page_title: Joint secretary to the Government of India
section_title: Emolument, accommodation and perks
hierarchical_section_title: Joint secretary to the Government of India / Emolument, accommodation and perks
caption_attribution_description: English: Scans of Indian Official and Diplomatic Passports
context_page_description: Joint Secretary is a post under the Central Staffing Scheme and the third highest non-political executive rank in Government of India. The authority for creation of this post solely rests with Cabinet of India.
  Joint secretary is an ex-cadre post, that means anyone can occupy it, but the position holder is mostly a career civil servant and is a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank and post are either from All India Services or Central Civil Services. All promotions and appointments to this rank and post are directly made by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet of India.
  In the functioning of Government of India, a joint secretary is the administrative head of a wing in a department. Joint secretaries — on deputation — can hold senior positions at the United Nations, such as India's permanent representative to UNESCO, Conference on Disarmament.
  Joint secretaries in the Union Government is analogous to Major General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces and are listed as such in the Order of Precedence.
context_section_description: All joint secretaries to the Government of India are eligible for a diplomatic passport. They are allotted Type-V (D-II and D-I) and Type-VI (C-II) apartments in areas like New Moti Bagh across Delhi by Ministry of Urban Development's Directorate of Estates.
  The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent to Major General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.
caption: An Indian Diplomatic Passport and an Official Passport generally issued to Joint Secretary (GOI).
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