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Union Secretary
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Member ofCommittee of Secretaries on Administration
Reports to
Term length
Term extendable
Salary₹182,200 (US$2,300) (Minimum Pay) to ₹224,100 (US$2,800) (Maximum Pay)

Additional Secretary (often abbreviated as AS, GoI or Union Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary to

Cabinet of India.[2]

Additional secretary is mostly a

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 functioning of

Order of Precedence of India.[12][13][14][15]

The post is somewhat analogous to a

Chief Secretary of a UT government
.

History

ICS had once expressed "In my opinion there is, or should be, no distinction of function, but only of pay between a joint and an additional Secretary. Additional and joint secretaries should not be either cheap secretaries or expensive deputy secretaries."[16]

Powers, responsibilities and postings

The organizational structure of a department of the Government of India.

Additional secretary is the overall in charge with the necessary measure of independent functioning and responsibility of the wing of the department allocated and entrusted to him.[17] An additional secretary in charge of administration also exercises all administrative powers as head of the department wing of the ministry/department.[18]

Additional secretaries and

joint secretaries are responsible for filing all affidavits and responses before the Supreme Court of India.[19][20]

The

cabinet minister
.

Position

In the Union government, the members head department wings in the departments and ministries of Union Government.[18]

Government nominated board members in the

joint secretary.[22]

According to the Seventh Central Pay Commission of India, IAS officers hold 98 out of 107 positions of additional secretary in the Government of India.[citation needed]

Emolument, accommodation and perks

An Indian Diplomatic Passport and an Official Passport generally issued to Additional Secretary (GOI).

All additional secretaries to Government of India are eligible for a

diplomatic passport. They are allotted Type-V (D-II and D-I) and Type-VI (C-II) apartments in areas like New Moti Bagh across Delhi by the Ministry of Urban Development (Directorate of Estates).[23]

The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent

principal secretary to a state government and lieutenant general (Level 15/HAG) and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.[11][3]

Additional Secretary, GoI monthly pay and allowances
Base Salary as per
7th Pay Commission
(Per month) 		Level on Pay Matrix Sources
₹182,200 (US$2,300) (Minimum Pay) to ₹224,100 (US$2,800) (Maximum Pay) Level 15 [3][24]

Reforms and challenges

Non-IAS civil services have complained to Government of India because of lack of empanelment in the rank/post of additional secretary on numerous occasions.[3][4][5][25][26]

References

  1. ^ "The Central Staffing Scheme" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. January 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Only Cabinet can create Joint Secretary, above level posts". Press Trust of India. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "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 16 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b Dastidar, Avishek G (14 January 2017). "Alleging bias, non-IAS officers petition PM Modi". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b Tikku, Aloke (15 January 2016). "Parity between IAS and non-IAS? The IAS will get to decide". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Archive: JS-level posts vacant at Centre, few takers". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Part I of the Constitution of India- The Union and its territory - Article 1" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits - Article 300" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Services under the Union and the States - Article 312(2)" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  10. The Telegraph. Archived from the original
    on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Army Officers Pay Rules, 2017: Government of India" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. 26 July 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Table of Precedence" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. 26 July 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Table of Precedence". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  15. ISBN 9788125019886
    .
  16. ISBN 9788171569212
    .
  17. ^ "Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees as defined in the Manual of Office Procedure". Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  18. ^
    Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
    . p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Delhi Confidential: New Respons(e)ibility". The Indian Express. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  20. ^ "SC against filing of affidavit below officer of Jt Secy level". Press Trust of India. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  21. ^ "PM to oversee cadre allocation of bureaucrats, postings of joint secretaries and above". The Times of India. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  22. ^ "CHAPTER II PERSONNEL POLICIES (b) Composition of Board of Directors" (PDF). Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  23. ^ "Compendium (RTI Act) – Government Residence (General Pool in Delhi) Rules" (PDF). Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Urban Development. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  24. ^ Biswas, Shreya, ed. (29 June 2016). "7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?". India Today. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  25. ^ Tripathi, Shishir (8 December 2015). "IAS: Emperor among the kings?". Governance Now. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  26. ^ "Need Pay Parity With IAS Officers, Say Officials Of 20 Civil Services". NDTV. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

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