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April 2021">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Term extendable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1930<span class="noprint">; 94 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1930</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succession</th><td class="infobox-data">23rd <span style="font-size:85%;">(on the <a href="/wiki/Indian_order_of_precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian order of precedence">Indian order of precedence</a>.)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_India" title="Template talk:Politics of India"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_India" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of India"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Secretary to the Government of India</b>, often abbreviated as <b>Secretary, GoI</b>, or simply as <b>Secretary</b>, is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CSS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Union Council of Ministers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joint_Secretary_Cabinet_India_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joint_Secretary_Cabinet_India-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The position holder is generally a <a href="/wiki/Civil_Services_of_India" title="Civil Services of India">career civil servant</a>, usually from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank and post are either from <a href="/wiki/All_India_Services" title="All India Services">All India Services</a> (on deputation; on tenure, after empanelment) or <a href="/wiki/Central_Civil_Services_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Civil Services of India">Central Civil Services</a> (Group A; on empanelment). All promotions and appointments to this rank and post are directly made by the <a href="/wiki/Appointments_Committee_of_the_Cabinet" title="Appointments Committee of the Cabinet">Appointments Committee of the Cabinet</a>. </p><p>In the functioning of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Services_under_the_Union_and_the_states_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Services_under_the_Union_and_the_states-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a secretary is the administrative head of a ministry or department,<sup id="cite_ref-Governance_India_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governance_India-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CSMOP_India_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSMOP_India-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Chief_secretary_(India)" title="Chief secretary (India)">chief secretaries</a> or additional chief secretaries of <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_India" title="State governments of India">state governments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Vice Chief of the Army Staff</a>, General Officers Commanding in Chief of Army Commands, and their equivalents in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TGC_Entry_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TGC_Entry-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Military_Affairs" title="Department of Military Affairs">Department of Military Affairs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">Chief of Defence Staff</a> is currently designated as Secretary (GoI), similarly in the National Security Council Secretariat, the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor</a> is currently designated as Secretary (GoI).<sup id="cite_ref-DMA_MOD_India_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DMA_MOD_India-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Secretaries (GOI) rank 23rd on <a href="/wiki/Indian_order_of_precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian order of precedence">Order of Precedence of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maheshwari_2001_6662_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maheshwari_2001_6662-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg/305px-C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg" decoding="async" width="305" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg/458px-C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg/610px-C_H_Bhabha_inaugurating_meeting_of_the_Indian_Oilseeds_Committee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1513" data-file-height="1363" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/C._H._Bhabha" title="C. H. Bhabha">C. H. Bhabha</a> with a Secretary and a few <a href="/wiki/Joint_Secretary_to_Government_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Secretary to Government of India">Joint Secretaries</a> to the Government of India in 1947.</figcaption></figure> <p>In mid-1930s, the <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_Building,_New_Delhi" title="Secretariat Building, New Delhi">Central Secretariat</a> contained only twenty-nine<span class="nowrap"> </span>secretaries,<sup id="cite_ref-Britain_Imperial_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britain_Imperial-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who were all members of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Civil_Service" title="Indian Civil Service">Indian Civil Service</a>. The salary for a member of this rank and post was fixed at <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>48,000</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>12 million or US$140,000 in 2023) annum in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-Britain_Imperial_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britain_Imperial-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per warrant or precedence of 1905,<sup id="cite_ref-:10_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> secretaries to the Government of India was listed together with <a href="/wiki/Joint_secretary_to_the_Government_of_India" title="Joint secretary to the Government of India">joint secretaries to the Government of India</a> and were ranked above the rank of <a href="/wiki/Chief_secretary_(India)" title="Chief secretary (India)">chief secretaries</a> of provincial governments.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswami_Ayyangar" title="N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar">N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar</a> had once suggested "[a] secretary should not be immersed in files and burdened with routine. It is essential that he should have time to grasp the overall picture, size up the problems facing the government in the field allotted to his charge, and think and plan ahead. All these are his proper functions and must be efficiently performed. Failure to make adequate provision in this respect cannot be compensated by a mere increase in the establishment under his control."<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Administration_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Administration-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Administrative_Reforms_Commission" title="Administrative Reforms Commission">Administrative Reforms Commission</a> visualised the role of secretary, primarily as one of a "coordinator, policy guide, reviewer, and evaluator."