National Security Advisor (India)

The National Security Advisor (NSA; ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Salahkar) is the senior official on the National Security Council of India, and the chief adviser to the Prime Minister of India on national security policy and international affairs. Ajit Doval is the current NSA, and has the same rank as a Union Cabinet Minister.

National Security Advisor of India
Incumbent
Ajit Doval, IPS
National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)
AbbreviationNSA
Member ofDefence Planning Committee(Chairperson)
Strategic Policy Group(Chairperson)
National Security Council
SeatSecretariat Building, New Delhi, India
AppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
Inaugural holderBrajesh Mishra, IFS
FormationNovember 1999 (1999-11)
DeputyD Padsalgikar, IPS
Pankaj Saran, IFS
Rajinder Khanna, RAS
Lt. Gen. V.G. Khandare
Salary₹162,500 (US$2,300) (monthly)
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The post has high vested powers, so the NSA is a highly prominent and powerful office in the Government of India. All NSAs appointed since the inception of the post in 1998 belong to the either Indian Foreign Service or to the Indian Police Service, and serve at the discretion of the Prime Minister of India.

The National Security Advisor (NSA) is tasked with regularly advising the Prime Minister of India on all matters relating to internal and external threats and opportunities to India, and oversees strategic and sensitive issues on behalf of the Prime Minister. The NSA of India also serves as the Prime Minister's Special Interlocutor with China as well as the envoy to Pakistan and Israel on security affairs.

The NSA receives all intelligence (RAW, IB, NTRO, MI, DIA, NIA) reports and co-ordinates them to present before the Prime Minister. NSA is assisted by the Deputy National Security Advisors, Deputy NSAs. Retired Indian Police Service officer Dattatray Padsalgikar, Retired former R&AW chief Rajinder Khanna and Retired Indian Foreign Service officer Pankaj Saran[1] currently serve as Deputy National Security Advisors.[2][3][4] The policy group is the main mechanism for inter-ministerial coordination and integration of inputs in forming national security policies. The group members include the NITI Aayog vice chairman, the cabinet secretary, the three military chiefs, the Reserve Bank of India governor, the foreign secretary, home secretary, finance secretary and the defense secretary.[5]

Brajesh Mishra was appointed the first National Security Advisor of India. The post was created on 19 November 1998 by the Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and has become increasingly influential and powerful over the years with the rise of India on the world stage.

In June, 2019 NSA Ajit Doval was elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister with a second 5 year term.[6]

List of National Security Advisors
No Name Portrait Term of office Background Prime Minister
1 Brajesh Mishra[lower-alpha 1], IFS 19 November 1998 22 May 2004 Permanent Representative of India to UN

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India

 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2 J. N. Dixit, IFS 23 May 2004 3 January 2005 Foreign Secretary Manmohan Singh
3 M. K. Narayanan, IPS 3 January 2005 23 January 2010 Director, Intelligence Bureau
4 Shivshankar Menon,[7] IFS 24 January 2010 28 May 2014 Foreign Secretary
5 Ajit Doval, IPS 30 May 2014 present Director, Intelligence Bureau Narendra Modi

See also

Notes
  1. Concurrently served as the 9th Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.

References
  1. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179609
  2. "Ex-RAW chief Rajinder Khanna appointed Deputy National Security Advisor". Deccan Chronicle. New Delhi. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. "Former RAW chief Rajinder Khanna appointed deputy NSA". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. "Former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna Appointed Deputy National Security Advisor". NDTV. New Delhi. January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. With New Order, NSA Ajit Doval To Be Most Powerful Bureaucrat In 20 Years
  6. Roche, Elizabeth (2019-06-03). "Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term". Livemint. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  7. "Menon is next NSA". The Hindu. 21 January 2010.
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