What are the powers and authorities of the home ministry in India?
The Ministry of Home Affairs, or simply the Home Ministry, is a ministry of the Government of India. As an interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. The Home Ministry is headed by the Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
The Home Ministry is also the cadre controlling authority for the Indian Police Service (IPS), DANIPS, and DANICS. Police-I Division of the ministry is the cadre controlling authority in respect of the Indian Police Service; whereas, the UT Division is the administrative division for DANIPS.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) discharges multifarious responsibilities, the important among them being - internal security, border management, Centre-State relations, administration of Union Territories, management of Central Armed Police Forces, disaster management, etc.
The Ministry of Home Affairs continuously monitors the internal security situation, issues appropriate advisories, shares intelligence inputs, and extends manpower and financial support, guidance and expertise to the State Governments for the maintenance of security, peace, and harmony without encroaching upon the constitutional rights of the States.
