Secretary to Government of India

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government office senior civil service position

The Secretary to the Government of India is the senior-most civil servant in a ministry or department, responsible for top-level policy formulation, administration, and advising ministers within the central government.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Secretary to the Government of India 0
Union Home Secretary 3
Home Secretary of India 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
senior civil service position ⓘ
administrativeControlOver departments and attached offices under the ministry ⓘ
advises Minister of State with independent charge ⓘ
Union Cabinet Minister ⓘ
appointedBy Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ⓘ
Government of India ⓘ
appointmentAuthorityHeadedBy Prime Minister of India ⓘ
associatedWith Central Secretariat Service framework and procedures ⓘ
belongsTo Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
country India ⓘ
employer Government of India ⓘ
equivalentRank Chief Secretary of a State Government in India ⓘ
Secretary-level officer in other All India or Central Civil Services ⓘ
hasPositionInOrganization administrative head of the ministry or department ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of India ⓘ
legalFramework subject to rules of the All India Services Act and related regulations ⓘ
level central government ⓘ
memberOf top management of the ministry ⓘ
officeHolderType civil servant ⓘ
partOf Union Government ⓘ
surface form: Union Government of India
policyRole coordination of inter-ministerial policy issues ⓘ
key role in drafting legislation and rules ⓘ
principal policy adviser to the minister ⓘ
rankInCivilService top-level ⓘ
reportsTo Minister of State with independent charge ⓘ
Prime Minister of India ⓘ
Union Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Union Cabinet Minister
requires expertise in public policy and administration ⓘ
long experience in civil service ⓘ
responsibility administration of the ministry or department ⓘ
advising ministers ⓘ
coordination with other ministries and departments ⓘ
financial oversight within the ministry or department ⓘ
implementation oversight of government policies ⓘ
overall supervision of ministry or department ⓘ
parliamentary work coordination for the ministry ⓘ
personnel management at senior levels in the ministry ⓘ
preparation of cabinet notes ⓘ
top-level policy formulation ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
seniority senior-most civil servant in a ministry or department ⓘ
status ex-officio head of the ministry’s secretariat ⓘ
subordinateTo Cabinet Secretary of India ⓘ
typicalRank Secretary to the Government of India (Apex Scale) in the Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
typicalServiceCadre All India Services ⓘ
worksAt New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
worksIn Central Secretariat ⓘ
surface form: central secretariat

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Administrative Service → keySecretariatPost → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
Senior Time Scale → rankRelativeToCentral → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: equivalent to Under Secretary to Government of India
Central Industrial Security Force → reportsTo → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Home Secretary
Central Reserve Police Force → reportsTo → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Home Secretary
Department of Internal Security → reportsTo → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Home Secretary of India
Intelligence Bureau → reportsTo → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Home Secretary of India
National Investigation Agency → reportsTo → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Home Secretary
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India → subordinateTo → Secretary to Government of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Home Secretary of India