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{{For|the position in the British Government|Home Secretary}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Home Secretary
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
| insigniasize = 75px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of India
| reports_to =
*[[Parliament of India]]
*[[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers of India]]
*[[Prime Minister of India]]
*[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister of India]]
| residence = 3, [[New Moti Bagh]], [[New Delhi]]<ref name=":Home Secy. residence">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/home-secretary-gives-the-miss-to-fortified-bungalow/article7656529.ece|title=Home Secretary gives the miss to fortified bungalow|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|date=September 16, 2015|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref>
| seat = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]<br>[[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|North Block, Cabinet Secretariat]]<br>[[Raisina Hill]]<br>[[New Delhi]]
| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| appointer_qualified =
| termlength = {{raise|0.0em|Two years, term can be extended.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/09/stories/2005020906041100.htm|title=Fixed tenure planned for Home, Defence Secretaries|last=Khare|first=Harish|date=February 8, 2005|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=January 10, 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/22fixed.htm|title=Fixed tenure for defence, home secretaries|date=September 22, 2005|website=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/fixed-tenure-for-defence-home-secretaries/324513|title=Fixed tenure for Defence, Home Secretaries|date=September 22, 2005|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref>
| image = File:The Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| incumbentsince = 22 August 2019<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PIBHomeAffairs|number=1164788421421756416|title=Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla I.A.S. (AM:1984) taking charge as Union Home Secretary, from Shri Rajiv Gauba I.A.S. (JH:1982).|date=22 August 2019}}</ref>
| succession =
| inaugural =
| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1947}}
| salary = {{INRConvert|225000}} monthly<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=June 29, 2016|editor-last=Biswas|editor-first=Shreya|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.mha.gov.in/|Official Website}}
| department = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| native_name = Gṛha Saciva
| member_of = [[Strategic Policy Group]]<br />Committee of [[Secretary to the Government of India|secretaries]] on Administration
| body =
}}
The '''Home Secretary''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: ''Gṛha Saciva'') is the administrative head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. This post is held by senior [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] of the rank of [[Secretary to Government of India]]. The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ajay-bhalla-to-be-new-home-secretary/article28701546.ece/amp/|title=ajay-bhalla-to-be-new-home-secretary|access-date=25 July 2019|work=thehindu}}</ref>
{{Politics of India}}
As a [[Secretary to Government of India]], the Home Secretary ranks 23rd on [[Indian order of precedence|Indian Order of Precedence.]]<ref name="rajyasabha2">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|title=Order of Precedence|date=July 26, 1979|work=[[Rajya Sabha]]|publisher=President's Secretariat|url-status=dead|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704022423/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf}}</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=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=May 27, 2014}}</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|url-status=dead|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top|archive-date=April 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Maheshwari 2001 6662">{{cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>

== Powers, responsibilities and postings ==
Home Secretary is the administrative head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], and is the principal adviser to the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] on all matters of policy and administration within the Home 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 Home Secretary is as follows:
* To act as the administrative head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. The responsibility in this regard is complete and undivided.<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 chief adviser to the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] on all aspects of policy and administrative affairs.<ref name="Governance India" />
* To represent the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] before the [[Public Accounts Committee]] of the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name="Governance India" />
* To act as the [[Primus inter pares|first among equals]] [[Secretary to Government of India|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]].<ref name=":Home Secy. residence" />

As the Home Secretary is of the rank of [[Secretary to Government of India]], his/her salary is equivalent<ref name="Army Pay Rules">{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.nic.in/sites/default/files/ArmyPayRules.pdf|title=Army Pay Rules, 2017|date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref> to [[Chief Secretary (India)|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]].<ref name="Army Pay Rules" />
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="margin: 1ex 0 1ex 1ex; "
|+'''Home 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
!Sources
|-
|{{INRConvert|225000}}
|Pay Level 17
|<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=November 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC" />
|}

