RegulationNortheast Regional Space CentreNITI AayogChairperson Prime MinisterVice Chairperson Ashok LahiriAppointments Committee of the CabinetChairperson Prime MinisterMember Home MinisterEconomic Advisory Council to PMChairperson S. Mahendra DevMembers Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Sanjeev Sanyal
Shamika Ravi
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External links
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