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This is a list of agencies and departments of the Union Government of India.


Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

*National Centre for Integrated Pest Management *National Horticulture Board (NHB) *National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board (NOVOD) *
National Dairy Development Board The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is a statutory body set up by an Act of the Parliament of India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Government of India. The main office is in Ana ...
(NDDB) *
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) is an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd, Official web ...
(NAFED) *
National Centre for Cold-chain Development The National Centre for Cold-chain Development (NCCD) is an autonomous think tank body established by the Government of India with an agenda to positively impact and promote the development of the cold-chain sector in the country. NCCD was regis ...
(NCCD) - Autonomous agency under PPP mode of functioning. *
Indian Council of Agricultural Research The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. Th ...
(ICAR) *Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI)* *Small Farmers' Agri-business Consortium* *CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (CCS NIAM)*


Ministry of Panchayati Raj The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India. Ministry of Panchayati Raj looks into all matters relating to the Panchayati Raj and Panchayati Raj Institutions. It was created in May 2004. The ministry is headed by a ...


Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in India is the federal ministry with administrative purview over three departments namely: *Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals *Department of Fertilizers. *Department of Pharmaceuticals. T ...

*Department of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals **
Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking based in Mumbai. It was established in 1960 to indigenize manufacture of basic chemicals and to reduce country’s dependence on import of vital organic ...
** Indian Potash Limited ** National Fertilizers Limited ** Hindustan Insecticides ** Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET) *Department of Pharmaceuticals **
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is a government regulatory agency that controls the prices of pharmaceutical drugs in India. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) was constituted vide Government of India Resolutio ...
**India Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited **
Hindustan Antibiotics Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL),is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. It is based in Pune, India. It is the first government-owned-drug manufactu ...
**Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals **
Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) is a public sector pharmaceutical, bulk drug manufacturing and drug discovery company owned by the Indian government, headquartered in New Delhi, and located in Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Rishikesh. ...
**Rajasthan Drugs and Pharmaceuticals **National Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research


Ministry of Civil Aviation

* Directorate General of Civil Aviation *
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is an attached office of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (India). It is the regulatory authority for civil aviation security in India. It is headed by an officer of the rank of Director general of Poli ...
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Airports Authority of India The Airports Authority of India, or AAI, is a public sector enterprise under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastruct ...
*Airports Economic Regulatory Authority * Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. *Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy *
Commission of Railway Safety The Commission of Railway Safety is a government commission of India. Subordinate to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by The Railways Act, 1989. The agency investigates serio ...


Ministry of Coal The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry headquartered in New Delhi. The portfolio is held by Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi. The Ministry of Coal is charged with exploration of coal and lignite reserves in India, production, s ...

*Coal Controller *Commissioner of Payments *
Coal India Coal India Limited (CIL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. It is headquartered at Kolkata. It is the ''largest government-owned-coal-producer'' in the world. It is ...
(CIL) * Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) * Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) *
Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPF) is an agency of the Indian government The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the n ...
(CMPFO)


Ministry of Commerce and Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...


Departments

*Department of Commerce * Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade


Attached Offices

* Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) * Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) * Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) * Office of the Economic Adviser * Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) * Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) **
Indian Patent Office The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) generally known as the Indian Patent Office, is an agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade which administers the Indian law of ...
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Special Economic Zones A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. SEZs are located within a country's national borders, and their aims include increasing trade balance, employment, increas ...
* Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation


Statutory Bodies

* Export Inspection Council (EIC) * Export Inspection Agency-Delhi * Export Inspection Agency-Kolkata * Export Inspection Agency-Kochi * Export Inspection Agency-Mumbai * Export Inspection Agency-Chennai * Export Inspection Agency-Kakinada


Autonomous Bodies

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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is a leading business school of India. Established in 1963, it works as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. It also functions as a civil services tr ...
(IIFT) *
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is an Indian Apex-Export Trade Promotion Active government body. APEDA is the premier body of export promotion of fresh vegetables and fruits. It provides the cr ...
(APEDA) *
Federation of Indian Export Organisations Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) is the apex trade promotion organisation in India set up by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, and the private trade and industry segment in 1965. The organisation is responsible for ...
(FIEO) * Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) *
National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) provides accreditation to Conformity Assessment Bodies (Laboratories) in India. NABL Schemes include Accreditation (Recognition) of Technical competence of testing, cali ...
(NABL) *
Quality Council of India The Quality Council of India (QCI) was set up as a public private partnership model on the model existing in Netherlands at the time, where although the NAB was not owned by the government, yet it was supported by it and was exceedingly used as a ...
(QCI) **
National Institute of Design The National Institutes of Design (NIDs) are a group of autonomous public design universities in India, with the primary institute, founded in 1961, in Ahmedabad, with extension campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The other NIDs are loc ...
** Open Network for Digital Commerce * Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) * Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bengaluru (IIPM B) * Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA) * Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) * Indian Diamond Institute * National Numbering Organisation (EAN-India) * National Productivity Council (NPC)


Boards

* Tea Board * Coffee Board * Spices Board * Rubber Board * Tobacco Board


Commissions

* Tariff Commission


Promotion Councils

* Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI) * Chemical and Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) * Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL) * The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) * Council for Leather Exports * National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) * Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) * Plastics Export Promotion Council (PLEXCONCIL) * Sports Goods Export Promotion Council (SGEPC) * Project Exports Promotion Council of India (PEPC)


Public Sector Undertakings

* Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) *
India Trade Promotion Organisation India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), headquartered at Pragati Maidan, is the nodal agency of the Government of India under aegis of Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) for promoting country's external trade. ITPO is a Mini-Ratna ...
(ITPO) * State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCI) *
Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India MMTC Ltd., Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India, is one of the two highest earners of foreign exchange for India and India's largest public sector trading body. Not only handling the export and import of primary products such as co ...
(MMTC) * National Centre for Trade Information (NCTI)


Ministry of Communications and Information Technology A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities includes regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. T ...


Departments and Attached Offices

*Department of Information Technology *
Department of Posts India Post is a government-operated postal system in India, part of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications. Generally known as the Post Office, it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world. Warren Hastings ha ...
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Department of Telecommunications The Department of Telecommunications, abbreviated to DoT, is a department of the Ministry of Communications of the executive branch of the Government of India. History Telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an important tool f ...
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National Informatics Centre The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architect ...
(NIC) *Standardisation, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) *Electronics Regional Test Laboratory (ERTL) *
Unique Identification Authority of India Aadhaar ( hi, आधार, ādhār, lit=base, foundation, bn, আধার) is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and resident foreign nationals who have spent over 182 days in twelv ...
(UIDAI)


Autonomous Bodies

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National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), formerly known as the DOEACC Society, is a society that offers Information Technology and Electronics training at different levels. It is an autonomous scientific society und ...
(NIELIT) *
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is an Indian autonomous scientific society, operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. History CDAC was created in November 1987, initially as the Centre ...
(C-DAC) *
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is a regulatory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. It is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India. ...
(TRAI) *
Centre for Development of Telematics The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is an Indian Government owned telecommunications technology development centre. It was established in 1984 with initial mandate of designing and developing digital exchanges. C-DOT has expanded to ...
(C-DOT) *Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) * Education and Research Network (ERNET) *Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) *MIT Accreditation of Computer Courses *Society for Applied Microwave Electronic Engineering and Research (SAMEER) *
Software Technology Parks of India Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is an S&T organization under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) engaged in promoting IT/ ITES Industry, Innovation, R&D, Start-ups, Product/ IP creation in the field of emergin ...
(STPI) *
Media Lab Asia Introduction Digital India Corporation is a not for profit Company set up by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, under Section 8 of Companies Act 2013.Digital India Corporation (DIC) leads and guides in reali ...
(MLAsia) *
Indian Telephone Industries Limited ITI Limited, earlier known as Indian Telephone Industries Limited, is a central public sector undertaking in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications , Government of India. It was found ...
(Public Sector Undertaking)


Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank minister. Departments The ministry is divided into two departments, the Department of Food and Pub ...


