. . . . . . . . "Emblem_of_India.svg"@en . . . . . . . . "42174038"^^ . . . . . . . . "1102774104"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "26"^^ . . "Union Joint Secretary"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joint secretary to the Government of India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joint Secretary to Government of India (often abbreviated as JS, GoI or Union Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary to Union of India) 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."@en . . . . "33311"^^ . . . . . . ""@en . . . "Flag of India.svg"@en . "- monthly"@en . . . "75"^^ . . . . "110"^^ . . "Joint Secretary to Government of India (often abbreviated as JS, GoI or Union Joint Secretary or Joint Secretary to Union of India) 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 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 (on deputation; on tenure, after empanelment) or Central Civil Services (Group A; on empanelment). 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 \u2014 on deputation \u2014 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. In the Department of Military Affairs of Ministry of Defence, an officer from all the three armed forces of the rank of Major General and equivalent is currently designated as Joint Secretary (Army/Navy/AirForce). The Special Protection Group is sometimes headed by Inspector General rank, who is designated as Joint Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat. A Principal Secretary in a state government can be deputed/posted as Joint Secretary in the center and a person in this rank can also hold the position of the Chief Secretary/Administrator of a Union Territory. Joint secretaries (GOI) rank 26th on Order of Precedence of India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Emblem of India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .