Home Secretary (India)
The home secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of [Home Affairs (India)|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
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.
| Base salary as per 7th [Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces|7th Pay Commission] | Pay matrix level | Sources |
| Pay Level 17 |