गृह मंत्रालय | |
North Block, Central Secretariat |
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Formed | 15 August 1947 |
Jurisdiction | Republic of India |
Headquarters | Ministry of Home Affairs North Block, Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill New Delhi 28°36′50″N 17°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 17.20889°E |
Annual budget | ₹78,020 crore (US$12 billion) (2017-18 est.) |
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Deputy Ministers responsible | |
Website | www |
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) or Home Ministry is a ministry of the Government of India. An interior ministry, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs. Shri Rajnath Singh is the present Minister of Home Affairs.
The Home Ministry is also the cadre controlling Authority for the Indian Police Service(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 and DANICS and the All India Service Officers posted and working in the AGMUT Cadre.
The ministerial team at the MHA is headed by the Union Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs, who is supported by one Minister of State and civil servants assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.
The Home Secretary is the senior civil servant at the MHA. 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, including one officer from the Indian Police Service. The current Home Secretary is Rajiv Mehrishi.
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:
These are organisational divisions of the Ministry itself, without the splitting into specialised departments.