Secretary to the Government of India
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. The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Union Council of Ministers.
| 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 i1100.htm Term extendable |
| Formation | 1930 |
| Succession | 23rd (on the Indian order of precedence.) |
| Salary | ₹225,000 (US$2,800) monthly |
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The position holder is generally a career civil servant, mostly from the Indian Administrative Service, and a government official of high seniority.
Secretary is either from All India Services (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 structure of the Indian government, a secretary is the administrative head of a ministry or department, 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, and are listed as such on the Indian order of precedence, ranking twenty-third.