The Ministry of Home Affairs (

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: ''Gṛha Maṃtrālaya''), or simply the Home Ministry, is a ministry of the

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. As an

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of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of

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and

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. The Home Ministry is headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs

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. The Home Ministry is also the cadre controlling authority for the

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(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

Home Secretary and other senior officials

The Home Secretary (

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of the rank of

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. The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla. All Central Forces such as the CRPF, CISF, BSF, etc. and the Union territory police forces are under the control of the Union Home Secretary. The Union Home Secretary is the Chief Advisor to 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 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. Organizational structure of home ministry https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/ORGANIZATIONAL_STRUCTURE_02122021_0.pdf

Central Armed Police Forces and domestic intelligence agency

Chiefs of CAPFs, NIA and IB report directly to the

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. DGs of CAPFs may also report to Special Secretary (Internal Security) and Special Secretary/ Additional Secretary (Border Management).

Department of Home (State Ministers)

Organisation

Departments

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:

Department of Border Management

Department of Border Management, dealing with management of borders, including coastal borders.

Department of Internal Security

Department of Internal Security, dealing with

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and

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Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs

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

Dealing with the notification of assumption of office by the

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and

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, notification of appointment of the

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and other Ministers, etc.

Department of Official Language

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.

Department of States

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

Divisions

These are organisational divisions of the ministry itself, without the splitting into specialised departments.

Administration Division

Handling all administrative and vigilance matters, allocation of work among various Divisions of the ministry and monitoring of compliance of furnishing information under the

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, matters relating to the

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, Gallantry Awards, Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards,

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and Secretariat Security Organisation.

Border Management Division

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 programme pilot project on Multi-purpose National Identity Card and Coastal Security.

Centre-State Division

The division deals with Centre-State relations, including working of the constitutional provisions governing such relations, 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

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

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and persons with disabilities, etc..

Disaster Management Division

Responsible for the response, relief and preparedness for natural calamities and man-made disasters (except

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and

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). The division is also responsible for legislation, policy, capacity building, prevention, mitigation and long-term rehabilitation.

Finance Division

The division is responsible for formulating, operating and controlling the budget of the ministry under the Integrated Finance Scheme.

Foreigners Division

The division deals with all matters relating to

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citizenship Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

overseas citizenship of India Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is a form of permanent residency available to people of Indian origin and their spouses which allows them to live and work in India indefinitely. Despite its name, OCI status is not citizenship and does not gr ...

, acceptance of foreign contribution and hospitality.

Freedom Fighters and Rehabilitation Division

The division frames and implements the Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme and the schemes for rehabilitation of migrants from former West Pakistan/East Pakistan and 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

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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and law and order, including anti-national and subversive activities of various groups/extremist organisations, policy and operational issues on terrorism, security clearances, monitoring of ISI activities and

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-level talks with

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on terrorism and drug trafficking as a part of the composite dialogue process. Recently launched cyber coordination centre (CYCORD) https://cycord.gov.in meant for providing assistance to LEAs in all the matter of cyber-crime, cyber-espionage and cyber-terrorism works under this division.

Internal Security Division-II

Division deals with arms and explosive; letters of request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; National Security Act, 1980 and representations thereunder; administration of

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; providing central assistance to victims of terrorist, communal and naxal violence; matters relating to breach of privilege of MPs, etc.

Judicial Division

Legislative aspects of the

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(IPC),

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(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, mercy petitions under Article 72 of the

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Left Wing Extremism Division.

Countering of left-wing Naxalite-Maoist extremism in India.

North East Division

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

Division functions as the cadre controlling authority in respect of

(IPS) and also deals with the award of Presidents' police Medals for Meritorious/ Distinguished service and Gallantry, etc.

Police Division-II

This Division deals with the policy, personnel, operational (including deployment) and financial matters relating to all the

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(CAPFs). It also deals with the matters relating to welfare of the serving and retired CAPF personnel and the deployments in UN peacekeeping missions.

Police Modernisation Division

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

Policy Planning Division

The division deals with matters relating to policy formulation in respect of internal security issues, international co-operation on counter-terrorism, international covenants, bilateral assistance treaties and related items of work.

Union Territories Division

The division deals with all legislative and constitutional matters relating to Union territories, including

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. It also functions as the cadre controlling authority of the

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- Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre of the

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(IAS), the

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(IFS/IFoS), and the

(IPS) as also

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(DANICS)/

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(DANIPS). Besides, it is responsible for overseeing the crime and law and order situation in UTs.

Agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs

Departments

Department of Internal Security

* Intelligence Bureau *

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* National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences *

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* National Civil Defence College * National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) *

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* North Eastern Police Academy * Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Census of India *

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Department of Official Language

* Central Translation Bureau * Central Hindi Training Institute * Directorate of Census Operations Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs deals with the UTs of Jammu,Kashmir & Ladakh, administration of the Armed Forces(J&K) Special Powers Act,1990 (21 of 1990) and all matters relating to the UTs of Jammu,Kashmir & Ladakh, including Counter-terrorism within Jammu and Kashmir and coordination in respect of subjects/matters specifically allotted to any other Ministry/Department like coordination with Ministry of Defence as regards manning and managing the line of control between India and Pakistan, but excluding those with which the Ministry of External Affairs is concerned. The Department also coordinates with various Ministries/Departments, primarily concerned with development and welfare activities in Jammu,Kashmir & Ladakh.

Department of Home

Department of States

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Bureaus

* Bureau of Immigration, India * Bureau of Police Research and Development, Libraries Network *

(NCB) *

(NCRB)

Autonomous Bodies, Boards & Corporations

* National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) * Repatriates Co-operative Finance and Development Bank Limited

Boards / Academies / Institutions (Grant in Aid)

* Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) for the New Pension System (NPS), NSDL *

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(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) * Officers Training Academy * Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA)

Regulatory Authorities

* National Disaster Management Authority NDMA 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

References

Amit Shah takes charge of Home Ministers of India 2019

External links

Official website

Official website

Directory of Important Web Links of MHA

Official MHA Press Releases
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Senior officials

Home Secretary and other senior officials

Central Armed Police Forces and domestic intelligence agency

Department of Home (State Ministers)

Organisation

Departments

Department of Border Management

Department of Internal Security

Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs

Department of Home

Department of Official Language

Department of States

Divisions

Administration Division

Border Management Division

Centre-State Division

Coordination Division

Disaster Management Division

Finance Division

Foreigners Division

Freedom Fighters and Rehabilitation Division

Human Rights Division

Internal Security Division-I

Internal Security Division-II

Judicial Division

Left Wing Extremism Division.

North East Division

Police Division-I

Police Division-II

Police Modernisation Division

Policy Planning Division

Union Territories Division

Agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs

Departments

Department of Internal Security

Department of Official Language

Department of Home

Department of States

Bureaus

Autonomous Bodies, Boards & Corporations

Boards / Academies / Institutions (Grant in Aid)

Regulatory Authorities

See also

References

External links