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47-505: Chief Secretary may refer to: Current posts [ edit ] Chief Secretary (India) , a senior civil servant in the states and union territories of India Chief Secretary (Pakistan) , the highest-ranking civil servant in the provinces and administrative units of Pakistan, including: Chief Secretary Balochistan Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Punjab Chief Secretary Sindh Chief Secretary (Sri Lanka) ,

94-400: A fair and decent environment. Civil Services Board is responsible for the entry level recruitment and subsequent job promotions below the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India . The recruits are university graduates or above selected through the following rigorous system of specialisation-based examinations for recruitment into respective specialised departments: All appointments in

141-532: A feeder service for the Indian Administrative Service in the respective state cadre. All India Judicial Services , All India Legal Service , State Regional Legal Service , Central Legal Service and State Legal Service are equivalent to civil services and defence services . Their appointment made by Governor of respective states after the consultation / approval of the respective states High Courts and President of India in case

188-759: A senior civil servant in the provinces of Sri Lanka Chief Secretary for Administration , the head of the Government Secretariat of Hong Kong Chief Secretary of the Isle of Man , the head of the Isle of Man Civil Service Chief Secretary of Tobago , the leader of the Tobagonian government Chief Secretary to the Government , the most senior officer in the Malaysian Civil Service Chief Secretary to

235-670: Is considered to be 'a linchpin' in the administration. Chief Secretary of the state also acts as the ex-officio Chairman of the State Civil Service Board, which recommends transfer/postings of officers of All India Services and State Civil Services in the state. Traditionally, the most senior IAS officer within a state is chosen as the Chief Secretary; however, there are exceptions. Chief Secretaries are assisted by Additional Chief Secretaries or Special Chief Secretaries , depending on

282-501: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chief Secretary (India) The Chief Secretary is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the state government . The Chief Secretary is the ex-officio head of the state Civil Services Board, the State Secretariat, the state cadre Indian Administrative Service and all civil services under

329-421: Is hamstrung by political interference, outdated personnel procedures, and a mixed record on policy implementation, and it is in need of urgent reform. The Indian government should reshape recruitment and promotion processes, improve performance-based assessment of individual officers, and adopt safeguards that promote accountability while protecting bureaucrats from political meddling." A paper prepared in 2012 by

376-579: Is known as 'the Father of civil service in India'. Cornwallis introduced two divisions of the Indian Civil service—covenanted and uncovenanted. The covenanted civil service consisted of only Europeans (i.e., British personnel) occupying the higher posts in the government. The uncovenanted civil service was solely introduced to facilitate the entry of Indians at the lower rung of the administration. With

423-758: Is limited to ₹ 500,000 (US$ 6,000). The Union Civil Services of India can be classified into two types - the All India Civil Services and the Central Civil Services (Group A). Additionally, the officers from the State Civil Services cadre can seek deployment with the Government of India cadre for the Union Civil Services jobs. All appointments to All India Civil Services are made by

470-503: Is managed through a number of central government agencies in accordance with policy directions from the ministries. Civil servants are the actual makers of Indian law and policy. They work on behalf of the elected government and cannot publicly show their disinterest or disapproval for it. It is mandatory for them to form certain rules and policies according to the government's views and interests. However, they cannot be removed by any state or central government, but can only be retired. Among

517-400: Is presented in three categories. Under this scheme of awards instituted in 2006, all the officers individually or as group or as organisation are eligible. The award includes a medal, scroll and a cash amount of ₹ 100,000 (US$ 1,200). In case of a group, the total award money is ₹ 500,000 (US$ 6,000) subject to a maximum of ₹ 100,000 (US$ 1,200) per person. For an organisation the cash amount

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564-409: Is rank-based and does not follow the tenets of the position-based civil services. If a responsible government is to be established in India, there will be a far greater need than is even dreamt of at present for persons to take part in public affairs in the legislative assemblies and elsewhere and for this reason the more Indians we can employ in the public service the better. Moreover, it would lessen

611-416: Is to be guided by maintaining absolute integrity, allegiance to the constitution and the law of the nation, patriotism, national pride, devotion to duty, honesty, impartiality and transparency. The Government of India promotes values and a certain standard of ethics of requiring and facilitating every civil servant: The responsibility of the civil services is to run the administration of India. The country

658-523: The Income Tax Department of India for preferential tax treatment and relaxed prosecutions in exchange for bribes. In 2011, over a period of preceding three years more than 450 chargesheets for criminal cases of corruption were filed and a total of 943 corruption cases were at different stages of investigation by CBI against civil servants. ₹ 1 lakh crore (US$ 12 billion) losses through corruption, waste and fraud occurred from

705-599: The Indian Forest Service after 8 years of Service. All State Police Services of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police / Assistant Commissioner of Police / Assistant Commandant are Group 'A' Officers and is included under state civil services . The officers of following state civil services are later promoted to Indian Police Service . The state civil services (Group B) deal with subjects such as land revenue, agriculture, forests, education etc. The officers are recruited by different States through

