Secretaries to Government of India Ministry Wise List 2025

Explore the updated list of Secretaries to the Government of India across various ministries for the year 2025, detailing their designations and names in an organized format.

Secretaries to Government of India: The position of Secretary to the Government of India is filled by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. This individual acts as the administrative head of the Secretariat and serves as the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board, advising the minister of their respective department. Secretaries are responsible for providing assistance to ministers and updating cabinet members, the President, and the Vice President about significant departmental activities through a monthly summary.

Secretaries are a critical part of the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India. The creation of these positions is under the purview of the Union Council of Ministers. Below is the updated list of Secretaries to the Government of India.

List of Secretaries to Government of India 2025

The table below outlines the Secretaries for various ministries in India:

S.NOMinistryDesignationSecretary Name
1President's SecretariatSecretary to the PresidentKapil Dev Tripathi
2Vice President's SecretariatSecretary to the Vice PresidentI. V. Subba Rao
3Prime Minister's OfficePrincipal Secretary to the Prime MinisterDr. P.K. Mishra
Prime Minister's OfficeSpecial Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (Parliamentary Affairs)A.K Gupta
4Cabinet SecretariatCabinet SecretaryRajiv Gauba
Cabinet SecretariatSecretary (Coordination)Praveen K. Srivastava
Cabinet SecretariatSecretary (R&AW)Samant Goel
Cabinet SecretariatSecretary (Security)Sudhir Kumar Saxena
5Agriculture and Farmers WelfareSecretary (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)Sanjay Agrawal
6Agriculture and Farmers WelfareSecretary (Agricultural Research and Education)Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
7Atomic EnergySecretary (Atomic Energy) and chairperson of the Atomic Energy CommissionK. N. Vyas
8AYUSHSecretary (AYUSH)Rajesh Kotecha
9Chemicals and FertilizersSecretary (Chemicals and Petrochemicals)Yogendra Tripathi
10Chemicals and FertilizersSecretary (Fertilizers)Rajesh K. Chaturvedi
11Chemicals and FertilizersSecretary (Pharmaceuticals)Aparna Subramani
12Civil AviationSecretary (Civil Aviation)Rajiv Bansal
13CoalSecretary (Coal)Anil Kumar Jain
14Commerce and IndustrySecretary (Commerce)B. V. R. Subrahmanyam
15Commerce and IndustrySecretary (Industrial Policy and Promotion)Anurag Jain
16CommunicationsSecretary (Posts)Vineet Pandey
17CommunicationsSecretary to (Telecommunications) and chairperson, Telecoms CommissionK. Rajaraman
18Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionSecretary (Consumer Affairs)Rohit K. Singh
19Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionSecretary (Food and Public Distribution)Sudhanshu Pandey
20Co-operationSecretary (Co-operation)Devendra K. Singh
21Corporate AffairsSecretary (Corporate Affairs)Rajesh Verma
22CultureSecretary (Culture)Govind Mohan
23DefenseDefence SecretaryAjay Kumar
DefenseSecretary (Defense Production)Ajay Kumar
DefenseSecretary (Defense Research and Development) and chairperson, DRDODr. G. Satheesh Reddy
DefenseSecretary (Ex-Servicemen Welfare)B. Anand
DefenseSecretary (Department of Military Affairs) and Chief of Defence Staff-
Development of North Eastern RegionSecretary (Development of North Eastern Region)Lok Ranjan
24Earth SciencesSecretary (Earth Sciences) and chairman, Earth Sciences CommissionM. Ravichandran
25EducationSecretary (Higher Education)K. Sanjay Murthy
EducationSecretary (School Education and Literacy)Anita Karwal
25Electronics and Information TechnologySecretary (Electronics and Information Technology)Ajay P. Sawhney
26Environment, Forest and Climate ChangeSecretary (Environment, Forest and Climate Change)Leena Nandan
27External AffairsForeign SecretaryVinay Mohan Kwatra
External AffairsSecretary (East)Saurabh Kumar
External AffairsSecretary (West)Sanjay Verma
External AffairsSecretary (CPV & OIA)Ausaf Sayeed
External AffairsSecretary (Economic Relations)Dammu Ravi
28FinanceFinance Secretary & Secretary (Expenditure)T. V. Somanathan
FinanceSecretary (Economic Affairs)Ajay Seth
FinanceSecretary (Public Enterprises)Ali Raza Rizvi
FinanceRevenue SecretaryTarun Bajaj
FinanceSecretary (Investment and Public Asset Management)Tuhin Kanti Pandey
FinanceSecretary (Financial Services)Debashish Panda
29Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and DairyingSecretary (Animal Husbandry and Dairying)Atul Chaturvedi
30Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and DairyingSecretary (Fisheries)Jatindra N. Swain
31Food Processing IndustriesSecretary (Food Processing Industries)Pushpa Subrahmanyam
32Health and Family WelfareSecretary to (Health and Family Welfare)Rajesh Bhushan
Health and Family WelfareSecretary (Health Research)Balram Bhargava
33Heavy IndustriesSecretary (Heavy Industry)Arun Goel
34Home AffairsHome SecretaryAjay Kumar Bhalla
Home AffairsSecretary (Official Language)Ansuli Arya
Home AffairsSecretary (Border Management)Dharmendra S. Gangwar
Home AffairsSecretary (Inter-State Council Secretariat)Anuradha Prasad
35Housing and Urban AffairsSecretary (Housing and Urban Affairs)Manoj Joshi
36Information and BroadcastingSecretary (Information and Broadcasting)Apurva Chandra
37Jal ShaktiSecretary (Drinking Water and Sanitation)Vini Mahajan
Jal ShaktiSecretary (Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation)Pankaj Kumar
38Labour and EmploymentSecretary (Labour and Employment)Sunil Barthwal
39Law and JusticeSecretary (Justice)Barun Mitra
Law and JusticeSecretary (Legal Affairs)Anoop Kumar Mendiratta
Law and JusticeSecretary (Legislative)Reeta Vasistha
40Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesSecretary (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)Bidyut B. Swain
41MinesSecretary (Mines)Alok Tandon
42Minority AffairsSecretary (Minority Affairs)Renuka Kumar
43New and Renewable EnergySecretary (New and Renewable Energy)Indu Sekhar Chaturvedi
44Panchayati RajSecretary (Panchayati Raj)Sunil Kumar
45Parliamentary AffairsSecretary (Parliamentary Affairs)Gyanesh Kumar
46Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsSecretary (Personnel and Training)Pradeep K. Tripathi
47Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsSecretary (Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances)V. Srinivas
48Petroleum and Natural GasSecretary (Petroleum and Natural Gas)M.M KUTTY
49PlanningSecretary (Planning)-
50Ports, Shipping and WaterwaysSecretary (Ports, Shipping and Waterways)Sanjeev Ranjan
51PowerSecretary (Power)Alok Kumar
52Ministry of Railway (Railway Board)Secretary (ex-officio)Vinay Kumar Tripathi
53Road Transport and HighwaysSecretary (Road Transport and Highways)Aramane Giridhar
54Rural DevelopmentSecretary (Land Resources)Ajay Tirkey
Rural DevelopmentSecretary (Rural Development)Nagendra Nath Sinha
55Science and TechnologySecretary (Biotechnology)Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale
Science and TechnologySecretary (Science and Technology)Dr. Sribhari Chandrasekhar
Science and TechnologySecretary (Scientific and Industrial Research)Dr. Sekhar C. Mande
56Skill Development and EntrepreneurshipSecretary (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship)Rajesh Aggarwal
57Social Justice and EmpowermentSecretary (Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities)Anjali Bhara
58Secretary (Social Justice and Empowerment)R. Subramanyam
59Statistics and Programme ImplementationSecretary (Statistics and Programme Implementation)G. P. Samanta
60SpaceSecretary (Space) and chairperson of ISRODr. K. Sivan
61SteelSecretary (Steel)Sanjay K. Singh
62TextilesSecretary (Textiles)Upendra P. Singh
63TourismSecretary (Tourism)Arvind Singh
64Tribal AffairsSecretary (Tribal Affairs)Anil Kumar Jha
65Women and Child DevelopmentSecretary (Women and Child Development)Indeevar Pandey
66Youth Affairs and SportsSecretary (Sports)Sujata Chaturvedi
67Youth Affairs and SportsSecretary (Youth Affairs)Usha Sharma
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Cabinet Secretaries to Government of India List From 1950 To 2025

