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Secretaries In Central Ministries

  • September 23, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Secretaries In Central Ministries

Subject – Polity

Context – The government, on Wednesday, appointed 13 senior bureaucrats as Secretaries in Central Ministries/departments such as telecom, industry and civil aviation, and also upgraded nine Additional Secretary-level officers to the rank and pay of Secretary

Concept –

  • The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG) in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, as nodal Government agency, is charged with the responsibility of prescribing procedures for secretariat work.

Functions at various levels –

(a) Secretary – A Secretary to the Government of India is the administrative head of the Ministry or Department, who is the principal adviser to the Minister on all matters of policy and the administration within the Ministry/Department.

(b) Special Secretary/Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary – One or more wings may be established with Special Secretary/Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, in-charge of each wing under the charge of Secretary.

(c) Director/Deputy Secretary – Director/Deputy secretary holds the charge of a Secretariat Division and is responsible for the disposal of Government business dealt within the Division under the charge.

(d) Under Secretary – An Under Secretary is in-charge of the Branch in the Ministry/Department consisting of one or more Sections.

(e) Section Officer – A Section Officer is the in-charge of a Section who has to ensure efficient and expeditious disposal of work, recording and weeding out, indexing and digitization

Polity Secretaries In Central Ministries

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