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<strong>No</strong>.A-<strong>43020</strong>/<strong>42</strong>/<strong>2005</strong>-<strong>Ad</strong>.I<br />
<strong>GOVERNMENT</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>INDIA</strong><br />
<strong>MINISTRY</strong> <strong>OF</strong> HOME AFFAIRS<br />
*****<br />
New Delhi, the 03 rd March, 2008.<br />
( Updated from time to time).<br />
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, <strong>2005</strong><br />
[ INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 4 (1) (b) <strong>OF</strong> THE ACT ]<br />
PARTICULARS <strong>OF</strong> MHA’S ORGANISATION, FUNCTIONS<br />
AND DUTIES :<br />
I. Under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules,<br />
1961, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has the following constituent<br />
Departments:-<br />
(a) Department of Internal Security:<br />
It deals with the matters relating Police, Law & Order and<br />
Rehabilitation.<br />
(b) Department of States:<br />
It deals with the matters relating to Centre-State Relations, Inter-<br />
State Relations, Union Territories and Freedom Fighters’ Pension.<br />
(c) Department of Home:<br />
It deals with the matters relating to notification of assumption of<br />
office by the President and Vice-President, notification of appointment of<br />
the Prime Minister and other Ministers etc.<br />
(d) Department of Jammu & Kashmir Affairs:<br />
It deals with the matters relating to the constitutional provisions with<br />
respect to the State of Jammu & Kashmir and all other matters relating to<br />
the State excluding those with which the Ministry of External Affairs is<br />
concerned.<br />
(e) Department of Border Management:<br />
It deals with the matters relating to management of borders including<br />
coastal borders.<br />
(f) Department of Official Language:
It deals with the matters pertaining to the implementation of the<br />
provisions of the Constitution relating to Official Language and the<br />
provisions of the Official Language Act, 1963.<br />
II. The detailed list of subjects dealt with by each Department in this<br />
Ministry is as follows:-<br />
(a) Department of Internal Security:<br />
(i) Police<br />
1. Assam Rifles.<br />
2. Border Security Forces.<br />
3. Indo-Tibetan Border Police.<br />
4. Sashastra Seema Bal.<br />
5. National Police Academy and Central Detective Training<br />
Schools.<br />
6. National Crime Records Bureau.<br />
7. Intelligence Bureau.<br />
8. Central Forensic Science Laboratories and Government<br />
Examiners of Questioned Documents.<br />
9. Central Industrial Security Force.<br />
10. Central Reserve Police Force.<br />
11. National Security Guard.<br />
12. Matters relating to Indian Police Service.<br />
13. Foreign training of IPS and officers of Central Police Forces<br />
including training programmes under bilateral cooperation.<br />
14. All matters relating to training of Foreign Police Officers in<br />
India.<br />
15. All matters relating to Civil Defence and Home Guards.<br />
16. Matters relating to Inter-State Police Wireless System.<br />
17. Matters relating to Police Medals.<br />
18. Narcotics Control Bureau<br />
(ii) Law and Order<br />
19. Matters relating to Counter-terrorism.<br />
20. VVIP security, personal security on threat perception basis,<br />
security of important government buildings etc.<br />
21. The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act,<br />
1985 pending cases.<br />
22. The Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1984 (61<br />
of 1984) –all matters relating to the Act.<br />
23. Grant of Indian citizenship by registration and naturalization.<br />
24. All matters relating to the Bureau of Immigration.<br />
25. Grant of Visa for India in respect of citizens of Afghanistan,<br />
Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, including their long term
(iii) Rehabilitation<br />
stay in India and regulation of entry/stay of all foreigners<br />
into/ in India.<br />
26. Deportation of citizens of other countries from India.<br />
27. Repatriation of foreigners jailed in India including foreign<br />
fisherman apprehended in Indian waters.<br />
28. Government servants having families in Pakistan-cases<br />
regarding grant of permission to Government Servants to visit<br />
Pakistan.<br />
29. Regulation of the acceptance and utilization of foreign<br />
contribution and foreign hospitality by associations and<br />
persons.<br />
30. Central Secretariat Security.<br />
31. Prevention of bringing into India of undesirable literature<br />
under Section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962).<br />
32. The Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1981 (40 of 1981).<br />
33. Requisitioning of the services of government servants for any<br />
duty during the period of operation of any Proclamation<br />
issued under clause (1) of article 352 of the Constitution.<br />
34. Preventive detentions except to the extent specially allotted to<br />
any other Central Ministry or Department.<br />
35. Removal from one State to another State of persons, accused<br />
persons and persons subjected to preventive detention.<br />
36. Criminal Law.<br />
37. Criminal Procedure.<br />
38. Criminal offences against women, children and members of<br />
the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, including those<br />
under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (22 of 1955)<br />
and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes<br />
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989(33 of 1989), Other<br />
Backward Classes, Minorities and other vulnerable groups.<br />
39. Matters relating to the State of Nagaland.<br />
40. Matters relating to the State of Sikkim.<br />
41. Parliament Questions relating to crime on Railways other<br />
than offences relating to pilferage of railway property.<br />
<strong>42</strong>. Matters relating to Arms, Fire Arms and Ammunitions.<br />
43. Residuary work relating to relief to/ rehabilitation of<br />
displaced persons from (a) former East Pakistan (b) border<br />
areas of Jammu & Kashmir as a result of Indo-Pak Conflict of<br />
1971 and (c) Pakistan occupied areas of Jammu and Kashmir.<br />
44. Relief and Rehabilitation of repatriated Indian nationals.<br />
45. Relief to and rehabilitation of refugees from Tibet.<br />
46. Relief to refugees from Sri Lanka.<br />
47. Dandakaranya Development Scheme and Dandakaranya<br />
Development Authority.
