Personnel Secretary (India)

Personnel Secretary of India

Kārmika Saciva

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Incumbent
Vacant, IAS

since 1 November 2024

Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Reports to|

* Parliament of India
* Council of Ministers of India
* Prime Minister of India
* Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Seat| Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
North Block, Cabinet Secretariat
Raisina Hill
New Delhi
Appointer| Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Formation| 1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Salary| ₹225,000 (US$2,700) monthly
Website| dopt.gov.in

The Personnel Secretary, popularly called as Secretary (P), is the administrative head of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. This post is held by senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. The last Personnel Secretary is Vivek Joshi, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.[1]

As a Secretary to Government of India, the Personnel Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.[2][3][4][5]

## Powers, responsibilities and postings

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Personnel Secretary is the administrative head of DoPT, and is the principal adviser to the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on all matters of policy and administration within DoPT.[6]

The role of Personnel Secretary is as follows:[7]

* To act as the administrative head of DoPT. The responsibility in this regard is complete and undivided.
* To act as the chief adviser to the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on all aspects of policy and administrative affairs.
* To represent DoPT before the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament of India.

## Emolument, accommodation and perquisites

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As the Personnel Secretary is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent[8] to 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.[8] The officer is also eligible for a diplomatic passport.

Personnel Secretary monthly pay and allowances Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month)  | Pay Matrix Level  | Sources

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₹225,000 (US$2,700)  | Pay Level 17  | [9]

## List of Personnel Secretaries

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List of Union Personnel Secretaries[10] S. No.  | Name  | Assumed office  | Demitted office

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1  | H. Lal | 1 August 1970  | 6 December 1970
2  | B B Lal  | 6 December 1970  | 28 April 1971
3  | P. K. J. Menon | 15 September 1971  | 1 April 1972
4  | B. P. Bagchi | 7 September 1972  | 31 July 1975
5  | R. K. Trivedi | 1 August 1975  | 25 May 1977
6  | C. R. Krishnaswamy | 26 May 1977  | 2 June 1978
7  | Maheshwar Prasad | 3 June 1978  | 6 June 1980
8  | A. C. Bandopadhyay | 7 June 1980  | 26 July 1982
9  | U. C. Agarwal | 27 July 1982  | 24 February 1985
10  | K Ramanujan | 25 February 1985  | 7 July 1986
11  | P. P. Trivedi | 8 July 1986  | 29 February 1988
12  | Manish Bahl | 2 March 1988  | 2 January 1990
13  | M. Dandapani | 3 January 1990  | 17 July 1992
14  | N. R. Ranganathan | 5 August 1992  | 30 June 1995
15  | P. C. Hota | 14 July 1995  | 27 September 1996
16  | Arvind Verma | 30 September 1996  | 30 November 1998
17  | B. B. Tandon | 1 December 1998  | 13 June 2001
18  | A. K. Agarwal | 14 June 2001  | 30 November 2002
19  | S. S. Dawra | 2 December 2002  | 30 October 2003
20  | Arun Bhatnagar | 3 November 2003  | 29 June 2004
21  | A. N. Tiwari | 1 July 2004  | 26 December 2005
22  | Pratyush Sinha | 3 January 2006  | 31 July 2006
23  | L. K. Joshi | 1 August 2006  | 31 January 2007
24  | Satyanand Mishra | 1 February 2007  | 4 September 2008
25  | Rahul Sarin | 13 September 2008  | 31 August 2009
26  | Shantanu Consul | 1 September 2009  | 31 October 2010
27  | Alka Sirohi | 1 November 2010  | 3 January 2012
28  | P. K. Misra | 16 January 2012  | 30 June 2013
29  | S. K. Sarkar | 1 July 2013  | 31 July 2014
30  | Sanjay Kothari | 1 August 2014  | 30 June 2016
31  | BP Sharma  | 1 July 2016  | 30 June 2017
32  | Ajay Mittal | 1 July 2017  | 28 February 2018
33  | C. Chandramouli | 1 March 2018  | 30 September 2020
33  | Deepak Khandekar | 25 January 2021  | 31 August 2021
34  | S. Radha Chauhan  | 3 May 2022  | 30 June 2024
35  | Vivek Joshi | 19 August 2024  | 31 October 2024

## See also

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* Cabinet Secretary of India
* Home Secretary of India
* Foreign Secretary of India
* Defence Secretary of India
* Finance Secretary of India

## References

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1. ^ PTI (2024-08-16). "Centre approves senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle, appointments". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
2. ^ "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
3. ^ "Table of Precedence" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
4. ^ "Table of Precedence". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
5. ^ Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th Edition). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. ISBN 9788125019886.
6. ^ "Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure - 14th Edition (2015)" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
7. ^ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd Edition). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. pp. 3.1–3.10. ISBN 978-9339204785.
8. ^ a b "Army Pay Rules, 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India. May 3, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
9. ^ "Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India" (PDF). Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
10. ^ "Personnel Secretaries (Page 1)". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

## External links

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