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Designation	Name	Pay Scale	Telephone
Adviser to PM	Shri TKA Nair	MOS Rank	23014844

National Security Adviser	Shri Shivshankar Menon	MOS Rank	23019227

Principal Secretary to PM	Shri Pulok Chatterji	Rs. 90000	23013040

Secretary to PM	Shri R. Ramanujam	Rs. 80000	23010838

Special Envoy to PM	Shri Rakesh Sood	Rs. 80000	23018876

Communications Adviser to PM	Shri Pankaj Pachauri	Rs. 67000- 79000	23016920

Addl. Secretary to PM	Shri Shatrughna Singh	Rs. 67000- 79000	23017676

Joint Secretary to PM	Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam	Rs. 37400- 67000 Grade Pay- 10000	23013024
	Shri Jawed Ashraf		23016308
	Smt. Anu Garg		23793308

Private Secretary to PM	Shri Vikram Misri	Rs. 37400- 67000 Grade Pay- 10000	23012312

OSD to PM	Shri K Muthu Kumar	Rs. 37400- 67000 Grade Pay- 10000	23012815

Director	Shri Munu Mahawar	Rs. 37400- 67000 Grade Pay- 8700	23010849
	Shri Arindam Bagchi		23793404
	Shri Rajeev Topno		23014547
	Dr. Sharmila M Joseph K		23018485
	Shri Krishan Kumar		23017442
	Shri Shakil P. Ahammed		23012613
	Shri Binoy Job		23014208
	Shri Gourangalal Das		23013586
	Shri V. Sheshadri		23013485
	Shri Santosh D. Vaidya		23017367

Deputy Secretary (Parl.)	Shri Mehar Chand Jhamb	Rs. 15600- 39100 Grade Pay- 7600	23017530

Deputy Secretary	Shri Syed Ekram Rizwi	Rs. 15600- 39100 Grade Pay- 7600	23074072

Joint Director (OL)	Shri B P Roy	Rs. 15600- 39100 Grade Pay- 7600	23015236

Under Secretary (Funds)	Shri P K Bali	Rs. 15600- 39100 Grade Pay- 6600	23013683

Under Secretary (Public)	Shri K Salil Kumar	Rs. 15600- 39100 Grade Pay- 6600	23386447

Under Secretary (Admn.)	Ms. R Mythili	Rs. 15600- 39100 Grade Pay- 6600	23018130

Fax Numbers : (011) - 23016857, 23019545

Duties

Secretary/AS/JS	Ministries/Departments/Subjects	States	Assisted by
R Ramanujam, Secretary to PM	Cabinet Secretariat and ACC, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Anti-Corruption Unit, Law and Justice, Thrust Areas of Government, NAC, Delivery Monitoring Unit, Computerisation of PMO		Rajeev Topno, Director
Shatrughna Singh, Addl. Secy.	Home Affairs, DoNER	J&K, UTs, NE States	Krishan Kumar, Director
	Power, Mines, Coal, MNRE, Steel, Environment & Forests, PM's Council on Climate Change, PM Funds (incl. PM's Discretionary Fund), Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, PMO Public Wing	Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh	Santosh D. Vaidya, Director
	Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Textiles, Parliamentary Affairs	Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand	V. Sheshadri, Director
	Science and Technology, Earth Sciences		Gourangalal Das, Director
	Parliament Work		M C Jhamb, Deputy Secretary
	RTI Matters		Appellate Authority Krishan Kumar, Director/ Syed Ekram Rizwi, Deputy Secretary, CPIO
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, JS(B)	Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Commerce & Industry, MSME, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Planning Commission, Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, Statistics & Programme Implementation, Communications & IT, Monitoring of announcements by PM	Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra	V. Sheshadri, Director
	Finance, Trade & Economic Relations Committee, Infrastructure Committee, PM's Economic Advisory Council, Corporate Affairs	Haryana, Uttar Pradesh	Sharmila Joseph Mary, Director
	Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Railways, Civil Aviation	Punjab	Krishan Kumar, Director
Jawed Ashraf, JS(J)	External Affairs		Arindam Bagchi, Director Munu Mahawar, Director Gourangalal Das, Director
	Space, Atomic Energy		Arindam Bagchi, Director
	Defence, Overseas Indian Affairs		Munu Mahawar, Director
	NSCS, NTRO		Gourangalal Das, Director
Anu Garg, JS(G)	Women & Child Development, Tourism, Culture, PM's National Council on Nutrition, Social Justice & Empowerment, Tribal Affairs, Minority Affairs, Youth Affairs & Sports, Information and Broadcasting	Kerala, Odisha, Chattisgarh, West Bengal	Sharmila Joseph Mary, Director
	Chemicals & Fertilizers, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Food Processing Industries, Water Resources, Labour & Employment, PM's Council on Skill Development		Krishan Kumar, Director
	Health & Family Welfare, Human Resource Development	Tamil Nadu	V. Sheshadri, Director
	Administration		Santosh D. Vaidya, Director
	PMO Security		K. L. Dhingra, OSD(D)

- The work relating to PMO website/press releases will be handled by Shri K Muthu Kumar, OSD who will report to Communications Adviser.

