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
State Emblem of India
Government of India
Member ofCommittee of Secretaries on Administration
Reports to
  • Secretary to the Government of India
  • Union Council of Ministers
  • Prime Minister of India
Term length
Term extendable
Salary182,200 (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.

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