A principal secretary heads the home department. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. It is the critical initial step of attestation. The home department must attest all the documents meant for attestation/ apostille. Out of this, 80% of the documents are attested by the Maharashtra Home Department otherwise known as Mantralaya. The main reason for this is that Mantralaya has been a point for attestation from the very beginning.

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