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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox official post
|post = Foreign Secretary
|body = India
|flag = Flag of India.svg
|flagsize = 110px
|flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
|insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
|insigniasize = 100px
|insigniacaption = Emblem of India
|residence = 3, Circular Road, [[Chanakyapuri]]<br> [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| image =
|incumbent = [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
|incumbentsince = 29 January 2020
|inaugural = [[K. P. S. Menon]], [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]
|formation = 16 April 1948
|website = [https://www.mea.gov.in/fs.htm Ministry of External Affairs]
|reports_to =
*[[Parliament of India]]
*[[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers of India]]
*[[Prime Minister of India]]
*[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs Minister of India]]
|salary = {{INRConvert|225000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report" />
|termlength = Two years, term can be extended.
|department = [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]
|native_name = Videśa Saciva
}}
{{Politics of India}}
The '''Foreign Secretary of India''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: ''Videśa Saciva'') is the top diplomat of India and administrative head of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]. This post is held by an [[Indian Foreign Service|Indian Foreign Service officer]] of the rank of [[Secretary to Government of India]]. The current and 33rd Foreign Secretary of India is [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]] who took charge on January 29, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senior-diplomat-harsh-vardhan-shringla-appointed-foreign-secretary/articleshow/72942616.cms|title=Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed new Foreign Secretary of India|date=23 December 2019|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> Shringla belongs to 1984 batch of [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]. He previously served as India's envoy to the [[United States]], [[Bangladesh]] ,and [[Thailand]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senior-diplomat-harsh-vardhan-shringla-appointed-foreign-secretary/articleshow/72942616.cms|title=Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed new Foreign Secretary of India|date=23 December 2019|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>

As an officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, the Foreign Secretary ranks 23rd on the [[Indian order of precedence|Indian Order of Precedence]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf|title=Table of Precedence|date=July 26, 1979|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]]|publisher=President's Secretariat|url-status=dead|access-date=September 24, 2017|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}}</ref> But unlike other Secretaries to the Government of India, Foreign Secretary is also the top diplomat of the country and heads "Foreign Service Board".

== Powers, responsibilities and postings ==
Foreign Secretary is the administrative head of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]], and is the principal adviser to the [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] on all matters of policy and administration within the External Affairs Ministry.<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|access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref>

The role of Foreign Secretary is as follows:<ref name="Governance India">{{cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=[[Noida]]|pages=3.1-3.10}}</ref>
* To act as the administrative head of the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]. The responsibility in this regard is complete and undivided.
* To act as the chief adviser to the [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] on all aspects of policy and administrative affairs.
* To represent the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] before the [[Public Accounts Committee]] of the [[Parliament of India]].
* Recommends postings of officers under the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] of the rank of [[Secretary to the Government of India|secretary]], [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|additional secretary]] and [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|joint secretary]] to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
* To act as the ''[[Primus inter pares|first among equals]]'' among the [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretaries]] in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]].

== Emolument, accommodation and perquisites ==
The Foreign Secretary is eligible for a [[Diplomatic passport]]. The official earmarked residence of the Union Foreign Secretary is 3, Circular Road, Chanakyapuri, [[New Delhi]].

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="margin: 1ex 0 1ex 1ex; "
|-
|+'''Foreign Secretary monthly pay and allowances'''
|-
!Base Salary as per [[7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces|7th Pay Commission]] (Per month)
!Pay Matrix Level
|-
|{{INRConvert|225000}}<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|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]|format=PDF|url-status=dead|access-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf|archive-date=20 November 2015}}</ref>
|Pay Level 17
|}

