The senior-most Deputy Secretary The Minister-in-Charge The Additional Secretary, Senior Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary in charge The Cabinet Secretary
A Division can have two Secretaries A Secretary can head only one Ministry A Division must have its own exclusive Secretary The same person may be Secretary of more than one Division
Delegate Cabinet meetings to the Cabinet Secretary Appoint a Minister of State as Acting PM Designate a Minister as Deputy Prime Minister and assign him functions Appoint Special Assistants without limit
Section 23 of the PFM Act, 2019 Article 171 of the Constitution Regulation 5 of the FM&PAO Regulations, 2021 Clause (q) of section 2 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2019
