Ajay Kumar Bhalla is the current
Home Secretary of India
The Home Secretary ( IAST: ''Gṛha Saciva'' ''गृह सचिव'') is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This post is held by a very senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. The current Hom ...
. He assumed the office on 23 August 2019, succeeding
Rajiv Gauba
Rajiv Gauba (born 15 August 1959; IAST: ) is an Indian civil servant serving as the current Cabinet Secretary of India since 2019. He is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging 1982 batch of Jharkhand (erstwhile Bihar) cadre. P ...
. He is a senior
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officer of 1984 batch,
from Assam Meghalaya cadre. He received three one-year extensions in August 2020, 2021, and 2022.
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