The Principal Secretary in India denotes a government official of high seniority and is commonly found in the state governments. In the Indian state governments a Principal Secretary ranks above a secretary but below the rank of Chief Secretary. While each state has only a single Chief Secretary, some senior officials may hold the rank of Chief Secretary and are designated as Additional Chief Secretaries or Special Chief Secretaries. Principal Secretaries are commonly drawn from the Indian Administrative Service and hold the "above supertime scale" payscale. The equivalent position at the Government of India is Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary. Principal Secretaries are the administrative heads of the various departments of a state government such as Home, Finance, Revenue and Commerce etc.