Joint secretary to the Government of India
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Joint Secretary to the Government of India (often abbreviated as JS, GoI or Union Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary to Union of India) is a post under the Central Staffing Scheme[3] and the third highest non-political executive rank[4] in the Government of India. The authority for creation of this post solely rests with the Cabinet of India.[5]
Union Joint Secretary | |
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Kendrīya Sanyukt Sachiv | |
Government of India | |
Reports to | |
Seat | |
Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Term length | (Term can be extended). |
Formation | 1920; 104 years ago (1920) |
Succession | 26th (on the Indian order of precedence.) |
Salary | ₹144,200 (US$1,800) - ₹218,200 (US$2,700) monthly[1][2] |
Website | Official Website |
Joint secretary is mostly a career civil servant and is a government official of high seniority.[1][6][7][8] The civil servants who hold this rank and post 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 the Government of India, a joint secretary is the administrative head of a wing in a department.[9] Joint secretaries in the Union Government[10][11][12] is analogous to Major General[13] and equivalent ranks[14] in the Indian Armed Forces and are listed as such in the Order of Precedence.[15][16][17][18] In the Department of Military Affairs of the Ministry of Defence, an officer from all the three armed forces of the rank of Major General and equivalent[19] is currently designated as Joint Secretary (Army/Navy/AirForce).[20][21]
The Special Protection Group is sometimes headed by a Inspector General rank holder,[22][23] who is designated as Joint Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat. Joint secretaries (GOI) rank 26th on Order of Precedence of India.[15][16][17][18]