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	{{R ~~from move~~}}		'''Additional Secretary''' (often abbreviated as '''AS, GoI''' or Union Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary to [[Government of India]]) is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the [[Government of India]].<ref name="CSS">{{cite web\|url=http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02eod/36_77_94_EO(SM-I).pdf\|title=The Central Staffing Scheme\|date=January 1996\|publisher=[[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]\|accessdate=13 April 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310222757/http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02eod/36_77_94_EO(SM-I).pdf\|archive-date=10 March 2016\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The authority for creation of this post solely rests with [[Cabinet of India]].<ref name="Joint Secretary Cabinet India">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/8615222_Only-Cabinet-can-create-Joint-Secretary--above-level-posts.html\|title=Only Cabinet can create Joint Secretary, above level posts\|publisher=[[Press Trust of India]]\|accessdate=18 April 2017}}</ref>

			Additional secretary is mostly a [[Civil Services of India\|career civil servant]], generally from the [[Indian Administrative Service]],<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/alleging-bias-non-ias-officers-petition-pm-modi-4473316/\|title=Alleging bias, non-IAS officers petition PM Modi\|last=Dastidar\|first=Avishek G\|date=14 January 2017\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=13 August 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/parity-between-ias-and-non-ias-the-ias-will-get-to-decide/story-9RijZjXY4DeaPlvo8m25mJ.html\|title=Parity between IAS and non-IAS? The IAS will get to decide\|last=Tikku\|first=Aloke\|date=15 January 2016\|work=[[Hindustan Times]]\|access-date=13 August 2017\|language=en}}</ref> and is a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank are either from [[All India Services]] (on deputation; on tenure, after empanelment) or [[Central Civil Services of India\|Central Civil Services]] (Group A; on empanelment). All promotions and appointments to this rank and post are directly made by the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]].

			In the functioning of [[Government of India]], an additional secretary is the administrative head of a wing in a department.<ref name="JS GOI">{{cite web\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/key-posts-vacant-at-centre-few-takers-116061100631_1.html\|title=Archive: JS-level posts vacant at Centre, few takers\|publisher=[[Business Standard]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106170600/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/key-posts-vacant-at-centre-few-takers-116061100631_1.html\|archive-date=6 November 2016\|url-status=dead\|accessdate=6 November 2016\|df=dmy}}</ref> Additional secretaries — on deputation — can senior positions at the [[United Nations]], like as India's [[permanent representative]] to [[UNESCO]].<ref name="PR India UN JS">{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/061116/dilli-ka-babu-permanent-representative-of-india-in-unesco-an-ias-post.html\|title=Dilli Ka Babu: Permanent Representative of India in Unesco an IAS post\|last=Cherian\|first=Dilip\|date=6 November 2016\|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106170327/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/061116/dilli-ka-babu-permanent-representative-of-india-in-unesco-an-ias-post.html\|archive-date=6 November 2016\|url-status=live\|accessdate=3 October 2017\|df=dmy}}</ref>

			The post is somewhat analogous to a [[Principal Secretary (India)\|principal secretary]] in a state government. But because of seniority, office-bearers can hold senior positions like as that of additional chief secretary to a state government, and in [[Union territory\|Union Territories]], they can hold the position of [[Chief Secretary (India)\|Chief Secretary]] of a [[Union territory\|UT government]].

