Personnel Secretary (India)

Personnel Secretary of India
Kārmika Saciva
Incumbent
S. Radha Chauhan, IAS
since 3 May 2022
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$2,800) 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 current Personnel Secretary is S. Radha Chauhan, a 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

As a Secretary to Government of India, the Personnel Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence.

Powers, responsibilities and postings

Personnel Secretary is the administrative head of DoPT, and is the principal adviser to the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on all matters of policy and administration within DoPT.

The role of Personnel Secretary is as follows:

Emolument, accommodation and perquisites

As the Personnel 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. The officer is also eligible for a diplomatic passport.

Personnel Secretary monthly pay and allowances
Base Salary as per 7th Pay Commission (Per month) Pay Matrix Level Sources
225,000 (US$2,800) Pay Level 17

List of Personnel Secretaries

List of Union Personnel Secretaries
S. No. Name Assumed office Demitted office
1 H. Lal 1 August 1970 6 December 1970
2 B B Lal 6 December 1970 28 April 1971
3 P. K. J. Menon 15 September 1971 1 April 1972
4 B. P. Bagchi 7 September 1972 31 July 1975
5 R. K. Trivedi 1 August 1975 25 May 1977
6 C. R. Krishnaswamy 26 May 1977 2 June 1978
7 Maheshwar Prasad 3 June 1978 6 June 1980
8 A. C. Bandopadhyay 7 June 1980 26 July 1982
9 U. C. Agarwal 27 July 1982 24 February 1985
10 K Ramanujan 25 February 1985 7 July 1986
11 P. P. Trivedi 8 July 1986 29 February 1988
12 Manish Bahl 2 March 1988 2 January 1990
13 M. Dandapani 3 January 1990 17 July 1992
14 N. R. Ranganathan 5 August 1992 30 June 1995
15 P. C. Hota 14 July 1995 27 September 1996
16 Arvind Verma 30 September 1996 30 November 1998
17 B. B. Tandon 1 December 1998 13 June 2001
18 A. K. Agarwal 14 June 2001 30 November 2002
19 S. S. Dawra 2 December 2002 30 October 2003
20 Arun Bhatnagar 3 November 2003 29 June 2004
21 A. N. Tiwari 1 July 2004 26 December 2005
22 Pratyush Sinha 3 January 2006 31 July 2006
23 L. K. Joshi 1 August 2006 31 January 2007
24 Satyanand Mishra 1 February 2007 4 September 2008
25 Rahul Sarin 13 September 2008 31 August 2009
26 Shantanu Consul 1 September 2009 31 October 2010
27 Alka Sirohi 1 November 2010 3 January 2012
28 P. K. Misra 16 January 2012 30 June 2013
29 S. K. Sarkar 1 July 2013 31 July 2014
30 Sanjay Kothari 1 August 2014 30 June 2016
31 BP Sharma 1 July 2016 30 June 2017
32 Ajay Mittal 1 July 2017 28 February 2018
33 C. Chandramouli 1 March 2018 30 September 2020
33 Deepak Khandekar 25 January 2021 31 August 2021
34 S. Radha Chauhan 3 May 2022 Incumbent

See also


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