48. Residuary work relating to provision of compensation to<br />
and rehabilitation of displaced persons from former<br />
West Pakistan, other than issue of lease or conveyance<br />
deed in respect of Government built properties,<br />
conversion of lease deeds, allotment of additional strips of<br />
land and correctional areas adjoining the properties which<br />
have been allocated to the Ministry of Urban<br />
Development.<br />
49. Development of such special areas as may be indicated by<br />
Prime Minister from time to time.<br />
50. <strong>Ad</strong>ministration of the Acts pertaining to administration of<br />
evacuee property and compensation to and rehabilitation<br />
of displaced persons from former West Pakistan.<br />
51. Negotiations with Pakistan concerning evacuee property left<br />
by displaced persons from former West Pakistan.<br />
52. Residuary work relating to disposal of unclaimed moveable<br />
property received from former West Pakistan.<br />
53. Coordination of relief measures in the event of natural<br />
calamities (other than drought or epidemics) and manmade<br />
disasters, excluding specific items of business<br />
allocated to other Ministries/Departments.<br />
54. Matters relating to loss of human life and property due to all<br />
natural and man-made calamities, other than drought or<br />
epidemics.<br />
55. All matters relating to Narcotics Control Bureau set up<br />
under the provisions of Section 4(3) of the Narcotic<br />
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and<br />
coordination of all measures for preventing and combating<br />
abuse of and illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and<br />
psychotropic substances.<br />
56. All matters relating to international conventions,<br />
agreements, protocols, etc., in respect of illicit traffic in<br />
narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursor<br />
chemicals which the Ministry of Home Affairs and<br />
organizations under it are authorized to deal with except<br />
matters allocated to the Ministry of Finance, Department<br />
of Revenue.
(b) Department of States:<br />
(i) Centre-State Relations<br />
1. Establishment and formation of new States: matters arising<br />
therefrom (excepting those pertaining to allocation of service<br />
personnel); integration of Services and other matters relating to State<br />
Services allotted to the Department of Personnel and Training and<br />
alternation of areas; boundaries and names of existing States.<br />
2. Matters relating to the Rulers of former Indian States referred to in<br />
clause (22) of Article 366 of the Constitution and their families.<br />
3. Special provisions in Article 371 of the Constitution with respect to<br />
the State of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.<br />
4. <strong>Ad</strong>ministration of the Acts relating to the reorganization of States.<br />
(ii) Inter-State Relations<br />
5. Inter-State Council.<br />
6. Inter-State migration.<br />
(iii) Union Territories<br />
7. Union Territories with legislature:<br />
(a) National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi:<br />
(i) All matters falling within the purview of the Union Government<br />
in terms of provisions contained in Part VIII of the Constitution<br />
in so far as these are applicable to the National Capital Territory<br />
of Delhi and the Government of National Capital Territory of<br />
Delhi Act, 1991 excepting matters with respect to Entry 18 of the<br />
State List and all such matters as have been specifically assigned<br />
under these Rules to any other Ministry or Department of the<br />
Government of India;<br />
(ii) All powers and functions of the Central Government as per the<br />
provisions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Act, 1957 and<br />
New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 except matters<br />
pertaining to Land and Building Bye Laws;<br />
(b) Union Territory of Puducherry:<br />
All matters falling within the purview of the Central Government in<br />
terms of provisions contained in Part VIII of the Constitution in so far<br />
as these relate to the Union territory of Puducherry and the Government<br />
of Union Territories Act, 1963 except all such matters as have been
under these rules specifically been assigned to any other Ministry or<br />
Department of the Government of India.<br />
8. (a) Making of Regulations under article 240 of the Constitution for<br />