- Dir(G) will also be Staff Officer to National Security Adviser.

- The work relating to PM's Messages will be handled by Shri Binoy Job, Dir(B) who will report to Communications Adviser.

- Sectoral Officers : E&S.I - Dir(V); E&S.II - Dir(S); and Political Section - Dir(T).

(Updated as on 09.05.2014)

Right to Information Act

Appeals- For the convenience of web browsers, the Prime Minister’s Office has dedicated a separate e-mail address for RTI appeals- rti.appeal@gov.in. You are requested to send your RTI appeals to this e-mail address.

Prevent Delay- The Prime Minister’s Office has been receiving applications seeking information on various subjects, most of them being dealt with by the Ministries and Departments, and such applications, as per the RTI act, are being duly forwarded to the concerned public authority.

The RTI Act, 2005 provides that if any information sought by any person is held by or is primarily the function of another public authority such applications will be transferred to that other public authority.

It is requested that the applications for information on specific subjects pertaining to Ministries or Departments may be sent directly to the Public Information Officer of the concerned public authority so that the requests can be timely attended to.

Fee- Applications seeking information under the RTI Act, 2005 shall be accompanied by a fee of Rs. 10.00 in either of the following modes-

(a) In cash deposited with the Cashier, PMO in person;

(b) Demand Draft / Bankers’ Cheque for Rs 10/- (the application fee.) The draft may be drawn in favour of the “Section Officer, Prime Minister’s Office” payable at New Delhi.

(c) Postal Order drawn in favour of “Section Officer, Prime Minister’s Office”.

OR

With a valid proof of applicant being exempt from making payment of the fess as he/she belongs to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.

The Prime Minister of India is the Head of the Union (Federal) Government, as distinct from the President of India, who is the Head of State. Since India has adopted the Westminster model of constitutional democracy, it is the Prime Minister who oversees the day-to-day functioning of the Union (Federal) Government of India.

The Prime Minister is assisted in this task by his Council of Ministers, comprising Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State with Independent Charge, Ministers of State who work with Cabinet Ministers, and Deputy Ministers.

Prime Minister's Office

The President of India appoints the leader of the party or alliance that enjoys majority support in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) as Prime Minister. In case no single party or alliance has a majority, the leader of the largest single party or alliance is appointed Prime Minister, but he/she has to subsequently secure a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. The Union Council of Ministers is appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister can be a member of either the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) or the Lok Sabha. As Prime Minister, he is the Leader of the House to which he belongs. The Prime Minister is also the Chairman of the Planning Commission of India.

As head of the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister oversees the work of all the Ministries. He presides over Cabinet meetings, which are normally held in the Cabinet Room of the Prime Minister's Office. The Union Cabinet functions on the principle of "collective responsibility".

The Prime Minister's Office, popularly known as the 'PMO', is located at

South Block, Raisina Hill,
New Delhi.
India-110011.
Telephone: 91-11-23012312.
Fax: 91-11-23019545 / 91-11-23016857.

The South Block is one of the two secretariat blocks (the other is known as North Block) that flank Rashtrapati Bhavan - the residence of the President of India.

The PMO provides secretarial assistance to the Prime Minister. It is headed by the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister. The PMO includes the anti-corruption unit and the public wing dealing with grievances.

The subject-matter of files required to be submitted to the Prime Minister depends on whether he is holding direct charge of the Ministry or whether there is a Cabinet Minister or Minister of State (Independent Charge) in charge of the Ministry.

In the case of the latter, most matters are dealt with by the Cabinet Minister / Minister of State-in-charge. Only important policy issues, which the Minister concerned feels should be submitted to the Prime Minister for orders or information, are received in the PMO.

In cases where the Prime Minister is the Minister-in-charge, all matters requiring Ministerial approval not delegated to the Minister of State / Deputy Minister, if any, are submitted for orders. The Prime Minister has traditionally been the Minister-in-charge of the Departments of Space, Atomic Energy, and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

Since the Prime Minister is Chairman of the Planning Commission, relevant files are forwarded to the PMO for his comments and clearance.

Some of the important matters that require the Prime Minister's personal attention include the following:

(a) Important defence-related issues;

(b) Decorations, both civilian and defence, where Presidential approval is required;

(c) All important policy issues;

(d) Proposals for appointment of Indian Heads of Missions abroad and requests for grant of agreement for foreign Heads of Missions posted to India;

(e) All important decisions relating to the Cabinet Secretariat;

(f) Appointments to State Administrative Tribunals and the Central Administrative Tribunal, UPSC, Election Commission, Appointment of members of statutory/constitutional Committees, Commissions attached to various Ministries;

(g) All policy matters relating to the administration of the Civil Services and administrative reforms;

(h) Special Packages announced by the Prime Minister for States are monitored in the PMO and periodical reports submitted to Prime Minister; and

(i) All judicial appointments for which Presidential approval is required.

Parliament Questions

Parliament Questions relating to the Ministries and Departments of which Prime Minister is the Minister-in-charge are answered by a MOS nominated for the purpose or by Prime Minister himself.

PM's Funds

The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and the National Defence Fund (NDF) are operated directly from the PMO.