Joint secretary to the Government of India

Union Joint Secretary
Kendrīya Sanyukt Sachiv
Emblem of India
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Government of India
Reports to
Seat
AppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Term length
(Term can be extended).
Formation1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Succession26th (on the Indian order of precedence.)
Salary₹144,200 (US$1,700) - ₹218,200 (US$2,600) monthly[1][2]
WebsiteOfficial Website
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Joint Secretary to the Government of India (often abbreviated as JS, GoI or Union Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary to Union of India) is a post under the Central Staffing Scheme[3] and the third highest non-political executive rank[4] in the Government of India. The authority for creation of this post solely rests with the Cabinet of India.[5]

Joint secretary is mostly a career civil servant and is a government official of high seniority.[1][6][7][8] The civil servants who hold this rank and post are either from All India Services (on 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 functioning of the Government of India, a joint secretary is the administrative head of a wing in a department.[9] Joint secretaries in the Union Government[10][11][12] is analogous to Major General[13] and equivalent ranks[14] in the Indian Armed Forces and are listed as such in the Order of Precedence.[15][16][17][18] In the Department of Military Affairs of the Ministry of Defence, an officer from all the three armed forces of the rank of Major General and equivalent[19] is currently appointed and designated as Joint Secretary (Army/Navy/AirForce).[20][21]

The Special Protection Group is sometimes headed by a Inspector General rank holder,[22][23] who is designated as Joint Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat. Joint secretaries (GOI) rank 26th on Order of Precedence of India.[15][16][17][18]

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  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
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  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ a b "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. 26 July 1979. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  16. ^ a b "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.
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  19. ^ "Uniformed officers appointed as additional secretary and joint secretaries in department of military affairs". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defence (India)". Ministry of Defence (India). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  21. ^ "CDS wants appointment of military officers as joint secretary in defence ministry". The Print. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  22. ^ "NDA appoints second SPG chief within 15 months". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  23. ^ "MHA calls Rahul's remark on former SPG chief 'baseless'". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2019.