| Cabinet Secretary of India | |
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| Mantrimandal Saciva | |
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| Cabinet Secretariat | |
| Status | Head of Permanent Executive |
| Abbreviation | CSI |
| Member of | Civil Services Board[a] NCMC[a] SPG Space Commission AEC |
| Reports to | President of India Prime Minister of India |
| Residence | 32, Prithviraj Road, New Delhi[1] |
| Seat | Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi |
| Appointer | ACC |
| Term length | 4 years[2][3] Extension may be granted up to 1 year[4] |
| Inaugural holder | N. R. Pillai, ICS |
| Formation | 6 February 1950 |
| Succession | 11th (on the Indian order of precedence) |
| Salary | ₹250,000 (US$3,000) monthly[5][6] |
| Website | cabsec |
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The Cabinet Secretary (ISO: Kaibinēṭa Saciva) is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the Government of India. The Cabinet Secretary is the ex-officio head of the Civil Services Board, the Cabinet Secretariat, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), and all Civil Services of India work under the rules of business of the government.
The Cabinet Secretary is the senior most cadre post of the Indian Administrative Service,[7] ranking eleventh on the Indian order of precedence.[8][9][10][11] The Cabinet Secretary is under the direct charge of the Prime Minister. Since 2010, the Cabinet Secretary's term length was extended to a maximum of four years. Thereafter, amended in 2019 for further extension up to 1 year. In, total up to 5 years.[2][3]
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