peace, progress and good government of the Union Territories.<br />
(b) Extension of State Acts to the Union Territories.<br />
(c) Delegation of powers of State Government and Central<br />
Government under various enactments to the <strong>Ad</strong>ministrators of<br />
the union Territories under article 239 of the Constitution.<br />
(d) General Questions relating to public services in the Union<br />
Territories and Service matters in so far as these fall within the<br />
purview of State Governments relating to-<br />
(i) the officers of Indian <strong>Ad</strong>ministrative Service and Indian<br />
Police Service serving in connection with the affairs of the<br />
Union Territories;<br />
(ii) NCT of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep,<br />
Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Civil and Police<br />
Services (DANICS and DANIPS);<br />
(iii) Pondicherry Civil and Police Services.<br />
(e) Appointment of Lt. Governors and <strong>Ad</strong>ministrators in the Union<br />
Territories.<br />
<strong>No</strong>te:- All above matters relating to Union Territories except those which<br />
are specifically allotted to any Ministry/ Department.<br />
9. Union Territories without legislature:<br />
All matters enumerated in the State List and the concurrent List in so far as<br />
any such matter is applicable to Union Territories except all such matters as<br />
have been under these Rules specifically assigned to any other Ministry or<br />
Department of the Government of India including (a)organization and<br />
maintenance of mainland-islands and inter-islands shipping services in<br />
respect of the Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and<br />
Lakshadweep and (b) forests, education, road and bridges works and ferries<br />
thereon in respect of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<br />
(iv) Other Subjects<br />
10. Pension and other facilities to Freedom Fighters.<br />
11. Human Rights:<br />
(i) to act as the nodal agency for the general policies regarding<br />
"Human Rights" matters, including National Human Rights<br />
Commission or any other institutional arrangements in this regard;
(ii) human rights violations relating to alleged excesses by personnel<br />
of police and paramilitary forces;<br />
(iii) interaction with Human Rights Organisations and other related<br />
organisations within the country and coordination with various<br />
Departments and State Governments;<br />
(iv) coordination of policy relating to Human Rights.<br />
<strong>No</strong>te:- The Ministry of Home Affairs will be the nodal Ministry for<br />
overall policy relating to Human Rights. The departments primarily<br />
concerned with the welfare and socio-economic development of specific<br />
groups like members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,<br />
women, minorities, children, and bonded labour, shall be responsible in<br />
respect of preservation of Human Rights of the specified groups.<br />
12. Matters relating to Bureau of Police Research and Development,<br />
National Civil Defence College, National Fire Service College.<br />
13. Development of Fire Services<br />
14. Extension of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police<br />
force belonging to any State, to any area outside that State, but not<br />
so to enable the police of one State to exercise powers and<br />
jurisdiction in any area outside that State without the consent of the<br />
Government of the State in which such area is situated; extension<br />
of the powers and jurisdiction of members of a police force<br />
belonging to any State to railway areas outside the State.<br />
15. Police Reforms.<br />
16. Prison Reforms<br />
(c) Department of Home:<br />
1. <strong>No</strong>tification of assumption of office by the President and the<br />
Vice-President and swearing in ceremony of the President.<br />
2. Grant of pardons, reprieves, suspensions, remission or<br />
commutation of a sentence of death and petitions for remission of<br />
sentences (other than death) or for pardon from prisoners<br />
sentenced by courts in States for offences against any law<br />
relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union<br />
extends.<br />
3. Issue of notifications of appointment and resignation of the Prime<br />
Minister and other Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries of the<br />
Union.<br />
4. Rules for the authentication of papers in the name of the<br />
President.
