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Current Office Holders: A Framework
A framework, not a list of names, for tracking India's key constitutional, executive and force office-holders, what each post is, its term and how to verify the current incumbent, for CAPF current events
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One screen per section. This page deliberately does not name incumbents, because office-holders change and a wrong name is worse than none. For every post below, verify the current holder from a reliable source close to the exam date (PIB, the official websites of the office, or a current standard reference). What is durable is the nature of each office, who appoints it and its term. Cross-link the polity treatment in Index.
| Office |
Appointed / elected by |
Term |
| President |
Electoral college (elected MPs and MLAs) |
5 years |
| Vice-President |
Members of both Houses of Parliament |
5 years |
| Prime Minister |
Appointed by the President (leader of the Lok Sabha majority) |
Tenure of the Lok Sabha |
| Chief Justice of India |
Appointed by the President |
Until age 65 |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
Elected by the Lok Sabha |
Tenure of the House |
| Office |
Note |
Term |
| Comptroller and Auditor General |
Audits Union and State accounts (Article 148) |
6 years or age 65 |
| Chief Election Commissioner |
Heads the Election Commission (Article 324) |
6 years or age 65 |
| Attorney General |
Chief law officer of the Union (Article 76) |
At the President's pleasure |
| Chairperson, UPSC |
Conducts central recruitment, including CAPF AC (Article 315) |
6 years or age 65 |
| Chairperson, NHRC |
Heads the National Human Rights Commission |
As per the Protection of Human Rights Act |
| Governor, Reserve Bank of India |
Heads the central bank |
As fixed by appointment |
| Office |
Note |
| Chief of Defence Staff |
Single-point military adviser; heads the Department of Military Affairs |
| Chief of the Army Staff |
Professional head of the Army |
| Chief of the Naval Staff |
Professional head of the Navy |
| Chief of the Air Staff |
Professional head of the Air Force |
| National Security Adviser |
Heads the National Security Council Secretariat |
| Directors General of the CAPFs |
One each for CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB |
| Portfolio |
Why it matters for CAPF |
| Home Affairs |
Parent ministry of the five CAPFs and internal security |
| Defence |
Armed forces, Coast Guard, defence procurement |
| External Affairs |
Foreign relations, summits, border diplomacy |
| Finance |
Budget, RBI, economic policy |
| Office |
Body |
| Secretary-General |
United Nations |
| Director-General |
WHO |
| Managing Director |
IMF |
| President |
World Bank |
| Secretary-General |
Interpol |
| Step |
Action |
| 1 |
Treat the post, its appointer and its term as the durable fact to learn |
| 2 |
Fill in the current name yourself, close to the exam, from PIB or the official website |
| 3 |
Pair each office with its constitutional Article where one exists |
| 4 |
For force chiefs, cross-check the latest MHA Annual Report |