Government ministry of India
The
Ministry of Home Affairs
(
IAST
:
G?ha Mantr?laya
), or simply the
Home Ministry
, is a
ministry
of the
Government of India
. It is mainly responsible for the maintenance of
internal security
and
domestic policy
. It is headed by
Minister of Home Affairs
.
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The Ministry of Home Affairs is also the cadre controlling authority for the
Indian Police Service
(IPS),
DANIPS
and
DANICS
. Police-I Division of the ministry is the cadre controlling authority in respect of the Indian Police Service; whereas, the UT Division is the administrative division for
DANIPS
.
Senior officials
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Home Secretary and other senior officials
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The
Home Secretary
(
IAST
:
G?iha Sachiva
??? ????
) is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This post is held by a very senior
IAS officer
of the rank of
Secretary to Government of India
. The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla,
IAS
All
Central Armed Police Forces
such as the
CRPF
,
CISF
,
BSF
, etc. and the Union territory police forces are under the control of the Union Home Ministry. The Union Home Secretary is the Chief Advisor to Union Home Minister on all matters such as policy formation, etc. The Post of Union Home Secretary is equivalent to the Chief Secretary of a State. The Union Home Secretary draws salary at the pay level 17 of 7th Central Pay Commission i.e. Rupees 2,25,000 plus other allowances applicable per month which is equivalent to a Chief Secretary's salary.
Organizational structure of home ministry
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Central Armed Police Forces and domestic intelligence agency
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Chiefs of
CAPFs
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NIA
and
IB
report directly to the
Home Minister
.
DGs
of
CAPFs
may also report to Special Secretary (Internal Security) and Special Secretary/
Additional Secretary
(Border Management).
Chiefs of Central Armed Police Forces and Intelligence Bureau
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Designation
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Tapan Deka
,
IPS
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Director of the Intelligence Bureau
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Mr. SL Thaosen,
IPS
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Director General
,
Central Reserve Police Force
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Mr. Nitin Agarwal,
IPS
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Director General
,
Border Security Force
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Mrs. Nina Singh,
IPS
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Director General
,
Central Industrial Security Force
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Mrs. Rashmi Shukla,
IPS
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Director General
,
Sashastra Seema Bal
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Mr. Anish Dayal Singh
IPS
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Director General
,
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
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Mr.
M.A. Ganapathy
,
IPS
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Director General
,
National Security Guard
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Mr. Dinkar Gupta,
IPS
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Director General
,
National Investigation Agency
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Ministry of Home Affairs Secretaries
Name
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Designation
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VSK Kaumudi
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Special Secretary (Internal security)
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Shri Raj Kumar Goyal
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Secretary (Border Management)
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Organisation
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Departments
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The Ministry of Home Affairs extends manpower and financial support, guidance and expertise to the State Governments for the maintenance of security, peace and harmony without trampling upon the constitutional rights of the States.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has the following constituent Departments:
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Department of Border Management
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Department of Border Management, dealing with management of borders, including coastal borders.
Department of Internal Security
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Department of Internal Security, dealing with
police
,
law and order
and
rehabilitation
.
Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs
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Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, dealing with the constitutional provisions in respect of the Union Territories Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and all other matters relating to the UTs excluding those with which the
Ministry of External Affairs
is concerned.
Department of Home
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Dealing with the notification of assumption of office by the
President
and
Vice-president
, notification of appointment of the
Prime Minister
and other Ministers, etc.
Dealing with the implementation of the provisions of the Constitution relating to official languages and the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963. Department of Official Language was set up in June 1975 as an independent Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Department of States
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Dealing with centre-state relations, inter-state relations,
union territories
and freedom fighters' pension.
Divisions
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These are organisational divisions of the ministry itself, without the splitting into specialised departments.
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Administration Division
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Handling all administrative and vigilance matters, allocation of work among various Divisions of the ministry and monitoring of compliance of furnishing information under the
Right to Information Act, 2005
, matters relating to the
Order of Precedence
,
Padma Awards
, Gallantry Awards, Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards,
National Flag
,
National Anthem
,
State Emblem of India
and Secretariat Security Organisation.
Border Management Division
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Matters relating to coordination by administrative, diplomatic, security, intelligence, legal, regulatory and economic agencies of the country for the management of international borders, the creation of infrastructure like roads/fencing and floodlighting of borders, border areas development programme pilot project on Multi-purpose National Identity Card and Coastal Security.
Centre-State Division
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The division deals with Centre-State relations, including working of the constitutional provisions governing such relations, appointment of governors, creation of new states, nominations to Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha, Inter-State boundary disputes, over-seeing the crime situation in States, imposition of President's Rule and work relating to Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) etc.
Coordination Division
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Intra-Ministry coordination work, parliamentary matters, public grievances (PGs), publication of annual report of the ministry, record retention schedule, annual action plan of the ministry, custody of classified and unclassified records of the ministry, internal work study, furnishing of various reports of
scheduled castes
/
scheduled tribes
and
persons with disabilities
, etc..
Disaster Management Division
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Responsible for the response, relief and preparedness for natural calamities and human-made disasters (except
drought
and
epidemics
). The division is also responsible for legislation, policy, capacity building, prevention, mitigation and long-term rehabilitation.