5. Model Rules of business for State Governments/Union Territory<br />
<strong>Ad</strong>ministrations.<br />
6. <strong>No</strong>minations to Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.<br />
7. Appointment, resignation and removal of Governors and related<br />
matters.<br />
8. Regulations framed by the Governors and reserved for the assent<br />
of the President.<br />
9. Bills passed by legislatures of States (except Jammu and<br />
Kashmir) reserved by Governors for the consideration of the<br />
President; and the prior consultation with the Central<br />
Government by the State Governments as regards State<br />
Legislation.<br />
10. Prior approval of the President to the promulgation of Ordinances<br />
by Governors of States.<br />
11. Property accruing to the Union by escheat or lapse of a bona<br />
vacantia.<br />
12. Special provision relating to the language spoken by a substantial<br />
proportion of the population of a State.<br />
13. Matters relating to the emergency provisions of the Constitution<br />
(other than those relating to financial emergency).<br />
14. Conventions with other countries in judicial matters including<br />
questions relating to International Court of Justice and reference<br />
from the United Nations Organisations relating to obscene<br />
publications.<br />
15. Matters relating to Code of Conduct of Legislatures.<br />
16. Code of Conduct for Ministers.<br />
17. Employment of wives or dependents of Government servants in<br />
foreign Missions in India.<br />
18. Exchange of visits between Civil and Military Officers.<br />
19. Lotteries organized by the Government of India or the<br />
Government of a State/Union Territory.<br />
20. Census of population, including administration of the Census<br />
Act, 1948 (37 of 1948) and the Census (Amendment) Act, 1993<br />
(11 of 1994).<br />
21. Official dress.<br />
22. Emoluments, allowances, privileges and rights in respect of leave<br />
of absence of the President and Governors; salaries and<br />
allowances of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary<br />
Secretaries of the Union.<br />
23. National Anthem.<br />
24. National Flag of India; President's and Governor's Standards.<br />
25. State Emblem.<br />
26. Warrant of Precedence.<br />
27. Awards and decorations.<br />
28. National Festivals.<br />
29. Matters relating to National Integration and Communal<br />
Harmony.<br />
30. Changes in geographical names.
31. Action to be taken on the death of high dignitaries.<br />
32. Political pensions.<br />
33. Compassionate allowance to dependents of mutiny veterans.<br />
34. Home Minister’s discretionary fund.<br />
35. Poisons.<br />
36. Registration of Births and Deaths, including administration of the<br />
Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (18 of 1969).<br />
37. Newspapers, books and printing presses.<br />
(d) Department of Jammu & Kashmir Affairs:<br />
1. Constitutional provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and<br />
Kashmir.<br />
2. All matters relating to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, including<br />
counter terrorism within Jammu and Kashmir and coordination in<br />
respect of subjects/matters specifically allotted to any other<br />
Ministry/Department like coordination with Ministry of Defence as<br />
regards manning and managing the line of control between India and<br />
Pakistan, but excluding those with which the Ministry of External<br />
Affairs is concerned.<br />
3. <strong>Ad</strong>ministration of the Armed Forces (J&K) Special Powers Act,<br />
1990 (21 of 1990).<br />
<strong>No</strong>te: While the Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs would<br />
coordinate with various Ministries/Departments, primarily<br />
concerned with development and welfare activities in Jammu and<br />
Kashmir, respective Ministries/Departments would be responsible<br />
in respect of subjects allocated to them.<br />
(e) Department of Border Management:<br />
1. Management of International Land and Coastal Borders<br />
excluding those subjects specifically allocated to Ministry of<br />
Defence and Ministry of External Affairs.<br />
2. Coordination with State Governments and other Departments of<br />
Government of India in respect of subjects specified in this list.<br />
3. Strengthening of border policing and guarding.<br />
4. Creation of infra-structure like roads; fencing and flood lighting<br />
of borders, in coordination with Ministry of Defence and<br />
Ministry of External Affairs.
5. Border Area Development Programme excluding the subject<br />
specifically allocated to Department of Development of <strong>No</strong>rth<br />
Eastern Region.<br />
(f) Department of Official Language:<br />
1. Implementation of the provisions of the Constitution relating to<br />
Official Language and the provisions of the Official Languages Act,<br />
1963 (19 of 1963) except to the extent such implementation has been<br />
assigned to any other Department.<br />
2. Prior approval of the President for authorising the limited use of a<br />
language other than English in the proceedings in the High Court of<br />
a State.<br />
3. <strong>No</strong>dal responsibility for all matters relating to the progressive use of<br />
Hindi as the Official language of the Union, including Hindi<br />
teaching schemes for Central government employees.<br />
4. Publication and distribution of publicity literature for progressive<br />
use of Hindi as official language of the Union.<br />
5. Coordination in all matters relating to progressive use of Hindi as the<br />
official language of the Union including administrative terminology,<br />
syllabi, text-books, training courses and equipment (with<br />
standardised script) required therefor.<br />
6. Constitution and Cadre management of the Central Secretariat<br />
Official Language Services.<br />
7. Matters relating to Kendriya Hindi Samiti including its Up-samitis.<br />
8. Coordination of work relating to the Hindi Salahkar Samitis set up<br />
by the various Ministries/Departments.<br />
9. Matters relating to the Central Translation Bureau.<br />
III. Apart from its major task of preserving the internal security of the<br />
country in its countless dimensions, the responsibilities of the Ministry<br />
of Home Affairs cover a wide arch of subjects such as Central Police<br />
Forces (CPFs), Centre-State relations, police modernization, border<br />
management, disaster management, human rights, national integration,<br />
communal harmony, freedom fighters’ pension and other welfare<br />
measures for them, rehabilitation of displaced persons, administration<br />
of Union Territories etc. The Ministry of Home Affairs also extends<br />
manpower and financial support, guidance and expertise to the State<br />
Governments for maintenance of security, peace and harmony,<br />
without trampling upon the constitutional rights of the States.
