Minister For Home Affairs (India)
The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most offices in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance f India's ingternal security; the country's large police force comes under his ambit. Occasionally, he is assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.
Ever since the time of independent India's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the office has been seen as second in seniority only to the Prime Minister in the Union Cabinet. Like Patel,many senior leaders like P.V Narsimha rao and Sardar Buta Singh have been given this portfolio.Some Home Ministers have since held the additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister.
Since 31 July 2012, the Home Minister of India is Sushilkumar Shinde of the Indian National Congress party, taking over the reins from P. Chidambaram. Shinde is assisted by Ministers of State R P N Singh and Mullappally Ramachandran.
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