<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Administration_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Administration-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers,_responsibilities_and_postings"><span id="Powers.2C_responsibilities_and_postings"></span>Powers, responsibilities and postings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Powers, responsibilities and postings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg/254px-Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="254" height="680" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg/381px-Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg/508px-Government_of_India_hierarchy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1369" /></a><figcaption>The organizational structure of a department of the Government of India.</figcaption></figure> <p>A secretary to the Government of India is the administrative head of a ministry or department and is the principal adviser to the minister-in charge on all matters of policy and administration within the ministry or department.<sup id="cite_ref-CSMOP_India_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSMOP_India-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The role of a secretary is as follows: </p> <ul><li>To act as the administrative head of the ministry or department. The responsibility in this regard is complete and undivided.<sup id="cite_ref-Governance_India_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governance_India-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>To act as the chief adviser to the minister on all aspects of policy and administrative affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-Governance_India_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governance_India-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>To represent the ministry or department before the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(India)" title="Public Accounts Committee (India)">Public Accounts Committee</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Governance_India_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governance_India-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">prime minister</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Appointments_Committee_of_the_Cabinet" title="Appointments Committee of the Cabinet">Appointments Committee of the Cabinet</a> is the final authority on posting and transfer of officers of secretary level.<sup id="cite_ref-Postings_and_Transfer_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Postings_and_Transfer-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secretaries report to their ministerial <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Council of Ministers of India">cabinet minister</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">prime minister</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Position">Position</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Position"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Indian government</a>, secretaries are the head of the ministries of the government and hold positions such as <a href="/wiki/Finance_Secretary_(India)" title="Finance Secretary (India)">Finance Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Defence Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)">Home Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_Railway_Board" title="Chairperson of the Railway Board">Chairperson of the Railway Board</a> and members of the Railway Board and <a href="/wiki/Telecom_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecom Commission of India">Telecom Commission</a>. </p><p>According to the report of the <a href="/wiki/7th_Central_Pay_Commission_(CPC)_and_Defence_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces">Seventh<span class="nowrap"> </span>Central Pay Commission</a> of India, seventy-one out of ninety-one secretaries to the Government of India are from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7_Pay_Commission_Report_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_Pay_Commission_Report-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emolument,_accommodation_and_prequisites"><span id="Emolument.2C_accommodation_and_prequisites"></span>Emolument, accommodation and prequisites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Emolument, accommodation and prequisites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg/220px-Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg/330px-Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg/440px-Indian_Official_Passports_Front.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="363" /></a><figcaption>An Indian diplomatic passport and an official generally issued to Secretaries to the Government of India.</figcaption></figure> <p>All secretaries to the Government of India are eligible for a <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomatic passport">Diplomatic passport</a> or Official passport. Secretaries are allotted either type-VII or type-VIII <a href="/wiki/Bungalow_on_the_Beach" title="Bungalow on the Beach">bungalows</a> in areas like <a href="/wiki/New_Moti_Bagh" title="New Moti Bagh">New Moti Bagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lutyens%27_Delhi" title="Lutyens' Delhi">Lutyens'</a> across <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs</a>' Directorate of Estates.<sup id="cite_ref-Live_Residence_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Live_Residence-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-express2011_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-express2011-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:Home_Secy._residence_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Home_Secy._residence-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent<sup id="cite_ref-TGC_Entry_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TGC_Entry-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Secretary (India)">chief secretaries</a> of state governments and to <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Vice Chief of the Army Staff</a>, General Officers Commanding in Chief of Army Commands, and their equivalents, in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a>, which is to say Level 17 of the Central Pay Matrix.<sup id="cite_ref-TGC_Entry_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TGC_Entry-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="margin: 1ex 0 1ex 1ex;"> <caption>Secretary to the Government of India monthly pay and allowances </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th>Base salary as per the Seventh<span class="nowrap"> </span>Pay Commission</th> <th>Pay matrix level </th> <th>Sources </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>225,000</span> (US$2,700)<span class="nowrap"> </span>per<span class="nowrap"> </span>month</td> <td>Pay<span class="nowrap"> </span>level<span class="nowrap"> </span>17 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-7_Pay_Commission_Report_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7_Pay_Commission_Report-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:India_Today_7CPC_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:India_Today_7CPC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_current_secretaries_to_the_Government_of_India">List of current secretaries to the Government of India</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of current secretaries to the Government of India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption>Secretaries to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a><sup id="cite_ref-:5_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="padding-center:15px;">Office or Ministry </th> <th style="padding-center:15px;">Designation </th> <th style="padding-center:15px;">Name of secretary </th> <th style="padding-center:15px;">Background </th> <th style="padding-center:15px;">Batch </th></tr> <tr> <td>President's Secretariat </td> <td>Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> </td> <td>Deepti Umashankar </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vice President's Secretariat </td> <td>Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President of India">Vice President</a> </td> <td>Sunil Kumar Gupta </td> <td>1987<sup id="cite_ref-Retired_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retired-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Prime Minister's Office</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Principal_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India"><i>Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Kumar_Mishra" title="Pramod Kumar Mishra">P.K. Mishra</a> </td> <td>1972<sup id="cite_ref-Retired_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retired-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Supreme Court Registry Office </td> <td>Secretary General of <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> </td> <td>Shri Atul M. Kurhekar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_India" title="Judiciary of India">Legal Service</a> Officer </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Parliament's Secretariat </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha">Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Chandra_Mody" title="Pramod Chandra Mody">Pramod Chandra Mody</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Revenue_Service_(Income_Tax)" title="Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)">IRS (IT)</a> Officer </td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Secretary General of the Lok Sabha">Secretary General of the Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utpal_Kumar_Singh" title="Utpal Kumar Singh">Utpal Kumar Singh</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretariat_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretariat of India">Cabinet Secretariat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary of India"><i>Cabinet Secretary</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-fn3_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._V._Somanathan" title="T. V. Somanathan">T. V. Somanathan</a> </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Coordination) </td> <td>Vandana Gurnani </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Research_and_Analysis_Wing" title="Research and Analysis Wing">Research</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Sinha" title="Ravi Sinha">Ravi Sinha</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">IPS</a> officer </td> <td>1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Group" title="Special Protection Group">Security</a>) </td> <td>Swagat Das<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers Welfare</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) </td> <td>Devesh Chaturvedi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Agricultural Research and Education) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Himanshu_Pathak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Himanshu Pathak (page does not exist)">Himanshu Pathak</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Atomic Energy</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Atomic Energy) and Chairperson, <a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India" title="Atomic Energy Commission of India">Atomic Energy Commission</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Kumar_Mohanty" title="Ajit Kumar Mohanty">Ajit Kumar Mohanty</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_AYUSH" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of AYUSH">AYUSH</a> </td> <td>Secretary (AYUSH) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Kotecha" title="Rajesh Kotecha">Rajesh Kotecha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Chemicals and Petrochemicals) </td> <td>Nivedita Shukla Verma </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Fertilizers) </td> <td>Rajat Kumar Mishra </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Pharmaceuticals) </td> <td>Arunish Chawla </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Civil Aviation</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Civil Aviation) </td> <td>Vumlunmang Vualnam<sup id="cite_ref-Secy2023_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secy2023-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Coal) </td> <td>Vikram Dev Dutt </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce and Industry</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Commerce) </td> <td>Sunil Barthwal </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) </td> <td>Amardeep Singh Bhatia </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a> </td> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/India_Post" title="India Post">Posts</a>) </td> <td>Vandita Kaul </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Postal_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Postal Service">IPoS</a> officer </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Telecommunications" title="Department of Telecommunications">Telecommunications</a>) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex officio</a></i> Chairperson, Digital Communication Commission </td> <td>Neeraj Mittal<sup id="cite_ref-Secy2023_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secy2023-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Consumer Affairs) </td> <td>Nidhi Khare </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Food and Public Distribution) </td> <td>Sanjeev Chopra </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Co-operation" title="Ministry of Co-operation">Co-operation</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Co-operation) </td> <td>Ashish Kumar Bhutani </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Corporate Affairs) </td> <td>Deepti Gaur Mukerjee </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Culture</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Culture) </td> <td>Vacant </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defence_Secretary_(India)" title="Defence Secretary (India)">Defence Secretary</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Kumar_Singh_(civil_servant)" title="Rajesh Kumar Singh (civil servant)">Rajesh Kumar Singh</a> <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Defence Production) </td> <td>Sanjeev Kumar </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">Defence Research and Development</a>) and Chairperson, <a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_and_Development_Organisation" title="Defence Research and Development Organisation">DRDO</a> </td> <td>Samir V. Kamath </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Ex-Servicemen Welfare) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niten_Chandra" title="Niten Chandra">Niten Chandra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Military_Affairs" title="Department of Military Affairs">Department of Military Affairs</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">Chief of Defence Staff</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(India)" title="General (India)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Anil_Chauhan" title="Anil Chauhan">Anil Chauhan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a> officer </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Development_of_North_Eastern_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region">Development of North Eastern Region</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Development of North Eastern Region) </td> <td>Chanchal Kumar<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Earth Sciences) and Chairperosn, Earth Commission </td> <td>M. Ravichandran </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Education</a> </td> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Department_of_Higher_Education_(India)" title="Department of Higher Education (India)">Higher Education</a>) </td> <td>Vacant </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (School Education and Literacy) </td> <td>Sanjay Kumar </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and Information Technology</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Electronics and Information Technology) </td> <td>S Krishnan<sup id="cite_ref-Secy2023_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secy2023-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change" title="Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change">Environment, Forest and Climate Change</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Environment, Forest and Climate Change) </td> <td>Tanmay Kumar </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_(India)" title="Foreign Secretary (India)">Foreign Secretary</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Misri" title="Vikram Misri">Vikram Misri</a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Foreign_Service" title="Indian Foreign Service">IFS</a> officer </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (East) </td> <td>Jaideep Mazumdar </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (West) </td> <td>Tanmaya Lal </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (CPV & OIA) </td> <td>Arun Kumar Chatterjee </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Economic Relations) </td> <td>Dammu Ravi </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Dean) <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj_Institute_of_Foreign_Service" title="Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service">Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service</a> </td> <td>Raj Kumar Srivastava </td> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Expenditure) </td> <td>Manoj Govil </td> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td> <p>Secretary (Economic Affairs) </p> </td> <td>Ajay Seth </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Public Enterprises) </td> <td>Ali Raza Rizvi </td> <td>1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Revenue Secretary">Revenue Secretary</a> </td> <td>Sanjay Malhotra </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Finance_Secretary_(India)" title="Finance Secretary (India)">Finance Secretary</a> Secretary (Investment and Public Asset Management) </td> <td>Tuhin Kanti Pandey </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Financial Services) </td> <td>Nagaraju Maddirala </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Animal Husbandry and Dairying) </td> <td>Alka Upadhyaya </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Fisheries) </td> <td>Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industries</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Food Processing Industries) </td> <td>Subrata Gupta </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Health and Family Welfare</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) </td> <td>Punya Salila Srivastava </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Health Research) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex officio</a></i> Director General, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Medical_Research" title="Indian Council of Medical Research">ICMR</a> </td> <td>Dr. Rajiv Bahl </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Heavy_Industries" title="Ministry of Heavy Industries">Heavy Industries</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Heavy Industry) </td> <td>Kamran Rizvi </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary_(India)" title="Home Secretary (India)"> Home Secretary</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Govind_Mohan" title="Govind Mohan">Govind Mohan</a> </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Official Language) </td> <td>Ansuli Arya </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Border Management) </td> <td>Rajendra Kumar </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (<a href="/wiki/Inter-State_Council" title="Inter-State Council">Inter-State Council</a> Secretariat) </td> <td>K.Moses Chalai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban Affairs</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Housing and Urban Affairs) </td> <td>Katikithala Srinivas </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Information and Broadcasting) </td> <td>Sanjay Jaju </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Jal Shakti</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Drinking Water and Sanitation) </td> <td>Ashok Kumar Kaluaram Meena </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation) </td> <td>Debashree Mukherjee<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Labour and Employment</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Labour and Employment) </td> <td>Sumita Dawra </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Justice) </td> <td>Raj Kumar Goyal </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Legal Affairs) </td> <td>Vacant </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Legislative) </td> <td>Dr. Rajiv Mani </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_India" title="Judiciary of India">Legal Service</a> Officer </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Micro,_Small_and_Medium_Enterprises" title="Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises">Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) </td> <td>Subhas Chandra Lal Das </td> <td rowspan="13"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Mines) </td> <td>VL Kantha Rao </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Minority Affairs</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Minority Affairs) </td> <td>Chandra Sekhar Kumar </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_New_and_Renewable_Energy" title="Ministry of New and Renewable Energy">New and Renewable Energy</a> </td> <td>Secretary (New and Renewable Energy) </td> <td>Prashant Kumar Singh </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NITI_Aayog" title="NITI Aayog">NITI Aayog</a> ( previously Planning Commission) </td> <td>Chief Executive Officer and <i><a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex officio</a></i> Secretary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BVR_Subrahmanyam" class="mw-redirect" title="BVR Subrahmanyam">BVR Subrahmanyam</a> </td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Panchayati Raj</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Panchayati Raj) </td> <td>Vivek Bhardwaj </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Parliamentary Affairs) </td> <td>Umang Narula<sup id="cite_ref-Secy2023_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secy2023-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Personnel and Training) </td> <td>Vacant </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances) </td> <td rowspan="2">V. Srinivas </td> <td rowspan="2">1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas" title="Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas">Petroleum and Natural Gas</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Petroleum and Natural Gas) </td> <td>Pankaj Jain </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Ports, Shipping and Waterways</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Ports, Shipping and Waterways) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=T_K_Ramachandran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T K Ramachandran (page does not exist)">T K Ramachandran</a> </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Power</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Power) </td> <td>Pankaj Agarwal </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Ministry of Railway</a> (<a href="/wiki/Railway_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway Board">Railway Board</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_Railway_Board" title="Chairperson of the Railway Board">Chairperson, Railway Board</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex officio</a></i> Principal Secretary </td> <td>Satish Kumar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Railway_Service_of_Mechanical_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers">IRSME</a> </td> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport and Highways</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Road Transport and Highways) </td> <td>V Umashankar </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Land Resources) </td> <td>Manoj Joshi </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Rural Development) </td> <td>Shailesh Kumar Singh </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Biotechnology) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Sudhir_Gokhale" title="Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale">Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Science and Technology) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhay_Karandikar" title="Abhay Karandikar">Abhay Karandikar</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Scientific and Industrial Research) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex officio</a></i> Director General, <a href="/wiki/Council_for_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research" title="Council for Scientific and Industrial Research">CSIR</a> </td> <td>N. Kalaiselvi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Skill_Development_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship">Skill Development and Entrepreneurship</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) </td> <td>Atul Kumar Tiwari </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and Empowerment</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities) </td> <td>Rajesh Aggarwal </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment) </td> <td>Amit Yadav </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Statistics and Programme Implementation</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Statistics and Programme Implementation) </td> <td>Saurabh Garg </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Space</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Space) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ex-officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex-officio">ex officio</a></i> Chairperson of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organisation">ISRO</a> and Space Commission </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Somanath" title="S. Somanath">S. Somanath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scientist" title="Scientist">Scientist</a> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Steel</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Steel) </td> <td>Sandeep Pondrik </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> officer </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles" title="Ministry of Textiles">Textiles</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Textiles) </td> <td>Rachna Shah </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Tourism</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Tourism) </td> <td>V. Vidyavathi </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs">Tribal Affairs</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Tribal Affairs) </td> <td>Vibhu Nayar </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Women and Child Development) </td> <td>Anil Malik </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports">Youth Affairs and Sports</a> </td> <td>Secretary (Sports) </td> <td>Sujata Chaturvedi </td> <td>1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary (Youth Affairs) </td> <td>Meeta R Lochan </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Retired-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Retired_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Retired_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Retired</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fn3-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn3_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cabinet Secretary is not a secretary rank position but the highest level of empanelment in the Government of India is at secretary rank.</span> </li> </ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reforms_and_challenges">Reforms and challenges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reforms and challenges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Media articles and others have argued in favour of lateral entrants being recruited to this rank/post to infuse fresh energy and thinking into an insular, complacent and archaic bureaucracy.<sup id="cite_ref-Lateral_Entry_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lateral_Entry-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Non-IAS civil services have complained to the Government of India because of lack of empanelment in the rank/post of secretary on numerous occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lateral_entry">Lateral entry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lateral entry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1998 to 1999, <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a> served as <a href="/wiki/Finance_Secretary_(India)" title="Finance Secretary (India)">Finance Secretary</a> as a lateral entry. During the term of <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ram_Vinay_Shahi" title="Ram Vinay Shahi">Ram Vinay Shahi</a> served as Secretary (GOI) in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Ministry of Power</a> from 2002 to 2007 as a lateral entry.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Indian government in 2024 asked the <a href="/wiki/Union_Public_Service_Commission" title="Union Public Service Commission">Union Public Service Commission</a> to cancel the recruitment of 45 specialists for senior positions through a lateral entry route.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Indian government also stated that it aims to introduce a quota system for lateral entries in order to respect social justice, particularly the reservation system in place for public appointments.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_to_the_Government_of_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Secretary" title="Federal Secretary">Federal Secretary</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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