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The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (IAST: Pradhānamantrī

Kāryālaya) consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister
of India, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the
Prime Minister. The PMO is headed by the Principal Secretary,
currently Pramod Kumar Misra. The PMO was originally called
the Prime Minister's Secretariat until 1977, when it was
renamed during the Morarji Desai ministry.

It is part of the Government of India located in the South Block of

the Secretariat Building.

Contents

● 1
 ● History
●
● 2
● Function
○ 2.1
○ Parliament Questions
○
○ 2.2
○ PM's Funds
○
● 3
● The Office
●
● 4
● Important officers in the PMO
●
● 5
● Organisation
○ 5.1
○ Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
○
○ 5.2
○ Department of Space
○
○ 5.3
○ Project Monitoring Group
○
● 6
● Notes
●
● 7
● References
●
● 8
● External links
●

History[edit]
During the tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister, the
then Prime Minister's Secretariat was headed by a Joint
Secretary until his death.[2] The post of Principal Secretary to
Prime Minister was created during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as
Prime Minister.[2] The Principal Secretary to PM is the head of
the Prime Minister's Office.

Function[edit]
The PMO provides secretarial assistance to the Prime Minister. It
is headed by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. The
PMO includes the anti-corruption unit and the public wing dealing
with grievances. The office houses the Prime Minister and few
selected officers of Indian Civil Service who work with him to
manage and coordinate government and his office. The Prime
Minister through his office coordinates with all ministers in the
central union cabinet, minister of independent charges and
governors and ministers of state government. The PMO is
located at the South Block of the Secretariat Building.

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 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
and the Departments of Space and Atomic Energy.
Some of the important matters that require the Prime Minister's
personal attention include the following:

1. Important defence-related issues;

2. Decorations, both civilian and defence, where
Presidential approval is required;
3. All important policy issues;
4. Proposals for appointment of Indian Heads of
Missions abroad and requests for grant of
agreement for foreign Heads of Missions posted to
India;
5. All important decisions relating to the Cabinet
Secretariat;
6. 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;
7. All policy matters relating to the administration of
the Indian Administrative Service and other Civil
Services and administrative reforms;
8. Special Packages announced by the Prime
Minister for States are monitored in the PMO and
periodical reports submitted to Prime Minister; and

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

PM's Funds[edit]
The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and the
National Defence Fund (NDF) are operated directly from the
PMO. The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund was established
in January 1948 as Trust, by then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal
Nehru, with public contributions to assist displaced persons from
Pakistan, due to partition of India. In the year 2013-2014, the
Fund received donations worth ₹377.04 crore (equivalent to ₹512
crore or US$68 million in 2020).[3]

The Office[edit]
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) located in South Block,
overlooking the grandeur of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Though in the
1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, used Prime
Minister's Residence (PMR) spread over a 10-acre complex as
office.[4] It is sandwiched between the cabinet secretariat on one
side and the ministries of external affairs and defence on the
other. The 20-room PMO is equipped to provide both
infrastructural and manpower support to the nation's chief
executive. Hi-tech accessories and sophisticated communication
devices were installed to monitor domestic and international
developments.[citation needed]

Important officers in the PMO[edit]

Organisation[edit]

Agencies under the Prime Minister of India.

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) [edit]

Main article: Department of Atomic Energy

● Regulatory Boards
 ○ Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB),
Mumbai, Maharashtra
○ Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Mumbai,
Maharashtra
○ Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology
(BRIT), Mumbai, Maharashtra
● Public Sector
○ Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL),
Hyderabad
○ Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL), Mumbai
○ Nuclear Power Corporation of India
(NPCIL), Mumbai, Maharashtra
○ Uranium Corporation of India, Singhbhum
● Research & Development Sector
○ Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
Mumbai; the following research institutions
are affiliated to BARC:
■ Atomic Minerals Directorate for
Exploration and Research (AMD),
Hyderabad
■ Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam,
Tamil Nadu
■ Raja Ramanna Centre for
Advanced Technology, Indore
■ Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
(VECC), Calcutta
● Aided Sector
○ Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES),
Mumbai
○ Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai
○ Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Hyderabad
○ Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai
○ Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences,
Mumbai
○ Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP),
Kolkata
○ Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
 ○ Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI),
Allahabad
○ Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc or
Matscienc
○ Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
○ National Institute of Science Education and
Research, Bhubaneswar
● Industries and Mining Sector
○ Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad
○ Heavy Water Board (HWB), Hyderabad

Department of Space[edit]
Main article: Department of Space

The Department of Space manages the following agencies and

institutes:[16]

● Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – The

primary research and development arm of the DoS.
○ Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),
Thiruvananthapuram.
○ Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC),
Thiruvananthapuram.
○ Satish Dhawan Space Centre
(SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota.
○ ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore.
○ Space Applications Centre (SAC),
Ahmedabad.
○ National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC),
Hyderabad.
○ ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU),
Thiruvananthapuram.
○ Development and Educational
Communication Unit (DECU), Ahmedabad.
○ Master Control Facility (MCF), Hassan.
○ ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command
Network (ISTRAC), Bangalore.
○ Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems
(LEOS), Bangalore.
 ○ Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS),
Dehradun.
● Antrix Corporation – The marketing arm of ISRO.
● Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad.
● National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL),
Gadanki.
● North-Eastern Space Applications Centre [17]
(NE-SAC), Umiam.
● Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali.
● Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
(IIST), Thiruvananthapuram – India's space university

Project Monitoring Group[edit]

Main article: Performance Management Division

In June 2013, a cell within the Cabinet Secretariat called the

Project Monitoring Group was created to track stalled investment
projects, both in the public and private sectors and to remove the
implementation bottlenecks in these projects on a fast-track
basis.[18] An online portal open to the public was created where
projects worth over ₹1,000 crore (US$130 million) were to be
tracked.[18]

The Project Monitoring Group was moved to the Prime Minister's

Office in 2014.[19][20]

Notes[edit]
● ^ Budgets of child agencies like Department of Atomic Energy
(DAE), Department of Space (DoS), Performance Management
Division (PMD) and National Security Council are not included.

References[edit]
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● ^
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September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
● ^ "List of Officers (PMO)". Prime Minister of India. 11 September
2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
● ^ "List of Officers" (PDF). PMO. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
● ^ "Nripendra Mishra - Executive Record Sheet". Department of
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● ^ "Floods as glacier breaks off in Uttarakhand, 16 labourers
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● ^ "Dr. Pramod Kumar Misra - Executive Record Sheet".
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● ^ "Details of monthly remuneration of officers and staffs of PMO (in
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● ^ PTI (20 July 2014). "Sanjeev Kumar Singla appointed as PM's
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● "Prime Minister sets up a Project Monitoring Group to Track
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● ^ Makkar, Sahil (28 December 2014). "Monitoring group under
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