Additional secretary to the Government of India
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. The authority for creation of this post solely rests with Cabinet of India.
Union Secretary | |
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State Emblem of India | |
Government of India | |
Member of | Committee of Secretaries on Administration |
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Term length | Term extendable |
Salary | ₹182,200 (US$2,300) (Minimum Pay) to ₹224,100 (US$2,800) (Maximum Pay) |
Additional secretary is mostly a career civil servant, generally from the Indian Administrative Service, 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. Additional secretaries in the Union Government is analogous to Principal staff officers of the rank of Major general (Level 15/HAG) and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces. Additional secretaries rank 25th on Order of Precedence of India.
The post is somewhat analogous to a principal secretary in a state government. But because of seniority, office-bearers can hold senior positions like as that of additional chief secretary to a state government, and in Union Territories, they can hold the position of Chief Secretary of a UT government.