Additional secretary to the Government of India explained

Post:Union Additional Secretary
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Department:Government of India
Member Of:Committee of Secretaries on Administration
Termlength Qualified:Term extendable

Additional Secretary (often abbreviated as AS, GoI or Union Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary to Government of India) is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India.[1] The authority for creation of this post solely rests with Cabinet of India.[2]

Additional secretary is mostly a career civil servant[3] [4] and is a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank 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 Government of India, an additional secretary is the administrative head of a wing in a department.[5] Additional secretaries in the Union Government[6] [7] [8] is analogous to Principal staff officers (PSO) of the rank of Major general[9] and lieutenant general rank[10] in Indian Armed Forces. Additional secretaries rank 25th on Order of Precedence of India.[11] [12] [13] [14]

History

Sir Richard Tottenham, 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."[15]

Powers, responsibilities and postings

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.[16] An additional secretary in charge of administration also exercises all administrative powers as head of the department wing of the ministry/department.[17]

Additional secretaries and joint secretaries are responsible for filing all affidavits and responses before the Supreme Court of India.[18] [19]

The Prime Minister of India is the final authority on posting and transfer of officers of additional secretary level.[20] Additional secretaries report to their departmental secretary and ministerial/departmental cabinet minister.

Position

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

Government nominated board members in the Central Public Sector Enterprises/Public Sector Undertakings are either of the rank of additional secretary or joint secretary.[21]

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.

Emolument, accommodation and perks

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).[22]

The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent[23] to Principal staff officers (PSO) of the rank of Major general and lieutenant general and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.[24]

Additional Secretary, GoI monthly pay and allowances!Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month)!Level on Pay Matrix!Sources
(Minimum Pay) to (Maximum Pay)Level 15[25]

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.[26] [27]

References

  1. Web site: The Central Staffing Scheme. January 1996. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. 13 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310222757/http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02eod/36_77_94_EO(SM-I).pdf. 10 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Only Cabinet can create Joint Secretary, above level posts. Press Trust of India. 18 April 2017.
  3. News: Alleging bias, non-IAS officers petition PM Modi. Dastidar. Avishek G. 14 January 2017. The Indian Express. 13 August 2017. en-US.
  4. News: Parity between IAS and non-IAS? The IAS will get to decide. Tikku. Aloke. 15 January 2016. Hindustan Times. 13 August 2017. en.
  5. Web site: Archive: JS-level posts vacant at Centre, few takers. Business Standard. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106170600/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/key-posts-vacant-at-centre-few-takers-116061100631_1.html. 6 November 2016. dead. 6 November 2016. dmy.
  6. Web site: Part I of the Constitution of India- The Union and its territory - Article 1. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010141832/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(4).pdf. 10 October 2017. dead. 15 January 2018. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits - Article 300. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20111203131439/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(17).pdf. 2011-12-03. dead. 6 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Services under the Union and the States - Article 312(2). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. en. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111203131448/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(19).pdf. 3 December 2011. dead. 16 August 2017. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Govt 'clarifies', soldiers upset. https://web.archive.org/web/20161028151302/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161028/jsp/nation/story_116104.jsp. dead. 28 October 2016. Dutta. Sujjan. 28 October 2017. The Telegraph. 3 October 2017.
  10. Web site: Vice Admiral Atul Anand takes over as Additional Secretary, DMA. Ministry of Defence (India). 18 July 2024.
  11. Web site: Order of Precedence. 26 July 1979. Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. https://web.archive.org/web/20100929091917/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf. 2010-09-29. dead. 24 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Table of Precedence. 26 July 1979. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. https://web.archive.org/web/20140527155701/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/table_of_precedence.pdf. 27 May 2014. dead. 24 September 2017. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Table of Precedence. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top. 28 April 2014. dead. 24 September 2017. dmy-all.
  14. Book: Maheshwari, S.R.. Indian Administration. Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.. 2000. 9788125019886. 6th. New Delhi.
  15. Book: Jayapalan, N.. Indian Administration 2 Vols. Set. 2001. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. 9788171569212. 668.
  16. Web site: Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees as defined in the Manual of Office Procedure. 21 August 2014. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. 21 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140823033029/http://dipp.nic.in/English/RTI/rti_Power_Duties.htm. 23 August 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  17. Web site: Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure - 14th Edition (2015). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. 6. 15 November 2016.
  18. Web site: Delhi Confidential: New Respons(e)ibility. 11 January 2017. The Indian Express. 3 October 2017.
  19. Web site: SC against filing of affidavit below officer of Jt Secy level. 10 January 2017. Press Trust of India. 3 October 2017.
  20. Web site: PM to oversee cadre allocation of bureaucrats, postings of joint secretaries and above. 21 August 2014. The Times of India. 17 September 2017.
  21. Web site: CHAPTER II PERSONNEL POLICIES (b) Composition of Board of Directors. Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India. 12 January 2018.
  22. Web site: Compendium (RTI Act) – Government Residence (General Pool in Delhi) Rules. January 2013. Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Urban Development. 21 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113222729/http://estates.nic.in/WriteReadData/dlrtiact/compendium.pdf. 13 November 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  23. Web site: Army Officers Pay Rules, 2017: Government of India. Ministry of Defence (India). 23 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170516184107/http://www.mod.nic.in/writereaddata/ArmyOfficersPayRules.pdf. 16 May 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  24. Web site: Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India. Seventh Central Pay Commission, Government of India. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf. 20 November 2015. dead. 16 January 2016. dmy-all.
  25. Web site: 7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?. 29 June 2016. Biswas. Shreya. India Today. 24 September 2017.
  26. News: IAS: Emperor among the kings?. Tripathi. Shishir. 8 December 2015. Governance Now. 13 August 2017. en.
  27. News: Need Pay Parity With IAS Officers, Say Officials Of 20 Civil Services. 30 June 2016. NDTV. 13 August 2017. en.

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