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Home Secretary
Gṛh Saciv
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Incumbent Govind Mohan, IAS since 23 August 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs
Member of	Strategic Policy Group Committee of secretaries on Administration
Reports to	President of India Parliament of India Council of Ministers of India Prime Minister of India Home Minister of India
Residence	3, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi
Seat	Ministry of Home Affairs North Block, Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill New Delhi
Appointer	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Term length	Two years, term can be extended.
Formation	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Salary	₹225,000 (US$2,700) monthly
Website	Official Website

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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.

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.

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 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 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.

List of Home Secretaries

See also

• Cabinet Secretary of India
• Foreign Secretary of India
• Defence Secretary of India
• Finance Secretary of India

References

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2. Khare, Harish (February 8, 2005). "Fixed tenure planned for Home, Defence Secretaries". The Hindu. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
3. "Fixed tenure for defence, home secretaries". Rediff.com. September 22, 2005. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
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5. ^ "Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India" (PDF). Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
6. ^ Biswas, Shreya, ed. (June 29, 2016). "7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?". India Today. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
7. "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
8. "Table of Precedence" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
9. "Table of Precedence". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
10. Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th Edition). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. ISBN 9788125019886.
11. "Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure - 14th Edition (2015)" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
12. ^ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd Edition). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. pp. 3.1–3.10. ISBN 978-9339204785.
13. ^ "Army Pay Rules, 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India. May 3, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
14. "Govind Mohan next Home Secretary, takes over from Bhalla; more key postings expected". The Indian Express. 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
15. @PIBHomeAffairs (22 August 2019). "Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla I.A.S. (AM:1984) taking charge as Union Home Secretary, from Shri Rajiv Gauba I.A.S. (JH:1982)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
16. "ajay-bhalla-to-be-new-home-secretary". thehindu. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
17. "Shri Rajiv Gauba takes over as Union Home Secretary". 31 August 2017.
18. "Rajiv Mehrishi takes over as Home Secretary". 31 August 2015.
19. "L.C. Goyal takes over as Home Secretary". 5 February 2015.
20. "Anil Goswami takes charge as new Home Secretary". 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
21. "Rajkumar Singh to be new Home Secretary". 2011-06-24.
22. "G S Pillai new home secretary". 2009-06-12.
23. "Dhirendra Singh takes over as Home Secretary". 2004-07-01.

Bibliography

• Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th Edition). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. ISBN 9788125019886.
• Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd Edition). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. ISBN 978-9339204785.

• Civil Services of India
• Indian government officials
• Indian Administrative Service officers
• Ministry of Home Affairs (India)