The Home Secretary (ISO: Gṛh Saciv) is the administrative head of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

This post is held by a senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India.

The current Home Secretary is Govind Mohan.

The official earmarked residence of the Union Home Secretary is 3, New Moti Bagh, New Delhi, a Type-VIII bungalow.

[1] As the Home Secretary is of the rank of Secretary to Government of India, his/her salary is equivalent[13] to Chief Secretaries of State Governments and to Vice Chief of Army Staff/Commanders, in the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Indian Armed Forces.