Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
The Ministry of Home Affairs or Home Ministry is a ministry of the Government of India. As the interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
The Home Ministry is also the cadre controlling authority for the Indian Police Service, 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 is generally a senior Indian Administrative Service officer. MHA headquarters in addition to post of Home Secretary has, on account of up-gradations since 2008, four more officers with the equivalent rank of secretary/special secretary, including one officer from the Indian Police Service.The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
| Name | Designation |
| Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS | Home Secretary |
| Rina Mitra, IPS | Special Secretary |
| Bipin Bihari Mallick, IAS | Additional Secretary |
| B.R. Sharma, IAS | Additional Secretary |
| Ravindra Panwa, IAS | Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser |
| Jaideep Govind, IAS | Additional Secretary |
| Praveen Kumar Srivastava, IAS | Additional Secretary |
| V.K. Choubey, ICAS | Principal Chief Controller of Accounts |
| Satpal Chouhan, IES | Senior Economic Adviser |
Central Armed Police Forces and domestic intelligence agency
Chiefs of CAPFs, NIA and IB report directly to the Home Minister. DGs of CAPF may also report to Special Secretary and Special Secretary/Additional Secretary.| Designation | |
| Arvind Kumar, IPS | Director of the Intelligence Bureau |
| Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, IPS | Director General, Central Reserve Police Force |
| Mr. V K Jauhary, IPS | Director General, Border Security Force |
| Rajesh Ranjan, IPS | Director General, Central Industrial Security Force |
| S. S. Deswal, IPS | Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal |
| R.K. Pachnanda, IPS | Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police |
| Sudeep Lakhtakia, IPS | Director General, National Security Guard |
| Y.C. Modi, IPS | Director General, National Investigation Agency |
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 police, law and order and rehabilitation.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 President and Vice-President, notification of appointment of the Prime Minister 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 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 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
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 etc.Coordination Division
Intra-Ministry coordination work, parliamentary matters, public grievances, 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
Responsible for the response, relief and preparedness for natural calamities and man-made disasters. 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 visa, immigration, citizenship, overseas citizenship of India, 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
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 Home Secretary-level talks with Pakistan on terrorism and drug trafficking as a part of the composite dialogue process.Recently launched cyber coordination centre https://cycord.gov.in meant for providing assistance to LEAs in all the matter of cyber crime, cyber expionage and cyber terrorism works under this division.