Secretary to the Government of India
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Secretary to the Government of India, often abbreviated as Secretary, GoI, or simply as Secretary, is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India.[5] The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Union Council of Ministers.[6]
Union Secretary | |
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Government of India | |
Member of | Committee of Secretaries on Administration |
Reports to | |
Seat | |
Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Term length | No term length[dead link][1][2] Term extendable |
Formation | 1930; 94 years ago (1930) |
Succession | 23rd (on the Indian order of precedence.) |
Salary | ₹225,000 (US$2,700) monthly[3][4] |
The position holder is generally a career civil servant[3][7][8][9][10][11] and a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank and post are either from All India Services (on deputation; on tenure, after empanelment) or 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 the Government of India,[12][13][14] a secretary is the administrative head of a ministry or department,[15][16] and is equivalent to chief secretaries or additional chief secretaries of state governments and Vice Chief of the Army Staff, General Officers Commanding in Chief of Army Commands, and their equivalents in the Indian Armed Forces,[17] In the Department of Military Affairs of the Ministry of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff is currently designated as Secretary (GOI).[18]
Secretaries (GOI) rank 23rd on Order of Precedence of India.[19][20][21][22]