Overview
- An Appointments Committee of the Cabinet order assigns Jain the role with immediate effect until a regular appointee is named or further orders are issued.
- The Secretary (Security) position oversees the Special Protection Group and coordinates policy on high-level protection and national security.
- The post has lacked a regular incumbent since Harinath Mishra retired on July 31, with Manoj Govil holding additional charge in the interim.
- An earlier designee, R A Chandrashekhar, returned to his cadre as Kerala police chief before assuming the assignment.
- Jain, a 1989-batch IPS officer who took over R&AW on July 1 for a two-year tenure, is widely credited in reports for his role in Operation Sindoor.