			Additional secretaries in the [[Government of India\|Union Government]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(4).pdf\|title=Part I of the Constitution of India- The Union and its territory - Article 1\|website=[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)\|Ministry of Law and Justice]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010141832/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(4).pdf\|archive-date=10 October 2017\|url-status=dead\|access-date=15 January 2018\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(17).pdf\|title=Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits - Article 300\|website=[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)\|Ministry of Law and Justice]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203131439/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(17).pdf\|archive-date=2011-12-03\|url-status=dead\|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Services under the Union and the states">{{cite web\|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(19).pdf\|title=Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Services under the Union and the States - Article 312(2)\|website=[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)\|Ministry of Law and Justice]], [[Government of India]]\|language=en\|format=PDF\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203131448/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(19).pdf\|archive-date=3 December 2011\|url-status=dead\|accessdate=16 August 2017\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> is somewhat analogous to [[lieutenant general]] (Level 15/HAG)<ref name="Military Civilian parity">{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1161028/jsp/nation/story_116104.jsp\|title=Govt 'clarifies', soldiers upset\|last=Dutta\|first=Sujjan\|date=28 October 2017\|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)\|The Telegraph]]\|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> and equivalent ranks<ref name="Army Pay Rules">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mod.nic.in/writereaddata/ArmyOfficersPayRules.pdf\|title=Army Officers Pay Rules, 2017: Government of India\|work=[[Ministry of Defence (India)]]\|accessdate=23 May 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516184107/http://www.mod.nic.in/writereaddata/ArmyOfficersPayRules.pdf\|archive-date=16 May 2017\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> in [[Indian Armed Forces]], but the rank of lieutenant general is placed above on the [[Indian order of precedence\|order of precedence.]]<ref name="rajyasabha2">{{cite web\|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf\|title=Order of Precedence\|date=26 July 1979\|work=[[Rajya Sabha]]\|publisher=President's Secretariat\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929091917/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf\|archive-date=2010-09-29\|url-status=dead\|accessdate=24 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf\|title=Table of Precedence\|date=26 July 1979\|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]]\|publisher=President's Secretariat\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527155701/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf\|archive-date=27 May 2014\|url-status=dead\|access-date=24 September 2017\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top\|title=Table of Precedence\|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]]\|publisher=President's Secretariat\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top\|archive-date=28 April 2014\|url-status=dead\|access-date=24 September 2017\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Maheshwari 2001 6662">{{cite book\|title=Indian Administration\|last=Maheshwari\|first=S.R.\|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.\|year=2000\|isbn=9788125019886\|edition=6th\|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

			Additional secretaries rank 25th on [[Indian order of precedence\|Order of Precedence of India]]<ref name="rajyasabha2" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name="Maheshwari 2001 6662" />

			== History ==
			Sir Richard Tottenham, [[Indian Civil Service (British India)\|ICS]] had once expressed "In my opinion there is, or should be, no distinction of function, but only of pay between a [[Joint secretary to the Government of India\|joint]] and an additional secretary. Additional and [[Joint secretary to the Government of India\|joint secretaries]] should not be either cheap secretaries or expensive deputy secretaries."<ref name="Richard Tottenham">{{cite book\|title=Indian Administration 2 Vols. Set\|last=Jayapalan\|first=N.\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri\|year=2001\|isbn=9788171569212\|pages=668}}</ref>

			== Powers, responsibilities and postings ==
			[[File:Government of India hierarchy.svg\|alt=\|thumb\|The organizational structure of a department of the Government of India.]]
			Additional secretary is the overall in charge with the necessary measure of independent functioning and responsibility of the wing of the department allocated and entrusted to him.<ref name="Powers and Duties">{{cite web\|url=http://dipp.nic.in/English/RTI/rti_Power_Duties.htm\|title=Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees as defined in the Manual of Office Procedure\|date=21 August 2014\|publisher=Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion\|accessdate=21 August 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823033029/http://dipp.nic.in/English/RTI/rti_Power_Duties.htm\|archive-date=23 August 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> An additional secretary in charge of administration also exercises all administrative powers as head of the department wing of the ministry/department.<ref name="CSMOP India">{{cite web\|url=http://darpg.gov.in/sites/default/files/CSMOP_0_0.pdf\|title=Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure - 14th Edition (2015)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India)\|Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension]]\|page=6\|accessdate=15 November 2016}}</ref>

			Additional secretaries and [[Joint Secretary to Government of India\|joint secretaries]] are responsible for filing all affidavits and responses before the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name="JS SCI">{{cite web\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/delhi-confidential-new-responseibility-4468682/\|title=Delhi Confidential: New Respons(e)ibility\|date=11 January 2017\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Affidavit SC JS">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/8276002_SC-against-filing-of-affidavit-below-officer-of-Jt-Secy-level-.html\|title=SC against filing of affidavit below officer of Jt Secy level\|date=10 January 2017\|work=[[Press Trust of India]]\|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>

			The [[Prime Minister of India]] is the final authority on posting and transfer of officers of additional secretary level.<ref name="Postings and Transfer2">{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PM-to-oversee-cadre-allocation-of-bureaucrats-postings-of-joint-secretaries-and-above/articleshow/40451799.cms\|title=PM to oversee cadre allocation of bureaucrats, postings of joint secretaries and above\|date=21 August 2014\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=17 September 2017}}</ref> Additional secretaries report to their departmental [[Secretary to Government of India\|secretary]] and ministerial/departmental [[Union Council of Ministers of India\|cabinet minister]].