POWERS AND DUTIES <strong>OF</strong> MHA’S <strong>OF</strong>FICERS AND<br />
EMPLOYEES:<br />
I . The Department of Official Language has a separate Secretary.<br />
II. The Department of Border Management has a Secretary.<br />
III. The Department of Internal Security, Department of States, Department<br />
of Home, Department of Jammu & Kashmir Affairs and Department of<br />
Border Management, however, do not function in water-tight<br />
compartments. They all are inter-linked and function under the overall<br />
charge of the Home Secretary, who is assisted by the officers of the level of<br />
Special Secretary, <strong>Ad</strong>ditional Secretary, Joint Secretary etc. The work of<br />
these Departments is distributed among different divisions, each headed by<br />
a Joint Secretary. The names of these divisions, indicating their major areas<br />
of responsibility, are given below:-<br />
<strong>Ad</strong>ministration Division<br />
This Division is responsible for handling all administrative matters<br />
of the Ministry of Home Affairs and also deals with matters relating to<br />
Table of Precedence, Padma Awards, National Flag, National Anthem,<br />
State Emblem of India and Secretariat Security Organisation.<br />
Border Management Division<br />
This Division, set up recently, deals with all matters relating to<br />
management of borders and coastal security etc.<br />
Centre-State Division<br />
This Division deals with Central-State relations, including working<br />
of the Constitutional provisions governing such relations, appointment of<br />
Governors, creation of new States, nominations to Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha,<br />
Inter-State boundary disputes, over-seeing the crime situation in States, etc.<br />
Coordination Division<br />
This Division mainly deals with the matters relating to intra-Ministry<br />
coordination, Parliament matters and public grievances.<br />
Disaster Management Division (I +II)<br />
These newly created Divisions are responsible for coordination of<br />
relief measures in the event of natural calamities and man-made disasters<br />
(except draught and epidemics).
Foreigners Division<br />
This Division deals with all matters relating to Foreigners Act and<br />
Passport (Entry into India) Act, Registration of Foreigners Act, the<br />
Citizenship Act and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. It also<br />
controls Bureau of Immigration.<br />
Freedom Fighters & Rehabilitation Division<br />
This Division frames and implements the Freedom Fighters Pension<br />
Scheme and the scheme for rehabilitation of migrants from former West<br />
Pakistan/East Pakistan and provision of relief to Sri Lankan and Tibetan<br />
refugees.<br />
Human Rights Division<br />
This Division deals with matters relating to the Protection of Human<br />
Rights Act and also matters relating to national integration, communal<br />
harmony and Ayodhya matters.<br />
Integrated Finance Division<br />
This Division is responsible for formulating, operating and<br />
controlling the budget of the Ministry under the Integrated Finance<br />
Scheme.<br />
Internal Security Division<br />
This Division deals with matters relating to internal security,<br />
including anti-national and subversive activities of various groups/extremist<br />
organizations, Arms & Explosives, narcotics, National Security Act, etc.<br />
Jammu & Kashmir Division<br />
This Division deals with the Constitutional matters including article<br />
370 of the Constitution of India and general policy matters in respect of<br />
J&K and terrorism/militancy in that State; it is also responsible for<br />
implementation of the PM’s Package for J&K.<br />
Judicial Division<br />
This Division deals with all matters relating to the legislative aspects<br />
of the IPC/Cr.PC and the Commission of Inquiry Act; it also handles
matters relating to the State legislations to the extent these legislations<br />
require the assent of the President under the Constitution.<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth-East Division<br />
This Division deals with the law and order situation in <strong>No</strong>rth-Eastern<br />
States, including matters relating to insurgency and talks with various<br />
extremist groups operating in that region.<br />
Police Division<br />
This Division functions as the cadre controlling authority for IPS<br />
officers and also deals with all matters relating to Central Police Forces<br />
including their deployment.<br />
Police Modernisation Division<br />
This Division handles all items of work relating to modernization of<br />
