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 home secretary.
As a secretary to the Government of India, the home secretary ranks 23rd on Indian order of precedence.
Powers, responsibilities and postings The 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.
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. 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 home secretary is 3, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi, a Type-VIII bungalow.
As the home secretary is of the rank of secretary to the Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent 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. +Home secretary monthly pay and allowancesBase salary as per 7th Pay Commission (per month)Pay matrix levelSourcesPay Level 17
List of home secretaries NameAssumed officeLeft officeRefGovind Mohan23 August 2024IncumbentAjay Kumar Bhalla 22 August 2019 22 August 2024 Rajiv Gauba 31 August 2017 22 August 2019 Rajiv Mehrishi 31 August 2015 30 August 2017 L. C. Goyal 5 February 2015 31 August 2015 Anil Goswami 30 June 2013 4 February 2015 R. K. Singh 30 June 2011 30 June 2013 Gopal Krishna Pillai 30 June 2009 30 June 2011 Madhukar Gupta31 March 200730 June 2009Vinod Kumar Duggal 31 March 2005 31 March 2007 Dhirendra Singh 1 July 2004 31 March 2005 Anil Baijal 8 February 2004 1 July 2004 N. Gopalaswami 15 October 2002 8 February 2004 Kamal Pande 5 May 1999 15 October 2002 Balmiki Prasad Singh 1 November 1997 4 May 1999 K. Padmanabhaiah 1 June 1994 31 October 1997 N. N. Vohra 6 April 1993 31 May 1994 Madhav Godbole 4 October 1991 23 March 1993 R. K. Bhargava 12 December 1990 3 October 1991 Naresh Chandra 21 March 1990 11 December 1990 Shiromani Sharma 29 December 1989 20 March 1990 J. A. Kalyankrishnan 17 October 1988 29 December 1989 C. G. Somiah 1 July 1986 16 October 1988 R. D. Pradhan 15 January 1985 30 June 1986 Prem Kumar 6 November 1984 15 January 1985 M. M. K. Wali 1 March 1984 4 November 1984 T. N. Chaturvedi 12 August 1981 29 February 1984 S. M. H. Burney 29 February 1980 12 August 1981 T. C. A. Srinivasavaradan 31 March 1977 29 February 1980 S. L. Khurana 23 June 1975 30 March 1977 Nirmal Kumar Mukarji 4 July 1973 23 June 1975 Govind Narain 1 January 1971 18 May 1973 L. P. Singh 18 September 1964 1 January 1971 V. Vishwanathan 27 November 1961 18 September 1964 B. N. Jha15 January 1958 26 November 1961 A. V. Pai 1 March 1953 14 January 1958 H. V. R. Iyengar 1 August 1949 28 February 1953 R. N. Banerjee 5 May 1947 2 July 1949
See also Cabinet Secretary of India Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing Foreign Secretary of India Defence Secretary of India Finance Secretary of India
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