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| formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1947|08|15}}
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| picture_caption = North Block, [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|Central Secretariat]]
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| jurisdiction = {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
| headquarters = Ministry of Home Affairs<br>[[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|North Block, Cabinet Secretariat]], [[Raisina Hill]], [[New Delhi]]
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| budget = {{INRConvert|167250|c|lk=on}} {{small|(2020-21 est.)}}<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/budget-2020-big-jump-in-allocation-to-mha-with-a-separate-fund-for-jk/article30713691.ece</ref>
| minister1_name = [[Amit Shah]]<ref name="mha.nic.in" />
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| deputyminister2_name = [[Nisith Pramanik]]<ref name="mha.nic.in" />
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| deputyminister3_name = [[Ajay Kumar Mishra]]<ref name="mha.nic.in" />
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| chief1_name = [[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref name="mha.nic.in" />
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The '''Ministry of Home Affairs''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: ''Gṛha Maṃtrālaya'') is a ministry of the [[Government of India]]. As an [[interior ministry]] of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of [[internal security]] and [[domestic policy]]. The Home Ministry is headed by [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Minister of Home Affairs]] [[Amit Shah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mha.gov.in/about-us/about-the-ministry|title=About the ministry {{!}} Ministry of Home Affairs {{!}} GoI|website=mha.gov.in|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>

The Home Ministry is also the cadre controlling authority for the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS), [[Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service|DANIPS]] and [[Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service|DANICS]]. Police-I Division of the ministry is the cadre controlling authority in respect of the Indian Police Service; whereas, the UT Division is the administrative division for [[Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service|DANIPS]].

==Senior officials==

===Home Secretary and other senior officials===
{{main|Home Secretary (India)}}
The [[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]] is generally a senior [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) officer. MHA headquarters in addition to post of [[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]] has, on account of up-gradations since 2008, four more officers with the equivalent rank of [[Secretary India|secretary]]/special secretary, including one officer from the [[Indian Police Service]].<ref>https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/TelephoneDirectory_07022020.pdf</ref>

The current Home Secretary is [[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]].<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>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Senior officials in the Ministry of Home Affairs<ref name="mha.nic.in">{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OrganizationalChart(E).pdf|title=ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS|date=November 30, 2017|website=Ministry of Home Affairs, [[Government of India]]|url-status=dead|access-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162536/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OrganizationalChart(E).pdf|archive-date=11 September 2017}}</ref>
!Name
!Designation
|-
|[[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|[[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]]
|-
|[[Rina Mitra]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|Special Secretary (Internal Security)
|-
|[[Major RP Patra]]
|Joint Home Secretary (Administrative)
|-
|[[Rajesh Patra]]
|Official Signatory for Joint Home Secretary (Administrative)
|-
|Bipin Bihari Mallick, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|[[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] (Disaster Management)
|-
|B.R. Sharma, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|[[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] (Border Management)
|-
|Ravindra Panwa, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|[[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] and Financial Adviser
|-
|Jaideep Govind, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|[[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] (Left Wing Extremism)
|-
|Praveen Kumar Srivastava, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
|[[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] ([[Union territory|Union Territories]])
|-
|V.K. Choubey, [[Indian Civil Accounts Service|ICAS]]
|Principal Chief Controller of Accounts
|-
|Satpal Chouhan, [[Indian Economic Service|IES]]
|Senior Economic Adviser
|}