State Police Forces, provisioning/procurement of various items for<br />
modernization of Central Police Forces, police reforms, police training and<br />
VIP/vital installation Security.<br />
Policy Planning Division<br />
This Division deals with matters relating to policy formulation in<br />
respect of counter-terrorism, international covenants, bilateral assistance<br />
treaties and related items of work.<br />
Naxal Management Division<br />
This Division monitors the naxal situation and counter-measures<br />
being taken by the affected states with the objective of improving groundlevel<br />
policing and development response as per the location specific action<br />
plans formulated/to be formulated by the affected States, and reviews with<br />
the concerned Ministries/Departments to ensure optimum utilization of<br />
funds released under and proper implementation of various developmental<br />
schemes in all naxal-affected areas.<br />
Union Territories Division<br />
This Division deals with all legislative and Constitutional matters<br />
relating to Union Territories including Delhi; it also functions as the cadre<br />
controlling authority for AGMU cadre of IPS/IAS as also<br />
DANICS/DANIPS. It is also responsible for over-seeing the crime situation<br />
in UTs.<br />
IV. Each Division consists of a number of Sections/Desks, dealing with<br />
specific subjects allotted to them. The Sections/Desks, headed by Section
Officers/Desk Officers, are manned by subordinate staff such as Lower<br />
Division Clerks, Upper Division Clerks, Assistants etc.<br />
PROCEDURE FOLLOWED IN THE DECISION MAKING<br />
PROCESS, INCLUDING CHANNELS <strong>OF</strong> SUPERVISION AND<br />
ACCOUNTABILITY:<br />
The cases are, generally, processed at the Section/Desk level and the<br />
files are submitted to Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary/Director/Joint<br />
Secretary/<strong>Ad</strong>ditional Secretary/Special Secretary/Secretary(BM)/Home<br />
Secretary/Ministers, as per the requirement of each case.<br />
NORMS SET BY MHA FOR THE DISCHARGE <strong>OF</strong> ITS<br />
FUNCTIONS:<br />
Efforts are made to deal with the cases as expeditiously as possible<br />
in accordance with the rules, regulations and other instructions issued from<br />
time to time.<br />
RULES, REGULATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS, MANUALS AND<br />
RECORDS, HELD BY MHA OR UNDER ITS CONTROL OR<br />
USED BY ITS EMPLOYEES FOR DISCHARGE <strong>OF</strong> ITS<br />
FUNCTIONS:<br />
The Ministry discharges its functions in accordance with the rules,<br />
regulations, instructions, manuals etc. issued by the Govt. of India from<br />
time to time.<br />
STATEMENT <strong>OF</strong> THE CATEGORIES <strong>OF</strong> DOCUMENTS<br />
THAT ARE HELD BY MHA OR UNDER ITS CONTROL:<br />
The documents held by MHA include relevant files on subjects dealt<br />
with in the Ministry and service documents of its officials.<br />
PARTICULARS <strong>OF</strong> ANY ARRANGEMENT THAT EXISTS<br />
FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR REPRESENTATION BY<br />
THE MEMBERS <strong>OF</strong> THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE<br />
FORMULATION <strong>OF</strong> MHA’S POLICY OR<br />
IMPLEMENTATION THERE<strong>OF</strong>;<br />
AND<br />
STATEMENT <strong>OF</strong> THE BOARDS, COUNCILS, COMMITTEES<br />
AND OTHER BODIES CONSISTING <strong>OF</strong> TWO OR MORE
PERSONS CONSTITUTED AS MHA’S PART OR FOR THE<br />
PURPOSE <strong>OF</strong> ITS ADVICE:<br />
The Ministry’s website mha.nic.in acts as an information tool for<br />
the general public, which facilitates in the implementation of its policies<br />
and programmes.<br />
Details of some of the councils/committees constituted in the MHA<br />
are given below:-<br />
(a) National Integration Council (NIC):<br />
The National Integration Council, with the Prime Minister as its<br />
Chairman, has 141 members comprising of Union Ministers, Chief<br />
Ministers of all States and Union Territories which have legislatures,<br />
Leaders of National Political Parties and Regional Political Parties,<br />
Chairpersons of National Commissions, Media Persons, Eminent Public<br />
Figures and Representatives drawn from Business, Labour and Women.<br />
The main objective of the NIC is to review all matters pertaining to national<br />
integration and to make recommendations thereon.<br />
(b) Kendriya Hindi Samiti:<br />
Kendriya Hindi Samiti, which functions under the Chairmanship of<br />
the Prime Minister, coordinates the work relating to the development,<br />
propagation and progressive use of Hindi.