The table below presents the list of Cabinet Secretaries to the Government of India.

Cabinet Secretaries' NamesOffice FromTo
Shri. N.R.Pillai06/02/195013/05/1953
Shri. Y.N.Sukthankar14/05/195331/07/1957
Shri. M.K.Vellodi01/08/195704/06/1958
Shri. Vishnu Sahay01/07/195810/11/1960
Shri. B.N.Jha10/11/196008/03/1961
Shri. Vishnu Sahay09/03/196115/04/1962
Shri. S.S.Khera15/04/196218/11/1964
Shri. Dharam Vira18/11/196427/06/1966
Shri. D.S.Joshi27/06/196631/12/1968
Shri. B.Sivaraman01/01/196930/11/1970
Shri. T.Swaminathan01/12/197002/11/1972
Shri. B.D.Pande02/11/197231/03/1977
Shri. N.K.Mukarji31/03/197731/03/1980
Shri. S.S.Grewal02/04/198030/04/1981
Shri. C.R.Krishnaswamy Rao30/04/198108/02/1985
Shri. P.K.Kaul08/02/198522/08/1986
Shri. B.G.Deshmukh23/08/198627/03/1989
Shri. T.N.Seshan27/03/198923/12/1989
Shri. V.C.Pande23/12/198911/12/1990
Shri. Naresh Chandra11/12/199031/07/1992
Shri. S.Rajgopal01/08/199231/07/1993
Shri. Zafar Saifullah31/07/199331/07/1994
Shri. Surendra Singh01/08/199431/07/1996
Shri. T.S.R.Subramanian01/08/199631/03/1998
Shri. Prabhat Kumar01/04/199831/10/2000
Shri. T.R. Prasad01/11/200031/10/2002
Shri. Kamal Pande01/11/200214/06/2004
Shri. B. K. Chaturvedi14/06/200413/06/2007
Shri. K. M. Chandrasekhar14/06/200713/06/2011
Shri. Ajit Kumar Seth14/06/201113/06/2015
Shri. Pradeep Kumar Sinha13/06/201530/08/2019
Shri. Rajiv Gauba30/08/2019Till date
Cabinet Secretaries to Government of India List From 1950 To 2025

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