==== Central Armed Police Forces and domestic intelligence agency ====
Chiefs of [[Central Armed Police Forces|CAPFs]], [[National Investigation Agency|NIA]] and [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|IB]] report directly to the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]]. [[Director general of police|DGs]] of [[Central Armed Police Forces|CAPF]] may also report to Special Secretary (Internal Security) and Special Secretary/[[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] (Border Management).
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Chiefs of Central Armed Police Forces and Intelligence Bureau
!
!Designation
|-
|[[Arvind Kumar (civil servant)|Arvind Kumar]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dineshwar-sharma-intelligence-bureau-director/1/406743.html|title=Dineshwar Sharma appointed new Intelligence Bureau Director|publisher=[[India Today]]|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>
|[[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]]
|-
|Mr. Kuldeep Singh, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|[[Director general of police|Director General]], [[Central Reserve Police Force]]
|-
|Mr. Rakesh Asthana, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|[[Director general of police|Director General]], [[Border Security Force]]
|-
|Mr. Sudhir Kumar Saxena (Addi.Charge), [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|[[Director general of police|Director General]], [[Central Industrial Security Force]]
|-
|Mr. Kumar Rajesh Chandra, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|[[Director general of police|Director General]], [[Sashastra Seema Bal]]
|-
|Mr. Surjeet Singh Deswal, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|[[Director general of police|Director General]], [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]]
|-
|Mr. M.A. Ganpati, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|[[Director general of police|Director General]], [[National Security Guard]]
|-
|[[Yogesh Chander Modi|Y.C. Modi]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|Director General, [[National Investigation Agency]]
|}

==Organisation==

===Departments===
The Ministry of Home Affairs extends manpower and financial support, guidance and expertise to the State Governments for the maintenance of security, peace and harmony without trampling upon the constitutional rights of the States.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has the following constituent Departments:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mha.gov.in/departments-of-mha|title=Departments Of MHA {{!}} Ministry of Home Affairs {{!}} GoI|website=mha.gov.in|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>

==== Department of Border Management ====
Department of Border Management, dealing with management of borders, including coastal borders.

==== Department of Internal Security ====
Department of Internal Security, dealing with [[Indian Police Service|police]], [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] and [[Rehabilitation (penology)|rehabilitation]].

==== Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs ====

Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, dealing with the constitutional provisions in respect of the Union Territories Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and all other matters relating to the UTs excluding those with which the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] is concerned.

==== Department of Home ====
Dealing with the notification of assumption of office by the [[President of India|President]] and [[Vice President of India|Vice-President]], notification of appointment of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] and other Ministers, etc.

==== [[Department of Official Language]] ====
Dealing with the implementation of the provisions of the Constitution relating to official languages and the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963. Department of Official Language was set up in June 1975 as an independent Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Functions of Department {{!}} Department of Official Language {{!}} Ministry of Home Affairs {{!}} GoI|url=https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/functions-department|access-date=2021-06-15|website=rajbhasha.gov.in}}</ref>

==== Department of States ====
Dealing with centre-state relations, inter-state relations, [[States and territories of India|union territories]] and freedom fighters' pension.

===Divisions===
These are organisational divisions of the ministry itself, without the splitting into specialised departments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/divisions|title=Divisions of MHA|website=Ministry of Home Affairs, [[Government of India]]|url-status=dead|access-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131327/http://mha.nic.in/divisions|archive-date=17 January 2018}}</ref>

==== Administration Division ====
Handling all administrative and vigilance matters, allocation of work among various Divisions of the ministry and monitoring of compliance of furnishing information under the [[Right to Information Act, 2005]], matters relating to the [[Indian order of precedence|Order of Precedence]], [[Indian honours system|Padma Awards]], Gallantry Awards, Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards, [[Flag of India|National Flag]], [[National Anthem of India|National Anthem]], [[Emblem of India|State Emblem of India]] and Secretariat Security Organisation.

==== Border Management Division ====
Matters relating to coordination by administrative, diplomatic, security, intelligence, legal, regulatory and economic agencies of the country for the management of international borders, the creation of infrastructure like roads/fencing and floodlighting of borders, border areas development programme pilot project on Multi-purpose National Identity Card and Coastal Security.

==== Centre-State Division ====
The division deals with Centre-State relations, including working of the constitutional provisions governing such relations, appointment of governors, creation of new states, nominations to Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha, Inter-State boundary disputes, over-seeing the crime situation in States, imposition of President's Rule and work relating to Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) etc.

==== Coordination Division ====
Intra-Ministry coordination work, parliamentary matters, public grievances (PGs), publication of annual report of the ministry, record retention schedule, annual action plan of the ministry, custody of classified and unclassified records of the ministry, internal work study, furnishing of various reports of [[Scheduled Castes|scheduled castes]]/[[Scheduled Tribes|scheduled tribes]] and [[Disability|persons with disabilities]], etc..