== List of Home Secretaries ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!Name
!Assumed office
!Left office
!Ref
|-
|[[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]] || 22 August 2019 || ''Incumbent'' || <ref>{{cite tweet|user=PIBHomeAffairs|number=1164788421421756416|title=Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla I.A.S. (AM:1984) taking charge as Union Home Secretary, from Shri Rajiv Gauba I.A.S. (JH:1982).|date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ajay-bhalla-to-be-new-home-secretary/article28701546.ece/amp/|title=ajay-bhalla-to-be-new-home-secretary|access-date=25 July 2019|work=thehindu}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rajiv Gauba]] || 31 August 2017 || 22 August 2019 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=170383|title=Shri Rajiv Gauba takes over as Union Home Secretary|date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rajiv Mehrishi]] || 31 August 2015 || 30 August 2017 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=126495|title=Rajiv Mehrishi takes over as Home Secretry|date=31 August 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[L. C. Goyal]] || 05 February 2015 || 31 August 2015 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=115188|title=L.C. Goyal takes over as Home Secretary|date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[Anil Goswami]] || 30 June 2013 || 4 February 2015 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/anil-goswami-takes-charge-as-new-home-secretary-620189.html|title=Anil Goswami takes charge as new Home Secretary|date=2013-06-30|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref>
|-
|[[R. K. Singh]] || 30 June 2011 || 30 June 2013 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/06/24/00014009/rajkumar-singh-be-new-home-secretary|title=Rajkumar Singh to be new Home Secretary|date=2011-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gopal Krishna Pillai]] || 30 June 2009 || 30 June 2011 || <ref>{{cite news|title=G S Pillai new home secretary|date=2009-06-12|url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/G-S-Pillai-new-home-secretary/articleshow/4646049.cms}}</ref>
|-
|[[Vinod Kumar Duggal]] || 31 March 2005 || 31 March 2007 ||
|-
|Dhirendra Singh || 01 July 2004 || 31 March 2005 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/dhirendra-singh-takes-over-as-home-secretary_165993.html|title=Dhirendra Singh takes over as Home Secretary|date=2004-07-01}}</ref>
|-
|[[Anil Baijal]] || 08 February 2004 || 01 July 2004 ||
|-
|[[N. Gopalaswami]] || 15 October 2002 || 08 February 2004 ||
|-
|[[Kamal Pande]] || 05 May 1999 || 15 October 2002 ||
|-
|[[B. P. Singh]] || 01 November 1997 || 04 May 1999 ||
|-
|[[K. Padmanabhaiah]] || 01 June 1994 || 31 October 1997 ||
|-
|[[N. N. Vohra]] || 06 April 1993 || 31 May 1994 ||
|-
|[[Madhav Godbole]] || 04 October 1991 || 23 March 1993 ||
|-
|[[R. K. Bhargava]] || 12 December 1990 || 03 October 1991 ||
|-
|[[Naresh Chandra]] || 21 March 1990 || 11 December 1990 ||
|-
|[[Shiromani Sharma]] || 29 December 1989 || 20 March 1990 ||
|-
|[[J. A. Kalyankrishnan]] || 17 October 1988 || 29 December 1989 ||
|-
|[[C. G. Somiah]] || 01 July 1986 || 16 October 1988 ||
|-
|[[R. D. Pradhan]] || 15 January 1985|| 30 June 1986||
|-
|[[Prem Kumar (civil servant)|Prem Kumar]] || 06 November 1984 || 15 January 1985 ||
|-
|[[M. M. K. Wali]] || 01 March 1984 || 04 November 1984 ||
|-
|[[T. N. Chaturvedi]] || 12 August 1981 || 29 February 1984 ||
|-
|[[S. M. H. Burney]] || 29 February 1980 || 12 August 1981 ||
|-
|[[T. C. A. Srinivasavaradan]] || 31 March 1977 || 29 February 1980 ||
|-
|[[S. L. Khurana]] || 23 June 1975 || 30 March 1977 ||
|-
|[[Nirmal Kumar Mukarji]] || 04 July 1973 || 23 June 1975 ||
|-
|[[Govind Narain]] || 01 January 1971 || 18 May 1973 ||
|-
|[[L. P. Singh]] || 18 September 1964 || 01 January 1971 ||
|-
|[[V. Vishwanathan]] || 27 November 1961 || 18 September 1964 ||
|-
|[[B. N. Jha]] ||15 January 1958 || 26 November 1961 ||
|-
|[[A. V. Pai]] || 01 March 1953|| 14 January 1958 ||
|-
|[[H. V. R. Iyengar]] || 01 August 1948 || 28 February 1953 ||
|-
|[[R. N. Banerjee]] || 05 May 1947 || 02 July 1948 ||
|}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=[[New Delhi]]}}
* {{cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=[[Noida]]}}
{{refend}}

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