Correct Answer - Option 1 : the Cabinet Secretary
The correct answer is Cabinet Secretary.
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The Cabinet Secretary is also the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board.
- The Cabinet Secretary is also the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board. He is also the administrative head of the secretariat.
- The Cabinet Secretariat is under the direct charge of the Prime Minister.
- During the British raj, Warren Hastings laid the foundation of civil service and Charles Cornwallis reformed, modernised, and rationalised it.
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Charles Cornwallis is known as 'the Father of civil service in India'.
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel referred to civil servants as the 'steel frame of India'.
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Anna Rajam Malhotra was the first Indian Administrative Services Officer.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who also appoints other ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister.
- The Council is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
- The Home Ministry is headed by the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah. It is a ministry under the government of India.
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Rajnath Singh is the Defence minister of India.
- The Ministry of Defence is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian armed forces.
