Personnel Secretary (India)

Personnel Secretary of India
Kārmika Saciva
Incumbent
Vacant, IAS
since 1 November 2024
Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Reports to
SeatMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
North Block, Cabinet Secretariat
Raisina Hill
New Delhi
AppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Formation1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Salary225,000 (US$2,700) monthly
Websitedopt.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]

As a Secretary to Government of India, the Personnel Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ PTI (2024-08-16). "Centre approves senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle, appointments". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. ^ "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Table of Precedence" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. July 26, 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Table of Precedence". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th Edition). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. ISBN 9788125019886.