Personnel Secretary (India)

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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
Seat Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
North Block, Cabinet Secretariat
Raisina Hill
New Delhi
Appointer Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Formation1970;54 years ago (1970)
Salary225,000 (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]

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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

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]

Emolument, accommodation and perquisites

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

List of Personnel Secretaries

List of Union Personnel Secretaries [10]
S. No.NameAssumed officeDemitted office
1 H. Lal 1 August 19706 December 1970
2B B Lal6 December 197028 April 1971
3 P. K. J. Menon 15 September 19711 April 1972
4 B. P. Bagchi 7 September 197231 July 1975
5 R. K. Trivedi 1 August 197525 May 1977
6 C. R. Krishnaswamy 26 May 19772 June 1978
7 Maheshwar Prasad 3 June 19786 June 1980
8 A. C. Bandopadhyay 7 June 198026 July 1982
9 U. C. Agarwal 27 July 198224 February 1985
10 K Ramanujan 25 February 19857 July 1986
11 P. P. Trivedi 8 July 198629 February 1988
12 Manish Bahl 2 March 19882 January 1990
13 M. Dandapani 3 January 199017 July 1992
14 N. R. Ranganathan 5 August 199230 June 1995
15 P. C. Hota 14 July 199527 September 1996
16 Arvind Verma 30 September 199630 November 1998
17 B. B. Tandon 1 December 199813 June 2001
18 A. K. Agarwal 14 June 200130 November 2002
19 S. S. Dawra 2 December 200230 October 2003
20 Arun Bhatnagar 3 November 200329 June 2004
21 A. N. Tiwari 1 July 200426 December 2005
22 Pratyush Sinha 3 January 200631 July 2006
23 L. K. Joshi 1 August 200631 January 2007
24 Satyanand Mishra 1 February 20074 September 2008
25 Rahul Sarin 13 September 200831 August 2009
26 Shantanu Consul 1 September 200931 October 2010
27 Alka Sirohi 1 November 20103 January 2012
28 P. K. Misra 16 January 201230 June 2013
29 S. K. Sarkar 1 July 201331 July 2014
30 Sanjay Kothari 1 August 201430 June 2016
31BP Sharma1 July 201630 June 2017
32 Ajay Mittal 1 July 201728 February 2018
33 C. Chandramouli 1 March 201830 September 2020
33 Deepak Khandekar 25 January 202131 August 2021
34S. Radha Chauhan3 May 202230 June 2024
35 Vivek Joshi 19 August 202431 October 2024

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