Some appointments of Secretaries are considered more prestigious than others, e.g., the Finance Secretary, Development Commissioners, Home Secretary and hence they enjoy the salary of a Principal Secretary.
India | Cinema of India | Supreme Court of India | British India | Government of India | South India | East India Company | All India Radio | Punjab (India) | Dutch East India Company | Prime Minister of India | Communist Party of India | Punjab, India | Languages of India | United States Department of Health and Human Services | President of India | North India | Femina Miss India | Portuguese India | National Defence College, India | General Services Administration | Parliament of India | Office of Strategic Services | Partition of India | Order of the Star of India | India Today | Church of South India | The Times of India | Governor-General of India | Air India |
The cadres usually start from a designation lower in rank than Indian Administrative Service (IAS) (one of the All India Services).