(c) Committee of Parliament on Official Language:<br />
This Committee reviews the progress made in use of Hindi in<br />
Central Govt. offices.<br />
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DIRECTORY <strong>OF</strong> MHA’S <strong>OF</strong>FICERS AND EMPLOYEES.<br />
Sl.<strong>No</strong>. Name & Designation of the<br />
Officer S/Shri<br />
1. Madhukar Gupta,<br />
Home Secretary<br />
2. Umesh Narayan Panjiar<br />
Secretary(BM)<br />
3. Ranjit Issar,<br />
Secretary (OL)<br />
4. M.L. Kumawat,<br />
SS(IS)<br />
5. Vivek Mehrotra,<br />
Spl.. Secretary & FA(H)<br />
6. A E Ahmad,<br />
<strong>Ad</strong>dl. Secretary(BM)<br />
7. Ms. Anita Chaudhary,<br />
<strong>Ad</strong>dl. Secretary(CS)<br />
8. Rajeev Aggarwal,<br />
AS(J)<br />
<strong>Ad</strong>dress & Telephone Number<br />
And E-mail <strong>Ad</strong>dress<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092989<br />
hshso@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092440<br />
secybm@nic.in<br />
Lok Nayak Bhawan,<br />
New Delhi 110003<br />
Tel : 24631573<br />
secyol@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 2309260<br />
ssis@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092431<br />
asfah@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23094709<br />
asbm@nic.in/rssirohi@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23093410<br />
ascs@nic.in<br />
Jaisalmer House,<br />
New Delhi-110011
9. Vinay Kumar,<br />
AS(Naxal Management)<br />
10.<br />
Ray Pratap Nath,<br />
JS(<strong>Ad</strong>mn.)<br />
11 Sada Kant,<br />
JS(BM)<br />
12. K. Skandan,<br />
JS(CS)<br />
13 K.C. Jain,<br />
JS(C&PG)<br />
14. Prabhanshu Kamal,<br />
JS(DM-I)<br />
15 Ramesh Abhishek,<br />
JS(J-II)<br />
16 I.B. Karn,<br />
JS(FFR)<br />
17 Ashim Khurana,<br />
JS(F)<br />
18 D. Diptivilasa,<br />
JS(IS)<br />
19. Mrs. M.S. Gavai,<br />
JS(K)<br />
Tel : 23383674<br />
asj@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi<br />
23092785<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23093178<br />
jsapg@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092241<br />
jsbm@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23093126<br />
jscs@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092514<br />
Skc@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092456<br />
Jsdm@nic.in<br />
Jaisalmer House,<br />
New Delhi-110011<br />
Tel : 23383037<br />
Lok Nayak Bhawan,<br />
New Delhi-110003<br />
Tel : 24691940<br />
jsffr@nic.in<br />
Jaisalmer House,<br />
New Delhi-110011<br />
Tel : 23383075<br />
jsf@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092736<br />
jsis@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092630
20 Shashi Bhushan,<br />
JS(J-I/Judl.)<br />
21. Naveen Verma,<br />
JS(NE)<br />
22. V.N. Gaur,<br />
JS(Police)<br />
23. D.K. Kotia,<br />
JS(PM)<br />
24 O. Ravi,<br />
JS(DM-II)<br />
25 A.K. Yadav,<br />
JS(HR)<br />
65 A.K. Saxena,<br />
JS(PP)- <strong>Ad</strong>dl. Charge<br />
27 Mrs. B. Bhamathi,<br />
JS(UT)<br />
28 Mrs. PVVG Kutty,<br />
JS(OL)<br />
29 Dinesh Singh<br />
JS (NM)<br />
jsk@nic.in<br />
Jaisalmer House,<br />
New Delhi-110011<br />
Tel : 23385020<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23094648<br />
jsne@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23094927<br />
Jsp@nic.in<br />
Jaisalmer House,<br />
New Delhi-110011<br />
Tel : 23383827<br />
Jspm@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092478<br />
Lok Nayak Bhawan,<br />
New Delhi-110003<br />
Tel : 24615818<br />
Jshr@nic.in<br />
Lok Nayak Bhawan,<br />
New Delhi -110003<br />
Tel : 24633828<br />
Jspp-mha@nic.in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Block,<br />
New Delhi-110001<br />
Tel : 23092514<br />
Just@nic.in<br />
Lok Nayak Bhawan,<br />
New Delhi -110003<br />
Tel : 24611031<br />
Jsol@nic.in<br />
Lok Nayak Bhawan,<br />
New Delhi-110003<br />
Tel. <strong>No</strong>.24619536<br />
<strong>No</strong>te 1 : The details in respect of the officers of the level of Deputy<br />
Secretary/Director and below are available on MHA’s website under the<br />
caption “The Right To Information Act, <strong>2005</strong>” -- directory of officers &<br />
employees of MHA.
