Personnel Secretary (India)
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 current Personnel Secretary is Deepak Khandekar.
| Personnel Secretary of India | |
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| Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | |
| Reports to | |
| Seat | Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions North Block, Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill New Delhi |
| Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Formation | 1970 |
| Salary | ₹225,000 (US$3,200) monthly |
| Website | Official Website |
As a Secretary to Government of India, the Finance Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.[1][2][3][4]
Powers, responsibilities and postings
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. [5]
The role of Personnel Secretary is as follows:
- To act as the administrative head of DoPT. The responsibility in this regard is complete and undivided.[6]
- To act as the chief adviser to the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on all aspects of policy and administrative affairs.[6]
- To represent DoPT before the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament of India.[6]
Emolument, accommodation and perquisites
The Personnel Secretary is eligible for a Diplomatic passport.
As the Personnel Secretary is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent[7] 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.[7]
| Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month) | Pay Matrix Level | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| ₹225,000 (US$3,200) | Pay Level 17 | [8] |
List of Personnel Secretaries
| S. No. | Name | Assumed office | Demitted office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H Lal | 21 July 1947 | 6 October 1947 |
| 2 | BB Lal | 7 October 1947 | 20 July 1953 |
| 3 | PKJ Menon | 21 July 1953 | 12 November 1953 |
| 4 | BP Bagchi | 13 November 1953 | 13 June 1957 |
| 5 | RK Trivedi | 14 June 1957 | 21 November 1962 |
| 6 | CR Krishnaswamy | 21 November 1962 | 3 April 1965 |
| 7 | Maheshwar Prasad | 4 April 1965 | 4 August 1965 |
| 8 | AC Bandopadhyay | 1 January 1967 | 2 November 1968 |
| 9 | UC Agarwal | 3 November 1968 | 7 December 1970 |
| 10 | K Ramanujan | 8 December 1970 | 18 May 1973 |
| 11 | PP Trivedi | 19 May 1973 | 31 May 1975 |
| 12 | Manish Bahl | 1 June 1975 | 31 March 1977 |
| 13 | M Dandapani | 4 April 1977 | 26 March 1978 |
| 14 | NR Ranganathan | 27 March 1978 | 3 July 1979 |
| 15 | PC Hota | 9 July 1979 | 10 April 1980 |
| 16 | Arvind Varma | 5 May 1980 | 11 August 1981 |
| 17 | BB Tandon | 12 August 1981 | 30 June 1983 |
| 18 | AK Agarwal | 26 July 1983 | 25 June 1984 |
| 19 | SS Dawra | 6 July 1984 | 31 May 1988 |
| 20 | Arun Bhatnagar | 1 June 1988 | 22 February 1989 |
| 21 | AN Tiwari | 22 February 1989 | 21 March 1990 |
| 22 | Pratyush Sinha | 21 March 1990 | 6 April 1993 |
| 23 | LK Joshi | 6 April 1993 | 6 June 1996 |
| 24 | Satyanand Mishra | 5 August 1996 | 31 May 1997 |
| 25 | Rahul Sarin | 31 May 1997 | 1 January 1999 |
| 26 | Shantanu Consul | 1 January 1999 | 20 October 2000 |
| 27 | Alka Sirohi | 20 October 2000 | 30 June 2002 |
| 28 | PK Misra | ||
| 29 | SK Sarkar | 20 June 2002 | 4 July 2003 |
| 30 | Sanjay Kothari | 14 July 2003 | 30 June 2004 |
| 31 | BP Sharma | 1 July 2004 | 31 July 2005 |
| 32 | Ajay Mittal | 1 August 2005 | 31 July 2007 |
| 33 | C Chandramouli | 1 August 2007 | 31 July 2009 |
| 33 | Deepak Khandekar | 21 January 2021 | Incumbent |
See also
References
- "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- "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.
- "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.
- Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th Edition). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. ISBN 9788125019886.
- "Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure - 14th Edition (2015)" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd Edition). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. pp. 3.1–3.10. ISBN 978-9339204785.
- "Army Pay Rules, 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Defence, Government of India. May 3, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- "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.
- "Personnel Secretaries (Page 1)". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved February 1, 2021.