			== Position ==
			In the Union government, the members head department wings in the departments and ministries of Union Government.<ref name="CSMOP India" />

			Government nominated Board members in the [[Public sector undertakings in India\|Central Public Sector Enterprises]]/[[Public sector undertakings in India\|Public Sector Undertakings]] are either of the rank of additional secretary or [[Joint Secretary to Government of India\|joint secretary]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://dpe.gov.in/sites/default/files/B-Composition%20of%20Board%20of%20Directors_0.pdf\|title=CHAPTER II PERSONNEL POLICIES (b) Composition of Board of Directors\|website=Department of Public Enterprises, [[Government of India]]\|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref>

			According to the [[Pay Commission\|Seventh Central Pay Commission of India]], [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS officers]] hold 98 out of 107 positions of additional secretary in the [[Government of India]].{{fact\|date=October 2018}}

			== Emolument, accommodation and perks ==
			[[File:Passports_Front.jpg\|thumb\|An Indian Diplomatic Passport and an Official Passport generally issued to Additional Secretary (GOI).\|300x300px]]
			All additional secretaries to Government of India are eligible for a [[diplomatic passport]]. They are allotted Type-V (D-II and D-I) and Type-VI (C-II) apartments in areas like [[New Moti Bagh]] across [[Delhi]] by the [[Ministry of Urban Development]] (Directorate of Estates).<ref name="Live Residence">{{cite web\|url=http://estates.nic.in/WriteReadData/dlrtiact/compendium.pdf\|title=Compendium (RTI Act) – Government Residence (General Pool in Delhi) Rules\|date=January 2013\|publisher=Directorate of Estates, [[Ministry of Urban Development]]\|accessdate=21 July 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113222729/http://estates.nic.in/WriteReadData/dlrtiact/compendium.pdf\|archive-date=13 November 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

			The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent<ref name="Army Pay Rules" /> to [[Principal Secretary (India)\|principal secretary]] to a state government and [[lieutenant general]] (Level 15/HAG) and equivalent ranks in [[Indian Armed Forces]].<ref name="Army Pay Rules" /><ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|website=Seventh Central Pay Commission, [[Government of India]]\|format=PDF\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|accessdate=16 January 2016\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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			\|+'''Additional Secretary, GoI monthly pay and allowances'''
			!Base Salary as per [[7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces\|7th Pay Commission]] (Per month)
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			\|{{INRConvert\|182200}} '''(Minimum Pay)''' to {{INRConvert\|224100}} '''(Maximum Pay)'''
			\|Level 15
			\|<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report" /><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=29 June 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref>
			\|}

			== Reforms and challenges ==
			Non-IAS civil services have complained to Government of India because of lack of empanelment in the rank/post of additional secretary on numerous occasions.<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/ias-emperor-the-kings\|title=IAS: Emperor among the kings?\|last=Tripathi\|first=Shishir\|date=8 December 2015\|work=Governance Now\|access-date=13 August 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/need-pay-parity-with-ias-officers-say-officials-of-20-civil-services-1426279\|title=Need Pay Parity With IAS Officers, Say Officials Of 20 Civil Services\|date=30 June 2016\|work=[[NDTV]]\|access-date=13 August 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

			== References ==
			<references />

			== Bibliography ==
			{{Refbegin\|30em}}
			* {{cite book\|title=Indian Administration\|last=Maheshwari\|first=S.R.\|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.\|year=2000\|isbn=9788125019886\|edition=6th\|location=[[New Delhi]]}}
			* {{cite book\|title=Britain's Imperial Administrators, 1858-1966\|last=Kirk-Greene\|first=A.\|author-link = Anthony Kirk-Greene\|publisher=Springer\|year=2000\|isbn=9780230286320\|location=[[New York City]]}}
			* {{cite book\|title=Indian Administration 2 Vols. Set\|last=Jayapalan\|first=N.\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri\|year=2001\|isbn=9788171569212}}
			* {{cite book\|title=Handbook Of Public Relations In India\|last=Mehta\|first=Dalpat Singh\|publisher=[[Allied Publishers]]\|year=1968\|isbn=978-8170233343\|location=New Delhi}}
			{{refend}}

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