752-739: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions states that corruption is prevalent at all levels in civil services and it is institutionalised . A 2005 study done by the Transparency International in India found that more than 92% of the people had firsthand experience of paying bribes or peddling influence to get services performed in a public office. Taxes and bribes are common between state borders; Transparency International estimates that truckers annually pay ₹ 222 crore (US$ 27 million) in bribes. There have been several cases of collusion involving officials of

799-764: The President of India . The Central Civil Services (Group A) are concerned with the administration of the Union Government . All appointments to Central Civil Services (Group A) are made by the President of India. For Group B central civil service posts, the Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE) is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). All appointments to Group B are made by

846-633: The Union Government . However, the union territories of Delhi , Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry , which have been granted partial statehood, do have Chief Secretaries. In Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry, the Chief Minister chooses the Chief Secretary and is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor . Chief Secretaries and Advisers to the Administrators of Union territories, in general, are junior in rank compared to

893-551: The British administration in Ireland See also [ edit ] Chief Cabinet Secretary , Japan General Secretary Permanent secretary , a senior civil servant position Permanent secretary (UK) Private secretary , a civil servant Principal private secretary , UK Provincial secretary , Canada Principal Secretary (disambiguation) Chiefs of Staff (disambiguation) Chief of Staff to

940-666: The Chief Secretaries of the States. The office bearers generally are of the rank Joint Secretary to Government of India and its equivalents. However, in Delhi and Chandigarh , the topmost civil servant is either of the ranks of Secretary to Government of India and its equivalents or Additional Secretary to Government of India and its equivalents. Civil Services of India As of 2010, there were 6.4 million government employees in India in all levels (Group A to D) within

987-689: The Civil Services Board; the chief of the Indian Administrative Service and head of all civil services under the rules of business of the Government of India. He also holds the 11th position in the Order of Precedence of India . The position holder is accountable for ensuring that the Civil Service is equipped with the skills and capability to meet the everyday challenges it faces and that civil servants work in

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1034-456: The GDP or ₹ 921 billion (US$ 11 billion) through corruption. A 2009 survey of the leading economies of Asia, revealed Indian bureaucracy to be not only the least efficient among Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Philippines and Indonesia, but also that working with India's civil servants was a "slow and painful" process. A 2012 study by

1081-659: The Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ranked and rated Indian bureaucracy as the worst in Asia with a 9.21 rating out of 10. According to the study, India's inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy was responsible for most of the complaints that business executive have about the country. A 2013 EY (Ernst & Young) Study reports the industries most vulnerable to corruption are: Infrastructure & Real Estate, Metals & Mining, Aerospace & Defence, and Power & Utilities. "The IAS

1128-584: The Prime Minister (disambiguation) Secretary (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chief Secretary . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chief_Secretary&oldid=1197991790 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1175-891: The Treasury , a senior minister in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom Chief Secretary of Asanteman, the title of the administrative officer of the Ashanti traditional kingdom in Ghana, held by the father of Joe Appiah Defunct posts [ edit ] Chief Secretary (British Empire) , civil-servant title in colonies of the British Empire Chief Secretary, Singapore , a high-ranking government civil position in colonial Singapore Chief Secretary of New South Wales , an office in

1222-467: The appointment is made for Supreme Court of India and central government establishments . List of State Engineering Services ( Engineering ) All State Engineering Services officers are Group 'A’ gazetted officers . All ‘ State Forest Services’ of the rank of Assistant Conservator of Forest(ACF) are Group 'A' gazetted officers under state natural resource services . The officers of this state natural resource services are later promoted to

1269-592: The armed forces who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or vice chiefs of staff, holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank in the Indian Armed Forces , and are listed as such in the Order of Precedence . In the union territories , which are governed by Administrators , Chief Secretaries are absent. In these territories an Adviser to the Administrator is appointed by

1316-554: The authorities specified by a general or special order of the President. The State Civil Services examinations and recruitment are conducted by the individual states' public service commissions in India. These services are feeder services of All India Services . All appointments to State Services (Group A) are made by the Governors of States. Each state and union territory in India has its own State Civil Service, which are responsible for various administrative functions, including

1363-596: The board of various public-sector undertakings, enterprises, corporations, banks, and financial institutions. Civil servants are employed to various agencies of India and can also be appointed as advisors, special duty officers , or private secretaries to ministers of the Union and the State Government. The highest ranking civil servant is the Cabinet Secretary. He is the ex-officio Chairman of

1410-458: The burden of Imperial responsibilities if a body of capable Indian administrators could be produced. The present civil services of India are mainly based on the pattern of the former Indian Civil Service of British India . During the British raj , Warren Hastings laid the foundation of civil service and Charles Cornwallis reformed, modernised, and rationalised it. Hence, Charles Cornwallis

1457-642: The central and state governments. The services with the most personnel are with the Central Secretariat Service and Indian Revenue Service (IT and C&CE). Civil servants in a personal capacity are paid from the Civil List . Article 311 of the constitution protects civil servants from politically motivated or vindictive action. Senior civil servants may be called to account by the Parliament . The civil service system in India

