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Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India

The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (PS to the PM; ISO: Bhārat Ke Pradhānmantrī Ke Pradhān Saciv) is the administrative head of the Prime Minister's Office. The officeholder is generally a civil servant, commonly from the Indian Administrative Service and occasionally from the Indian Foreign Service.

Since 2019, the officeholder has been accorded with the status of a cabinet minister.[1] The office holder ranks 7th in the Order of Precedence of India.

History

The Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMS)—headed by an officer of the rank of joint secretary to the Government of India—was established after independence under the prime ministership of Jawaharlal Nehru, as a successor to the office of the Governor-General of India's secretary.[7] Lal Bahadur Shastri appointed Lakshmi Kant Jha, an Indian Civil Service officer, as his secretary, making Jha the first secretary to the Government of India-ranked officer in the PMS.[9] During Indira Gandhi's tenure as prime minister, the post of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister was created;[2][4][8] with retired Indian Foreign Service officer P. N. Haksar becoming the first PS to the PM.[11]

Role

The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India acts as the administrative chief of the Prime Minister's Office.[6][12][13][14] The main functions of the officeholder often include, but are not limited to:

The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is generally considered the latter's most crucial aide.[14][15][16][17]

Office holders

List of office holders of the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.[10]

Additional principal secretary

A prime minister—through the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet—can also appoint an additional principal secretary. The only instance of an additional principal secretary being appointed was in May 2014, Pramod Kumar Misra, a retired 1972-batch Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet to serve as newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's additional principal secretary.[18][19]

Notes

  1. ^ Concurrently served as the first National Security Advisor from November 1998 to May 2004 (5 years, 6 months).

References

  1. ^ "Government gives cabinet rank, extension to Nripendra Misra and PK Mishra". The Economic Times. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Mehta, Dalpat Singh (1968). Handbook of Public Relations in India. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. p. 135. ISBN 978-8170233343.
  3. ^ Singh, Karuna (July–September 2007). "Prime Minister's Office : A Critical Analysis". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 68 (3): 629–640. ISSN 0019-5510. JSTOR 41856360.
  4. ^ a b c d Singh, N. K. (31 May 2015). "The PMO Under Modi Takes Unprecedented Shape". NDTV. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b Mehra, Ajay K. (28 March 2001). "Abolish the PMO". The Hindu. N. Ram. ISSN 0971-751X. OCLC 13119119. Retrieved 6 September 2018.[dead link]
  6. ^ a b c d Mookerji, Nivedita (10 October 2017). "The most powerful PMO in India's history". Business Standard. Business Standard Ltd. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via Rediff.com.
  7. ^ [2][3][4][5][6]
  8. ^ a b c Satishchandran, T. R. (1 April 2001). "PMO Calling". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  9. ^ [4][5][6][8]
  10. ^ a b "List of Principal Secretaries to PM along with their Tenures" (PDF). Prime Minister's Office, Government of India. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ [2][4][6][8][10]
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw-Hill Education (published 25 August 2014). pp. 3.17–3.19. ISBN 978-9339204785.
  13. ^ Unnithan, Sandeep (19 April 2018). "Official Top 10: Hidden power". India Today. Aroon Purie. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  14. ^ a b Ramesh, PR; NP, Ullekh (22 May 2015). "Prime movers for Narendra Modi". Open. Ashok Bindra. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  15. ^ Bhattacharya, A. K. (15 April 2014). "A K Bhattacharya: The PMO and the PM". Business Standard. New Delhi: Business Standard Ltd. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  16. ^ "A Principal Decline in South Block". Business Standard. BSCAL. Business Standard Ltd. 13 April 1998. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. ^ Agha, Zafar (15 September 1992). "As Narasimha Rao consolidates hold on Congress(I), his style becomes more autocratic". India Today. Aroon Purie. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Ex-agriculture secy P K Mishra is Modi's Addl Principal Secy". The Indian Express. New Delhi: Indian Express Group. Express News Service. 10 June 2014. OCLC 70274541. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  19. ^ "P.K. Mishra is Additional Principal Secretary to PM". The Hindu. New Delhi: N. Ram. Press Trust of India. 11 June 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. OCLC 13119119. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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