Home Secretary of India


The Home Secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This post is held by senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
As a Secretary to Government of India, the Home Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.

Powers, responsibilities and postings

Home Secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is the principal adviser to the Home Minister on all matters of policy and administration within the Home Ministry.
The role of Home Secretary is as follows:
The Home Secretary is eligible for a Diplomatic passport. The official earmarked residence of the Union Home Secretary is 3, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi, a Type-VIII bungalow.
As the Home Secretary is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent 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.
Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix LevelSources
Pay Level 17

List of Home Secretaries

NameAssumed officeLeft officeRef
Ajay Kumar Bhalla22 August 2019Incumbent
Rajiv Gauba31 August 201722 August 2019
Rajiv Mehrishi31 August 201530 August 2017
L. C. Goyal5 February 201531 August 2015
Anil Goswami1 July 20134 February 2015
R. K. Singh30 June 201130 June 2013
Gopal Krishna Pillai30 June 200930 June 2011
Vinod Kumar DuggalMarch 200531 March 2007
Dhirendra Singh1 July 2004March 2005
Anil Baijal
N. Gopalaswami
Naresh Chandra1 March 19901 December 1990
Narinder Nath Vohra1 April 199331 May 1994