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1504-615: The challenges being posed by the changing times. This date (21 April) was chosen to commemorate the day in 1947 when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of Independent India, addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers. On this occasion, all officers of Central and State Governments are honoured for excellence in public administration by the Prime Minister of India . The 'Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration'

1551-564: The civil service system in India. The Constitution , under Article 312 gives authority to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) to set up new branches of the All India Services with a two-thirds majority vote. The Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, and Indian Forest Service have been established under this constitutional provision. A member of the civil service in discharge of his/her functions

1598-651: The colonial and state administration in New South Wales Chief Secretary of Victoria , an office in the colonial and state administration in Victoria Chief Secretary of South Australia , an office in the colonial and state administration in South Australia Chief Secretary, second name for the former Colonial Secretary of Western Australia Chief Secretary for Ireland , an office in

1645-532: The control of the Secretary of State for India, and 3 central departments under joint Provincial and Imperial Control. The present modern civil service was formed after the partition of India in 1947. It was Sardar Patel 's vision that the civil service should strengthen cohesion and national unity. The values of integrity, impartiality, and merit remain the guiding principles of the Indian civil services. By

1692-457: The early 21st century, especially in Indian media, Indian civil servants were regularly colloquially called ' babus ' (as in 'the rule of babus'), while Indian bureaucracy is called 'babudom'. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions , located in New Delhi , is unofficially the 'Ministry of Civil Services'. The Ministry is responsible for training, reforms and pensions for

1739-439: The government's National Rural Health Mission healthcare programme, several of arrested high-level public servants died under mysterious circumstances including one in prison. World Bank report stated that the aid programmes are beset by corruption, bad administration and under-payments. As an example, the report cites that only 40% of grain handed out for the poor reaches its intended target. The World Bank study finds that

1786-784: The implementation of government policies, maintenance of law and order, revenue administration, and development activities within their respective jurisdictions.The officers of the State Civil Service (Executive Branch) or State Administrative Service are recruited through state-specific examinations conducted by the respective state public service commissions. Such officers in India are state civil servants posted as Deputy Collector or equivalent rank in concerned state government. They belong to Group A gazetted rank and are part of state civil services of India . The officers of following state civil services cadre are later promoted to Indian Administrative Service and hence conceived as

1833-463: The members of the civil services are administrators in the central government and state government; emissaries in the foreign missions/embassies; tax collectors and revenue commissioners; civil service commissioned police officers; permanent representative(s) and employees in the United Nations and its agencies; and chairmen, managing directors, and full-time functional directors and members of

1880-749: The passing of the Government of India Act 1919 , the Imperial Services headed by the Secretary of State for India were split into two—the All India Services and the Central Services . The All India and Central Services (Group A) were designated as Central Superior Services as early as 1924. From 1924 to 1934, the administration of India consisted of 10 All India Services (including Indian Education Service , Indian Medical Service ) and 5 central departments, all under

1927-422: The permission to sue corrupt or inept civil servants, and civil servants can approach CAT for unfair dismissal. The Civil Service Day is celebrated on 21 April every year. The purpose for this day is to rededicate and recommit themselves to the cause of the people. It is observed by all Civil Services. This day gives civil servants the opportunity for introspection and thinking about future strategies to deal with

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1974-563: The rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India and above, other major appointments, empanelment, and extension of tenure are done by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet . Lower appointments are handled by the Civil Services Board. For settling various administrative disputes the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) can be approached. For instance, citizens can approach CAT to obtain

2021-715: The respective State Public Service Commissions, and appointed by the Governor of that state. "We estimate that if India were to pursue civil service reforms and reach the Asian average on government effectiveness, it could add 0.9 percentage points annually to per capita GDP... Institutional quality is a crucial driver of economic performance." Professor Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari asserted in their book "Corruption in India: The DNA and RNA" that public officials in India are misappropriating as much as 1.26 per cent of

2068-472: The rules of business of the state government. The Chief Secretary acts as the principal advisor to the chief minister on all matters of state administration. The Chief Secretary is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. The Chief Secretary is the senior-most cadre post in the state administration, ranking 23rd on the Indian order of precedence . The Chief Secretary acts as an ex-officio secretary to

2115-470: The state cabinet, therefore called "Secretary to the Cabinet" . The status of this post is equal to that of a Secretary to the Government of India . The salary of Chief Secretary of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh , Punjab and Burma was fixed and was same to Joint Secretary to Government of India during the British Raj . As per Warrant or Precedence of 1905, Secretary to Government of India

2162-450: The state, and Principal Secretaries , who are the administrative heads of departments they are assigned to. Chief Secretaries are chosen by the state's Chief Minister . State Chief Secretaries are IAS officers generally equivalent in rank to a Secretary to Government of India and are placed 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence . The post of Chief Secretary of a State Government is equivalent to senior three-star rank officers in

2209-481: Was listed together with Joint Secretary to Government of India and was ranked above the rank of Chief Secretary. Chief Secretaries are members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) who are the administrative head of state governments. A Chief Secretary functions as the central point of interdepartmental coordination at the departmental level and is classified as being in the Apex Grade . Chief Secretary

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