MONTHLY REMUNERATION RECEIVED BY EACH <strong>OF</strong> ITS<br />
<strong>OF</strong>FICERS AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM <strong>OF</strong><br />
COMPENSATION AS PROVIDED IN ITS REGULATIONS.<br />
The officers and the employees in MHA are being paid monthly<br />
remuneration in their respective scale of pay as mentioned below and the<br />
allowances as applicable: -<br />
Sl.<br />
<strong>No</strong>.<br />
Name of the Post Scale of Pay<br />
1. Secretary/Special Secretary Rs.26000/- fixed.<br />
2. <strong>Ad</strong>dl. Secretary<br />
Rs.22400 – 525 - 24500/-<br />
3. Joint Secretary & equivalent<br />
4. Director & equivalent<br />
5. Deputy Secretary/Sr.Principal Private<br />
Secretary & equivalent<br />
6. Under Secretary / Principal Private<br />
Secretary & equivalent<br />
7. Section Officers/ Private Secretary &<br />
equivalent<br />
8. Assistant/Personal Assistant &<br />
equivalent<br />
9. Upper Division Clerk/ Stenographer &<br />
equivalent<br />
10. Lower Division Clerk/Staff Car Driver<br />
& equivalent<br />
Rs.18400 – 500 – 22400/-<br />
Rs.14300 – 400 – 18300/-<br />
; Rs.15100 –400 – 18300/-<br />
Rs.12000 – 375 – 16500/-<br />
Rs.10000-325-15200/-<br />
Rs.6500 – 200 – 10500/- ;<br />
Rs.8000 – 275 – 13500/-<br />
Rs.6500 – 200 – 10,500/-<br />
Rs.4000 – 100 – 6000/-<br />
Rs.3050 – 75 – 3950 – 80<br />
–<br />
4090/-<br />
11. Daftary/Senior Peon & equivalent Rs.2610 – 60 – 3150 – 65<br />
–<br />
12. Peon/Farash & equivalent<br />
3540/-<br />
Rs.2550 - 55 – 2660 – 60 -<br />
3200/-
SYSTEM <strong>OF</strong> RECOVERY <strong>OF</strong> COMPENSATION AS PROVIDED IN ITS<br />
REGULATION<br />
(Sub-head 4(1)(b)(x) of the RTI Act, <strong>2005</strong>)<br />
Till date, there have been no such cases where CIC ordered that compensation is to<br />
be realized from any Appellate Authority/CPIO or any Officer or member of staff in this<br />
Ministry. If need arises, the same would be arranged through realization of money as<br />
compensation from the AA/CPIO or Officer or member of staff as the case be by the Cash<br />
Unit in this Ministry.<br />
THE BUDGET ALLOCATED TO EACH <strong>OF</strong> MHA’S AGENCY<br />
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2007-08:<br />
(Rupees in thousands)<br />
S.<strong>No</strong>. Demand <strong>No</strong>. Plan <strong>No</strong>n-Plan Total<br />
1 2 3 4 5<br />
1. 50-Ministry of Home<br />
Affairs<br />
365000 8000000 8365000<br />
2. 51-Cabinet -- 2387300 2387300<br />
3. 52-Police 3705000 186450000 190155000<br />
4. 53-Other Expenditure 520000 9830000 10350000<br />
of the MHA<br />
5. 54-Transfers to Union<br />
Territory Govts.<br />
11877600 4390000 16267600<br />
DETAILS IN RESPECT <strong>OF</strong> THE INFORMATION, AVAILABLE<br />
TO OR HELD BY MHA, REDUCED IN AN ELECTRONIC<br />
FORM:<br />
As in the MHA’s website : mha.nic.in<br />
PARTICULARS <strong>OF</strong> FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS<br />
FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE<br />
WORKING HOURS <strong>OF</strong> A LIBRARY OR READING ROOM, IF<br />
MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC USE.<br />
Facilitation Centres have been set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs.<br />
NAMES, DESIGNATIONS AND OTHER PARTICULARS <strong>OF</strong> THE<br />
PUBLIC INFORMATION <strong>OF</strong>FICERS:<br />
The details of the names, designations and other particulars of the Public<br />
Information Officers are given in this Ministry’s Order <strong>No</strong>.A-<strong>43020</strong>/<strong>42</strong>/<strong>2005</strong>-<br />
<strong>Ad</strong>.I dated 14/21.6.2006, available on MHA’s website under the caption “The<br />
Right To Information Act, <strong>2005</strong>”.<br />
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