Finance Division
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The division is responsible for formulating, operating and controlling the budget of the ministry under the Integrated Finance Scheme.
Foreigners Division
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The division deals with all matters relating to
visa
,
immigration
,
citizenship
,
overseas citizenship of India
, acceptance of foreign contribution and hospitality.
Freedom Fighters and Rehabilitation Division
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The division frames and implements the Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme and the schemes for rehabilitation of migrants from former West Pakistan/East Pakistan and provision of relief to Sri Lankan and Tibetan refugees. It also handles work relating to Enemy Properties and residual work relating to Evacuee Properties.
Human Rights Division
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The division deals with matters relating to the Protection of Human Rights Act and also matters relating to national integration and communal harmony.
Internal Security Division-I
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Internal security
and law and order, including anti-national and subversive activities of various groups/extremist organisations, policy and operational issues on terrorism, security clearances, monitoring of
ISI
activities and
Home Secretary
-level talks with
Pakistan
on terrorism and drug trafficking as a part of the composite dialogue process.
Recently launched cyber coordination centre (CYCORD)
https://cycord.gov.in
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meant for providing assistance to LEAs in all the matter of cyber-crime, cyber-espionage and cyber-terrorism works under this division.
Internal Security Division-II
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Division deals with arms and explosive; letters of request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; National Security Act, 1980 and representations thereunder; administration of
Narcotics Control Bureau
; providing central assistance to victims of terrorist, communal and
naxal
violence; matters relating to breach of privilege of MPs, etc.
Judicial Division
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Legislative aspects of the
Indian Penal Code
(IPC),
Code of Criminal Procedure
(CrPC) and also the Commission of Inquiry Act. It also handles matters relating to state legislations, which require the assent of the President under the Constitution, political pension to erstwhile rulers before independence, mercy petitions under Article 72 of the
Constitution
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Left Wing Extremism Division.
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Countering of left-wing
Naxalite-Maoist
extremism in India.
North East Division
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The division deals with the internal security and law and order situation in the
northeastern states
, including matters relating to insurgency and talks with various extremist groups operating in that region.
Police Division-I
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Division functions as the cadre controlling authority in respect of
Indian Police Service
(IPS) and also deals with the award of Presidents' police Medals for Meritorious/ Distinguished service and Gallantry, etc.
Police Division-II
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This Division deals with the policy, personnel, operational (including deployment) and financial matters relating to all the
Central Armed Police Forces
(CAPFs). It also deals with the matters relating to welfare of the serving and retired CAPF personnel and the
deployments in UN peacekeeping missions
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Police Modernisation Division
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The division handles all items of work relating to modernisation of State Police Forces, provisioning/procurement of various items for modernisation of Central Police Forces, police reforms and police mission.
Policy Planning Division
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The division deals with matters relating to policy formulation in respect of internal security issues, international co-operation on counter-terrorism, international covenants, bilateral assistance treaties and related items of work.
Union Territories Division
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The division deals with all legislative and constitutional matters relating to
Union territories
, including
National Capital Territory of Delhi
. It also functions as the cadre controlling authority of the
Arunachal Pradesh
-
Goa
-
Mizoram
-
Union Territories
(AGMUT) cadre of the
Indian Administrative Service
(IAS), the
Indian Forest Service
(IFS/IFoS), and the
Indian Police Service
(IPS) as also
Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service
(DANICS)/
Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service
(DANIPS). Besides, it is responsible for overseeing the crime and law and order situation in UTs.
Agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs
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Departments
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Department of Internal Security
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- Central Translation Bureau
- Central Hindi Training Institute
- Directorate of Census Operations
Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs
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Department of Home
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Department of States
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Central Armed Police Forces
Bureaus
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Autonomous Bodies, Boards & Corporations
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- National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH)
- Repatriates Co-operative Finance and Development Bank Limited
Boards / Academies / Institutions (Grant in Aid)
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- Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) for the New Pension System (NPS), NSDL
- National Industrial Security Academy
(NISA), CISF, Hyderabad
- Rehabilitation Plantations Limited (RPL)
- Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers
- Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB), New Delhi
- National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)
- Centre for Disaster Management, LBSNAA, Mussoorie
- National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
- Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA)
- Rashtriya Raksha University
Regulatory Authorities
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Commissions/Committees/Missions
- Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP)
- Committee of Parliament on Official Language
Councils
Regional/Field Offices (Central Government
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- Census of Kerala
- Census of Orissa
- Directorate of Census Operation, Rajasthan
- Directorate of Census Operation, Madhya Pradesh
- Directorate of Census Operations, Chandigarh
- Directorate of Census Operations, Gujarat
- Directorate of Census Operations, Karnataka
- Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab, Chandigarh
- Directorate of Census Operations Tamil Nadu
- Central Industrial Security Force (CSIF), South Zone, Chennai
- Frontier Headquarters Border Security Force, Tripura
- India Disaster Resource Network, IDRN
- Multi Purpose National Identity Card
- North Bengal Frontier, Border Security Force
- Punjab Frontier, Border Security Force
- Rustamji Institute of Technology (RJIT)
- South Bengal Frontier, Border Security Force
- Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Ahmedabad
See also
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References
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External links
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Departments
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Department of Official Language
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Other Departments
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- Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs
- Department of Home
- Department of States
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Home Secretaries
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Home Ministers
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