IAS officers of the designations additional chief secretary and special chief secretary draw same pay as the chief secretary of the state but not same protocol.[5][6][7]
IAS officers of the designation special secretary to the Government of India or secretary-equivalent draw the same pay as a secretary to the Government of India but not same protocol.[8][9][10]
Alternate designations – Chief development officer, district development officer, project director of DRDA, DUDA, IRDP etc., additional district collector, joint collector, additional deputy commissioner, CEO of zila parishad.
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