== List of Foreign Secretaries==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! №
! Name
! Photo
! Took office
! Left office
! Minister of External Affairs
|- align="center"
| 1
| [[K. P. S. Menon|K. P. S. Menon Sr.]]
|
| 16 April 1948
| 21 September 1952
| rowspan="4" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align="center"
| 2
| [[R. K. Nehru]]
|
| 22 September 1952
| 10 October 1955
|- align="center"
| 3
| [[Subimal Dutt]]
|
| 11 October 1955
| 17 January 1961
|- align="center"
| 4
| [[M. J. Desai]]
|
| 11 April 1961
| 4 December 1963
|- align="center"
| rowspan="4" | 5
| rowspan="4" | [[Y. D. Gundevia]]
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" | 5 December 1963
| rowspan="4" | 18 February 1965
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-align="center"
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-align="center"
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Swaran Singh]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 6
| rowspan="2" | C. S. Jha
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 19 February 1965
| rowspan="2" | 13 August 1967
|-align="center"
|[[M. C. Chagla]]
|- align="center"
| 7
| [[Rajeshwar Dayal]]
|
| 19 August 1967
| 6 November 1968
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 8
| rowspan="3" | [[T. N. Kaul]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 7 November 1968
| rowspan="3" | 3 December 1972
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-align="center"
|[[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Swaran Singh]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 9
| rowspan="2" | [[Kewal Singh]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 4 December 1972
| rowspan="2" | 31 March 1976
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" | [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 10
| rowspan="2" | [[J. S. Mehta]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 1 April 1976
| rowspan="2" | 18 November 1979
|-align="center"
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" | R. D. Sathe
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 19 November 1979
| rowspan="2" | 30 April 1982
| [[Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 12
| rowspan="3" | [[Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra|M. K. Rasgotra]]
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Rasgotra.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="3" | 1 May 1982
| rowspan="3" | 31 January 1985
|-align="center"
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-align="center"
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 13
| rowspan="2" | [[Romesh Bhandari]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 1 February 1985
| rowspan="2" | 31 March 1986
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 14
| rowspan="3" | [[A. P. Venkateswaran]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 1 April 1986
| rowspan="3" | 20 January 1987
|-align="center"
|[[P. Shiv Shankar]]
|-align="center"
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]
|- align="center"
| 15
| K. P. S. Menon Jr.
|
| January 1987
| February 1989
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 16
| rowspan="3" | [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 16 February 1989
| rowspan="3" | 19 April 1990
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-align="center"
|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
|-align="center"
|[[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align="center"
| 17
| [[Muchukund Dubey]]
|
| 20 April 1990
| 30 November 1991
|[[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 18
| rowspan="3" | [[J. N. Dixit]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 1 December 1991
| rowspan="3" | 31 January 1994
| [[Madhavsinh Solanki]]
|-align="center"
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 19
| rowspan="2" | [[Krishnan Srinivasan]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Krishnan Srinivasan 2019.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 February 1994
| rowspan="2" | 28 February 1995
|-align="center"
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 20
| rowspan="3" | [[Salman Haidar]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 1 March 1995
| rowspan="3" | 30 June 1997
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|-align="center"
|[[Sikander Bakht]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 21
| rowspan="3" | [[K. Raghunath]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | 1 July 1997
| rowspan="3" | 1 December 1999
|-align="center"
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-align="center"
|[[Jaswant Singh]]
|- align="center"
| 22
| [[Lalit Mansingh]]
| [[File:Lalit Mansingh.jpg|60px]]
| 1 December 1999
| 11 March 2001
| rowspan="2" | [[Jaswant Singh]]
|- align="center"
| 23
| [[Chokila Iyer]]<ref name="toi">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Nirupama-Rao-is-Indias-new-foreign-secretary/articleshow/4844580.cms Nirupama Rao is India's new foreign secretary] [[The Times of India]], 1 August 2009."Chokila Iyer was first woman, Indian Foreign Secretary in 2001."</ref>
|
| 12 March 2001
| 29 June 2002
|- align="center"
| 24
| [[Kanwal Sibal]]
|
| 1 July 2002
| 30 November 2003
| [[Yashwant Sinha]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 25
| rowspan="2" | [[Shashank (diplomat)|Shashank]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 19 November 2003
| rowspan="2" | 31 July 2004
| [[Yashwant Sinha]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Natwar Singh]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 26
| rowspan="2" | [[Shyam Saran]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | 31 July 2004
| rowspan="2" | 1 September 2006
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="3" | 27
| rowspan="3" | [[Shivshankar Menon]]
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Msc2011 SZ 004 Menon (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="3" | 1 September 2006
| rowspan="3" | 31 July 2009
|-align="center"
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|-align="center"
| rowspan="3" |[[S. M. Krishna]]
|- align="center"
| 28
| [[Nirupama Rao]]
| [[File:Nirupama Rao.jpg|60px]]
| 31 July 2009
| 31 July 2011
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 29
| rowspan="2" | [[Ranjan Mathai]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Ranjan Mathai & Yukiya Amano (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 August 2011
| rowspan="2" | 1 August 2013
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Salman Khurshid]]
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 30
| rowspan="2" | [[Sujatha Singh]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Sujatha Singh 2013 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | 1 August 2013
| rowspan="2" | 28 January 2015
|-align="center"
| rowspan="3" |[[Sushma Swaraj]]
|- align="center"
| 31
| [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]
|[[File:Minister Jaishankar (48823162971) (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| 28 January 2015
| 28 January 2018
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" | 32
| rowspan="2" | [[Vijay Keshav Gokhale]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Vijay Gokhale.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan="2" | 29 January 2018
| rowspan="2" | 28 January 2020
|-align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]
|- align="center"
| 33
| [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]
|[[File:Amb - GU India Initiative - 2019-04-23.jpg|60px]]
| 29 January 2020
| ''Incumbent''
|}

==See also==
* [[Cabinet Secretary of India]]
* [[Defence Secretary of India]]
* [[Home Secretary of India]]
* [[Finance Secretary of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mea.gov.in Ministry of External Affairs, Official website]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/menik/sets/72157603595144886/ Indian Foreign Secretaries Listing]
* [http://www.easa.nic.in/index.php?s=whateasa.htm&easaleftbar.php&cur=011111111&status=&mem= External Affairs Spouses Association or EASA]
{{Foreign relations of India}}

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