DoP&T O.M. No. 8/3/92-CS (l) Dated 14th January, 1994
Subject: |
Personal Staff of Ministers/Deputy Ministers/ Parliamentary Secretaries – Entitlement and related matters - consolidated instructions - regarding |
The undersigned is directed to say that instructions have been issued by this Department from time to time indicating the scale of personal staff admissible to Ministers/Deputy Ministers/Parliamentary Secretaries in the Union Council of Ministers and related matters. For facility of reference, the orders issued on the subject have been updated and consolidated in this O.M.
2. The expression "single Ministry or independent Department" used hereinafter would mean any single Ministry or a separate Department, as mentioned in the First Schedule to the Govt. of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 as amended from time to time. This would not include different Departments of a single Ministry, like, Department of Expenditure, Department of Economic Affairs, etc., of the Ministry of Finance, but would include separate independent Departments such as the Department of Space, Department of Electronics, etc.
The scale of personal staff normally admissible to the Ministers/Deputy Ministers/ Parliamentary Secretaries when they hold charge of a single Ministry or a single independent Department is as follows:-
Cabinet Minister
Category of Staff |
No. of posts |
Scale of pay (as revised w.e.f. 1.1.86) |
Remarks |
Private Secretary |
I |
(Rs. 3700-5000)/ Rs. 4500-5700) |
|
Addl. Private Secretary |
2 |
(Rs. 3000-4500) |
|
Asstt. Private Secretary |
2 |
(Rs. 2000-3500) |
Included in Grade 'A&B' (Merged) of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS). |
First PA. |
1 |
(Rs. 2000-3500) |
-do- |
Second P.A. |
1 |
(Rs. 1640-2900) |
Included in Grade 'C' of the CSSS. |
Hindi Stenographer |
1 |
(Rs. 1400-2600) |
Not included in CSSS (if required by the Minister) |
Clerk |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
Included in L.D. Grade of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS). |
Driver |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
|
Jamadar |
I |
(Rs. 775-1025) |
|
Peon |
4 |
(Rs. 750-940) |
|
Total |
15 |
Minister of State
Category of Staff |
No. of posts |
Scale of pay (as revised w.e.f. 1.1.86) |
Remarks |
Private Secretary |
I |
(Rs. 3700-5000)/ Rs. 4500-5700) |
|
Addl. Private Secretary |
1 |
(Rs. 3000-4500) |
|
Asstt. Private Secretary |
1 |
(Rs. 2000-3500) |
Included in Grade 'A&B' (Merged) of the CSSS. A MOS holding independent charge of a Ministry/ Department may be given one extra Asstt. P.S., if required. |
First PA. |
1 |
(Rs. 2000-3500) |
Included in Grade 'A&B' (Merged) of the CSSS. |
Second P.A. |
2 |
(Rs. 1640-2900) |
Included in Grade 'C' of the CSSS. |
Hindi Stenographer |
1 |
(Rs. 1400-2600) |
Not included in CSSS (if required by the Minister) |
Clerk |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
Included in L.D. Grade of the CSCS. |
Driver |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
|
Jamadar |
I |
(Rs. 775-1025) |
|
Peon |
3 |
(Rs. 750-940) |
|
Total |
13 |
Deputy Minister
Category of Staff |
No. of posts |
Scale of pay (as revised w.e.f. 1.1.86) |
Remarks |
Private Secretary |
1 |
(Rs. 3700-5000)/ Rs. 4500-5700) |
|
First PA. |
1 |
(Rs. 2000-3500) |
Included in Grade 'A&B' (Merged) of the CSSS. |
Second P.A. |
1 |
(Rs. 1640-2900) |
Included in Grade 'C' of the CSSS. |
Clerk |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
Included in L.D. Grade of the CSCS. |
Driver |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
|
Jamadar |
1 |
(Rs. 775-1025) |
|
Peon |
1 |
(Rs. 750-940) |
|
Total |
7 |
Parliamentary Secretary
Category of Staff |
No. of posts |
Scale of pay (as revised w.e.f. 1.1.86) |
Remarks |
Private Secretary |
1 |
(Rs. 3700-5000)/ Rs. 4500-5700) |
|
First PA. |
1 |
(Rs. 2000-3500) |
Included in Grade 'A&B' (Merged) of the CSSS. |
Second P.A. |
1 |
(Rs. 1640-2900) |
Included in Grade 'C' of the CSSS. |
Driver |
1 |
(Rs. 950-1500) |
|
Peon |
1 |
(Rs. 750-940) |
|
Total |
5 |