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Detailed explanation-1: -This post is held by a senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India . The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla . All Central Forces including the CRPF, CISF, BSF and State Police Forces are under the Union Home Secretary. Two years, term can be extended.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of these further revelations, Patel was summoned to Downing Street once more on 8 November, where she met with the Prime Minister and subsequently resigned from her cabinet position, after 16 months in the post. She was replaced by pro-Brexit MP Penny Mordaunt the following day.

Detailed explanation-3: -She resigned in protest against May’s draft Brexit withdrawal agreement. Braverman was appointed attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland by Boris Johnson in the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle; she was appointed as Queen’s Counsel automatically on her appointment.