Committee of Secretaries (CoS)

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The Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is a high-level inter-ministerial body in the Indian government that coordinates and resolves major policy and administrative issues across ministries before they go to the Cabinet.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
inter-ministerial committee ⓘ
administrativeLevel Union government ⓘ
linked to: Union Government
authorityType advisory ⓘ
chairperson Cabinet Secretary of India ⓘ
composedOf Secretaries to the Government of India ⓘ
senior civil servants ⓘ
compositionType ex-officio members ⓘ
country India ⓘ
decisionType recommendatory ⓘ
function ensuring administrative coherence in government policies ⓘ
inter-ministerial coordination ⓘ
policy harmonization across ministries ⓘ
pre-decision scrutiny of Cabinet items ⓘ
resolving differences between ministries ⓘ
governs inter-ministerial coordination processes ⓘ
headedBy Cabinet Secretary of India ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
level apex civil service coordination body ⓘ
locatedIn New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
meetsAt Cabinet Secretariat ⓘ
memberOfCategory high-level committee of secretaries ⓘ
membershipCriteria Secretary-level officers of the Government of India ⓘ
objective improving policy coherence in the Government of India ⓘ
reducing inter-ministerial conflicts ⓘ
streamlining Cabinet decision-making ⓘ
partOf Cabinet system of India ⓘ
policyArea cross-cutting national policies ⓘ
relatedTo Cabinet Committees of the Government of India ⓘ
linked to: Cabinet committees

Prime Minister’s Office (India) ⓘ
Union Cabinet ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister of India ⓘ
Union Cabinet of India ⓘ
role advising the Cabinet on complex inter-ministerial issues ⓘ
coordination of major policy issues across ministries ⓘ
facilitating consensus among ministries on policy matters ⓘ
resolution of inter-ministerial administrative issues ⓘ
screening of proposals before consideration by the Union Cabinet ⓘ
scope major administrative issues ⓘ
major policy issues ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
supportedBy Cabinet Secretariat ⓘ
usedBy central ministries of the Government of India ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cabinet Secretary of India → chairs → Committee of Secretaries (CoS) ⓘ
Chief Secretary → chairs → Committee of Secretaries at the state level ⓘ
linked to: Committee of Secretaries (CoS)