==== Disaster Management Division ====
Responsible for the response, relief and preparedness for natural calamities and man-made disasters (except [[drought]] and [[epidemics]]). The division is also responsible for legislation, policy, capacity building, prevention, mitigation and long-term rehabilitation.

==== Finance Division ====
The division is responsible for formulating, operating and controlling the budget of the ministry under the Integrated Finance Scheme.

==== Foreigners Division ====
The division deals with all matters relating to [[Visa (document)|visa]], [[immigration]], [[Indian nationality law|citizenship]], [[Indian nationality law#Overseas citizenship of India|overseas citizenship of India]], acceptance of foreign contribution and hospitality.

==== Freedom Fighters and Rehabilitation Division ====
The division frames and implements the Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme and the schemes for rehabilitation of migrants from former West Pakistan/East Pakistan and provision of relief to Sri Lankan and Tibetan refugees. It also handles work relating to Enemy Properties and residual work relating to Evacuee Properties.

==== Human Rights Division ====
The division deals with matters relating to the Protection of Human Rights Act and also matters relating to national integration and communal harmony.

==== Internal Security Division-I ====
[[Internal security]] and law and order, including anti-national and subversive activities of various groups/extremist organisations, policy and operational issues on terrorism, security clearances, monitoring of [[Inter Services Intelligence|ISI]] activities and [[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]]-level talks with [[Pakistan]] on terrorism and drug trafficking as a part of the composite dialogue process.

Recently launched cyber coordination centre (CYCORD) https://cycord.gov.in meant for providing assistance to LEAs in all the matter of cyber-crime, cyber-espionage and cyber-terrorism works under this division.

==== Internal Security Division-II ====
Division deals with arms and explosive; letters of request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; National Security Act, 1980 and representations thereunder; administration of [[Narcotics Control Bureau]]; providing central assistance to victims of terrorist, communal and [[Naxalism|naxal]] violence; matters relating to breach of privilege of MPs, etc.

==== Judicial Division ====
Legislative aspects of the [[Indian Penal Code]] (IPC), [[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973|Code of Criminal Procedure]] (CrPC) and also the Commission of Inquiry Act. It also handles matters relating to state legislations, which require the assent of the President under the Constitution, political pension to erstwhile rulers before independence, mercy petitions under Article 72 of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]].

==== Left Wing Extremism Division. ====
Control of left-wing extremism in India, as [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxalism and Maoism]].

==== North East Division ====
The division deals with the internal security and law and order situation in the [[Seven Sister States|northeastern states]], including matters relating to insurgency and talks with various extremist groups operating in that region.

==== Police Division-I ====
Division functions as the cadre controlling authority in respect of [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) and also deals with the award of Presidents' police Medals for Meritorious/ Distinguished service and Gallantry, etc.

==== Police Division-II ====
This Division deals with the policy, personnel, operational (including deployment) and financial matters relating to all the [[Central Armed Police Forces]] (CAPFs) including BSF Air Wing. It also deals with the matters relating to welfare of the serving and retired CAPF personnel and the [[India and the United Nations#Peacekeeping Missions|deployments in UN peacekeeping missions]].

==== Police Modernisation Division ====
The division handles all items of work relating to modernisation of State Police Forces, provisioning/procurement of various items for modernisation of Central Police Forces, police reforms and police mission.

==== Policy Planning Division ====
The division deals with matters relating to policy formulation in respect of internal security issues, international co-operation on counter-terrorism, international covenants, bilateral assistance treaties and related items of work.

==== Union Territories Division ====
The division deals with all legislative and constitutional matters relating to [[Union territory|Union territories]], including [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]]. It also functions as the cadre controlling authority of the [[Arunachal Pradesh]]-[[Goa]]-[[Mizoram]]-[[Union territory|Union Territories]] (AGMUT) cadre of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), the [[Indian Forest Service]] (IFS/IFoS), and the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) as also [[Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service]] (DANICS)/[[Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service]] (DANIPS). Besides, it is responsible for overseeing the crime and law and order situation in UTs.

==Agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs==
===Departments===

====Department of Internal Security====
* [[Indian Police Service]]
* [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]]
* [[Central Reserve Police Force]]
* [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]]
* [[Central Industrial Security Force]]
* [[National Security Guard]]
* National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences
* [[National Crime Records Bureau]]
* [[National Civil Defence College]]
* [[National Investigation Agency|National Investigation Agency ( NIA )]]
*[https://www.ncib.in/ National Crime Investigation Bureau (Registered Under Govt. Of India)]'''<ref name="NCIB">{{Cite web|title=NCIB|url=https://www.ncib.in///|website=ncib.in/|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref>'''
* [[North Eastern Council]]
* North Eastern Police Academy
* Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Census of India
* [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]
* [[Assam Rifles]]
* [[Rashtriya Rifles]]
* [[Narcotics Control Bureau]]

====[[Department of Official Language]]====
* Central Translation Bureau
* Central Hindi Training Institute

====Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs====

====Department of Home====

====Department of States====

===[[Central Armed Police Forces]] and [[Paramilitary forces of India|Paramilitary forces]]===
* [[Border Security Force]]
* [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]]
* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]]
* [[Central Reserve Police Force]]
* [[Central Industrial Security Force]]
* [[National Security Guards]]
* [[Special Frontier Force]]
* [[Assam Rifles]]
* [[Defence Security Corps (India)|Defence Security Corps]]

===Bureaus===

* [[Bureau of Immigration (India)|Bureau of Immigration, India]]
* Bureau of Police Research and Development, Libraries Network
* [[Narcotics Control Bureau]] (NCB)
* [[National Crime Records Bureau]] (NCRB)
* [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI)
*[https://www.ncib.in/ National Crime Investigation Bureau (Registered Under Govt. Of India)]'''<ref name="NCIB"/>'''

===Autonomous Bodies, Boards & Corporations===
* National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH)
* Repatriates Co-operative Finance and Development Bank Limited

===Boards / Academies / Institutions (Grant in Aid)===
* Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) for the New Pension System (NPS), NSDL
* [[National Industrial Security Academy]] (NISA), CISF, Hyderabad
* Rehabilitation Plantations Limited (RPL)
* Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers
* Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB), New Delhi
* National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)
* Centre for Disaster Management, LBSNAA, Mussoorie
* National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
* Officers Training Academy
* Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA)

===Regulatory Authorities===

* National Disaster Management Authority [[National Disaster Management Authority (India)|NDMA]]

'''Commissions/Committees/Missions'''
*Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP)
*Committee of Parliament on Official Language

'''Councils'''
*Inter-State Council

'''Regional/Field Offices (Central Government''')
*Census of Kerala
*Census of Orissa
*Directorate of Census Operation, Rajasthan
*Directorate of Census Operation, Madhya Pradesh
*Directorate of Census Operations, Chandigarh
*Directorate of Census Operations, Gujarat
*Directorate of Census Operations, Karnataka
*Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab, Chandigarh
*Directorate of Census Operations Tamil Nadu
*Central Industrial Security Force (CSIF), South Zone, Chennai
*Frontier Headquarters Border Security Force, Tripura
*India Disaster Resource Network, IDRN
*Multi Purpose National Identity Card
*North Bengal Frontier, Border Security Force
*Punjab Frontier, Border Security Force
*Rustamji Institute of Technology (RJIT)
*South Bengal Frontier, Border Security Force
*Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Ahmedabad

== See also ==
{{Portal|India|Politics}}
* [[Law enforcement in India]]
* [[Indian Police Foundation and Institute]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/amit-shah-home-minister-rajnath-finance-minister-new-list-of-cabinet-ministers-in-modi-govt-1539264-2019-05-31 Amit Shah takes charge of Home Ministers of India 2019]</ref>

==External links==
{{commons category|Ministry of Home Affairs (India)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171019210943/http://mha.nic.in/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101221001435/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/index_hindi.asp Official website] {{in lang|hi}}
* [http://india.gov.in/min_dep.php?minid=29&minname=Ministry%20of%20Home%20Affairs Directory of Important Web Links of MHA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120211205253/http://mha.nic.in/foreigDiv/ForeigHome.html Ministry of Home Affairs : Foreigners Division]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_min_search.asp?kwd=&pageno=1&minid=5 Official MHA Press Releases]

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