About Department
Home Department Oversees:
- Maintenance of law and order
- Prevention and control of crimes
- Prosecution of criminals
- Home Guards and Fire Services
- Police Modernization and Development
- Police Administration and Welfare
- Prisons Administration
- Service Association
- Protocol matters and Room Reservation at State Guest House/ Bhawans/ Niwas
- Conduct of elections to Parliament and State Legislatures
- Liaison with Defence Services for Military and Civil Co-operation and for setting up of Defence Projects in the State
It is the nodal Department so far as State Secretariat Service is concerned. The administration of various cadres mentioned below
- Common Cadre of Assistants, Data Entry Operators and Typists
- Cadres of Stenographers/ Personal Assistants/ Private Secretaries/ Senior Private Secretaries/Principal Private Secretaries/Senior Principal Private Secretaries
- Odisha Secretariat Service Cadre of ASO/ SO/ DO/ Under Secretaries/ Deputy Secretaries/ Joint Secretaries/ Additional Secretaries
