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Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

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For list of ministers, see Minister of Home Affairs (India).

The Ministry of Home Affairs (IAST: Gṛha Mantrālaya), 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.[3]

Ministry of Home Affairs
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry overview
Formed15 August 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-15)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Home Affairs
North Block, Cabinet Secretariat, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 77.20889°E / 28.61389; 77.20889
Annual budget₹202,868.70 crore (US$24 billion) (2024–25)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Ministry executive
Child agencies
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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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Main article: Home Secretary (India)

The Home Secretary (IAST: Gṛiha Sachiva गृह सचिव) 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 Govind Mohan, 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 the 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 the 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.

Central Armed Police Forces and domestic intelligence agency

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Chiefs of CAPFs, NIA and IB have operational independence to manage their forces with policy directives coming from the ministry. DGs of CAPFs may also report to the Special Secretary (Internal Security) and Special Secretary/Additional Secretary (Border Management).

Chiefs of Central Armed Police Forces and Intelligence Bureau
Designation
Mr.Tapan Deka, IPS[4] Director of the Intelligence Bureau
Mr.Anish Dayal Singh, IPS Director General, Central Reserve Police Force
Mr.Daljit Singh Chaudhary, IPS Director General, Border Security Force
Mr.Rajwinder Singh Bhatti, IPS Director General, Central Industrial Security Force
Mr.Amrit Mohan Prasad, IPS Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal
Mr.Rahul Rasgotra, IPS Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Mr.B.Srinivasan, IPS Director General, National Security Guard
Mr.Sadanand Date, IPS Director General, National Investigation Agency

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:[5]

Department of Border Management

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Department of Border Management, dealing with the 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.

Department of Official Language

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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.[6]

Department of States

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Dealing with center-state relations, inter-state relations, union territories and freedom fighters' pension.

Divisions

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These are organizational divisions of the ministry itself, without the splitting into specialized departments.[7]

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 program 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 on the constitutional provisions governing such relations, the 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 the rehabilitation of migrants from former West Pakistan/East Pakistan and the 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 organizations, 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 center (CYCORD) https://cycord.gov.in[permanent dead link] meant for assisting LEAs in all the matters 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 explosives; 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, and mercy petitions under Article 72 of the Constitution.

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 matters relating to the welfare of the serving and retired CAPF personnel and the deployments in UN peacekeeping missions.

Police Modernisation Division

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The division handles all items of work relating to the modernization of State Police Forces, provisioning/procurement of various items for the modernization of Central Police Forces, police reforms, and police missions.

Policy Planning Division

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The division deals with matters relating to policy formulation in respect of internal security issues, international cooperation 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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Department of Official Language

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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

  • Inter-State Council

Regional/Field Offices (Central Government)

  • 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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  1. ^ "MHA gets Rs 1.96 lakh crores in Budget-2024; focus on women safety, police modernisation". The Print.
  2. ^ a b c "ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ "About the ministry | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI". mha.gov.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Tapan Kumar Deka appointed as Director of Intelligence Bureau". India Today. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Departments Of MHA | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI". mha.gov.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Functions of Department | Department of Official Language | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI". rajbhasha.gov.in. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Divisions of MHA". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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