The Prime Minister's Office known as PMO consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister of India

Prime Minister of India

The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...

, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Prime Minister. The PMO is headed by the Principal Secretary, currently TKA Nair. The office is part of the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 located in the South Block of the Secretariat Building

Secretariat Building

The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat is where the Cabinet Secretariat is housed, which administers the Government of India. Built in the 1910s, it is home to some of the most important ministries of the Cabinet of India...

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Function

The PMO provides secretarial assistance to the Prime Minister. The PMO includes the anti-corruption unit and the public wing dealing with grievances.

The office houses the Prime Minister and few selected officers of Indian Civil Service

Civil Services of India

The Civil Services of India refer to the civil service and the permanent bureaucracy of the Government of India...

 who work with him to manage and coordinate government and his office. The Prime Minister through his office coordinates with all ministers in the central union cabinet, minister of independent charges and governors and ministers of state government.

Location

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in South Block, overlooking the grandeur of Rashtrapati Bhawan. It is sandwiched between the cabinet secretariat on one side and the ministries of external affairs and defence on the other. The 20-room PMO is equipped to provide both infrastructural and manpower support to the nation's chief executive. Hi-tech accessories and sophisticated communication devices were installed to monitor domestic and international developments.

Entities in the Office of the Prime Minister

• From October 2011, the post of Secretary under Prime Ministers office has been eliminated as per policy.

Office of the Prime Minister of India

Name	Designation	Rank
TKA Nair	Advisor to PM	Minister of State Rank
Pulok Chatterji Pulok Chatterji Pulok Chatterji is a 1974 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He is currently the Principal Secretary in the Prime Ministers Office.-Career:He moved to the PMO as deputy secretary when Rajiv Gandhi took over as PM in 1985...	Principal Secretary	Minister of State Rank
Shiv Shankar Menon Shiv Shankar Menon Shivshankar Menon or Sivasankara Menon is the present National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary, the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and in China and Israel as ambassador and diplomat...	Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs National Security Advisor (India) The National Security Advisor of India is a member of the National Security Council , and the primary advisor to the Prime Minister, the Indian Cabinet and the NSC on internal and international security issues.-Overview:...  and National Security Adviser	Minister of State Rank
Harish Khare	Media Advisor to PM
R. Ramanujam	Additional Secretary
Pankaj Saran Shatrughna Singh Vini Mahajan L. K. Atheeq	Joint Secretary
Munu Mahawar Amit Agarwal Sharmila Joseph Pallavi Jain Arindam Bagchi Rajeev Topno Sanjay Lohiya Krishan Kumar Binoy Job	Director
Indu Chaturvedi Jaideep Sarkar K Muthukumar	PMO Personal Staff
Gourangalal Das Sanjukta Ray Mehar Jhamb	Deputy Secretary
J P Arya	Joint Director
P K Bali K Salil Kumar L Madana	Under Secretary
Sources: Office of the PM of India