The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. Union Home Ministers are in charge of the internal administration of the country, with responsibility for Central police forces and domestic counter-intelligence, as well as supervision of the Indian Administrative Service. List of Indian ministers in the current government elected in 2004: Names in italics are women ministers. ... The Indian Administrative Service (IAS), also called the Steel frame of India, was born out of the need to have a strong administrative network to assist the executive arm of the Government in implementing its policies and decisions effectively. ...

Traditionally the Home Minister has been considered the Prime Minister's deputy, and that has once or twice been made explicit. In the past the post has been occupied by Sardar Patel, Rajaji, Morarji Desai, Buta Singh, Indrajit Gupta, and Lal Krishna Advani. The current incumbent is Shivraj Patil. The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. ... Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (October 31, 1875–December 15, 1950), popularly referred to as Sardar Patel, was an Indian statesman, an important leader of the Indian National Congress and the deputy Prime Minister in the first cabinet of Independent India. ... Rajaji Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (December 1878 - December 25, 1972), known as or Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, writer, statesman and a Hindu spiritualist. ... Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (मोरारजी देसाई) (February 29, 1896 – April 10, 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first non-Congress Party Prime Minister of India. ... Sardar Buta Singh is the present governor of Bihar state, India. ... Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (Devanagari: लाल कृष्ण आड़वाणी) also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (born November 8, 1927/1929, Karachi, Pakistan) was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) until year-end 2005 and is Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha. ... Shivraj Patil is the Union Home Minister in the Manmohan Singh government. ...