Ministry of Home Affairs (Hindi: गृह मन्त्रालय; known as the Home Ministry or MHA) is an Indian government ministry. It is an interior ministry responsible for domestic policy.

The Minister of Home Affairs holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is P. Chidambaram. The ministry has been headed by some of the most influential names of Indian politics, such as Sardar Patel, C. Rajagopalachari, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Shivraj Patil and Lal Krishna Advani.

The Offices and the Chambers of the Ministry are located at the North Block, Central Secretariat, New Delhi.

The Census of India is run by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

[edit] External links

• Official website