Ministry of Home Affairs

In India
July 14, 2015

The Home Ministry is headed by Union Minister of Home Affairs (or Home Minister), Shri Rajnath Singh is the present Union Home Minister.

Senior officials in Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministerial Team

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.

Home Secretary and other senior officials

The Ministers are supported by a number of civilian, scientific and professional advisors. The Home Secretary is the senior civil servant at the MHA. His/Her role is to ensure the MHA operates effectively as a department of the government.

Home Secretary — LC Goyal
Director of Intelligence Bureau — Mr. Dineshwar Sharma [3]
Director of CBI — Anil Kumar Sinha

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 Affairs: Department of Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) Affairs, dealing with the constitutional provisions in respect of the State of Jammu & Kashmir and all other matters relating to the State 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