Departments


Department of Consumer Affairs

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Bureau of Indian Standards The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standards Body of India under Department of Consumer affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standa ...
(BIS) *National Test House *Consumer Online Resource and Empowerment Centre (CORE) *
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) of India is a quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 The Consumer Protection Act,1986 (COPRA) was an Act by the Pa ...
(NCDRC) *National Co-operative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF)


Department of Food and Public Distribution

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Food Corporation of India Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ...
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Central Warehousing Corporation Central Warehousing Corporation is a statutory body which was established under ‘The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962. Its aim is to provide reliable, cost-effective, value-added, integrated warehousing and logistics solution in a socially ...
(statutory body) *Directorate of Sugar *
National Sugar Institute The National Sugar Institute (NSI) established in 1936, is involved in research, training and advisory services to the sugar and allied industry, and functions under the Department of Food and Public Distribution of the Ministry of Consumer Af ...
*Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils and Fats *
Forward Markets Commission The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is the regulatory body for the commodity market and futures market in India. It is a division of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. As of July 2014, it regul ...


Ministry of Co-operation

* National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) - a Statutory Corporation


Ministry of Corporate Affairs The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is an Indian government ministry primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 20 ...

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Registrar of Companies, India The Registrar of Companies (ROC) is an office under the Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs that deals with administration of the Companies Act, 2013, The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, The Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and The Charte ...
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National Company Law Tribunal The National Company Law Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. The tribunal was established under the Companies Act 2013 and was constituted on 1 June 2016 by the government of India ...
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Competition Commission of India The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is the chief national competition regulator in India. It is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and is responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 to promote competition ...
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Serious Fraud Investigation Office The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is a statutory corporate fraud investigating agency in India. Initially, it was set up by a resolution adopted by the Government of India on 2 July 2003 and carried out investigations within the exist ...
(SFIO) *
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) is a central civil service training institute under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India for the central civil servants of the Indian Corporate Law Service ca ...
(IICA)


Statutory Bodies

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Institute of Company Secretaries of India The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is a premier national professional body in India under the ownership of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India with the objective of promoting, regulating and developing the profe ...
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Institute of Chartered Accountants of India The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is India's largest professional accounting body under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. It was established on 1 July 1949 as a statutory b ...
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Institute of Cost Accountants of India The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India (ICMAI), which was also known as The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) is a professional accountancy body in India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Corpor ...


Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to: *Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania) * Ministry of Culture (Algeria) *Ministry of Culture (Argentina) *Minister for the Arts (Australia) *Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan) * Ministry of ...


Offices

* Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) *
Archaeological Survey of India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexand ...
(ASI) *
Central Reference Library Central Reference Library is an Indian National Bibliographic Agency in Kolkata which run under Ministry of Culture of India. It provides bibliographic services to scholars, universities, institutions and government agencies. This library has star ...
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National Archives of India The National Archives of India (NAI) is a repository of the non-current records of the Government of India and holds them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. Originally established as the Imperial Record Department in 1891, in Cal ...
(NAI) *
National Library of India The National Library of India is a library located in Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record. The National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Currently, Dr. ...
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National Museum, New Delhi The National Museum in New Delhi, also known as the National Museum of India, is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under ...
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National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
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National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai was opened to the public in 1996. It hosts various exhibitions and art collections of famous artists, sculptors and different civilizations. It is situated in the Cowasji Jehangir Hall, near Regal Cinema ...
* National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru *National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) * National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities


Autonomous and other bodies

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Asiatic Society The Asiatic Society is a government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of "Oriental research", in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions. It was founded by the p ...
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Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies The Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS; ), formerly called Central University for Tibetan Studies (CUTS), is a Deemed University founded in Sarnath, Varanasi, India, in 1967, as an autonomous organisation under Union Ministry of ...
(CIHTS) *
Centre for Cultural Resources and Training The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) is autonomous organisation under Ministry of Culture of Government of India. Established in May 1979, to support cultural education, with its inception ...
(CCRT) *Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS) * Indian Museum,
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi is a premier government-funded arts organization in India. It is an autonomous institute under the Union Ministry of Culture. History The Indira Gandhi National centre for art ...
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Kalakshetra Foundation Kalakshetra Foundation, formerly simply Kalakshetra, is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music. Based in ...
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Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
* Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library,
Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) *
National Council of Science Museums National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) is an autonomous organisation under Indian Ministry of Culture. It is the largest chain of science centers or museums under a single administrative umbrella in the world. There are 24 own science cen ...
(NCSM) *National Culture Fund *National Electronic Register of Jain Manuscripts *
National Mission for Manuscripts The National Mission for Manuscripts (NAMAMI) is an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Culture, Government of India, established to survey, locate and conserve Indian manuscripts, with an aim to create national resource base for manuscr ...
*National Museum Institute (NMI) *
National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an in ...
* Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) *
Rampur Raza Library The Rampur Raza Library (''Rāmpur Razā Kitāb Khāna'') located in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India is a repository of Indo-Islamic cultural heritage and a treasure-house of knowledge established in the last decades of the 18th century. It was bu ...
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Sahitya Akademi The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...
* Sangeet Natak Akademi *
Lalit Kala Akademi The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art (LKA) is India's national academy of fine arts. It is an autonomous organisation, established in New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art, in ...
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Victoria Memorial Hall The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall is a performing arts centre in the Central Area of Singapore, situated along Empress Place. It is a complex of two buildings and a clock tower joined together by a common corridor; the oldest part of the ...
, Kolkata *Zonal Cultural Centres: **Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre **North Central Zone Cultural Centre **
North East Zone Cultural Centre North East Zone Culture Centre in Chümoukedima in Nagaland state is one of many regional cultural centres established by the Indian Government to preserve and promote traditional cultural heritage of India. The North East Cultural Zone is o ...
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North Zone Cultural Centre North Zone Cultural Centre or ''NZCC'' in Patiala in Punjab state was first amongst several regional cultural centres established by Government of India to preserve and promote arts, crafts, traditions and cultural heritage of India. Establish ...
**South Central Zone Cultural Centre **South Zone Cultural Centre **
West Zone Cultural Centre The West Zone Culture Centre in Udaipur, Rajasthan is one of seven Cultural Zones established by the Government of India to preserve and promote India's traditional cultural heritage. The centre works to retain and develop regional cultural res ...


Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...


Department of Defence Research and Development

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Defence Research and Development Organisation The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: ''Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan'') is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, ...
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Aeronautical Development Agency The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) under Department of Defence Research and Development (DR&D) of India's Ministry of Defence was established at Bangalore, in 1984 to oversee the development of the nation's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) p ...
* Society for Integrated Circuit Technology and Applied Research


Department of Defence Production

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Ordnance Factory Board Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), consisting of the Indian Ordnance Factories, now known as Directorate of Ordnance (Coordination & Services) was an organisation, under the Department of Defence Production (DDP) of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Gover ...
* Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) * Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) * Directorate of Standardisation * Directorate of Planning & Coordination * Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO)


Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

*Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR) *Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) *Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB)


Finance Division

*Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA)


Intelligence Agencies

* Defence Intelligence Agency * Directorate of Air Intelligence * Directorate of Military Intelligence * Directorate of Naval Intelligence


Inter-Service Organisations

* Office of the Chief Administrative Officer * Directorate General of Defence Estates * Directorate General of Married Accommodation Project (DG MAP) *
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) (formerly known as: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)), New Delhi, is India's foremost think tank for advanced research in international relations, espe ...
(IDSA)


Ministry of Earth Sciences The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed on 29 January 2006 from a merger of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune ...


Executive Arm

* Earth System Science Organization(ESSO)


Subordinate Offices

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India Meteorological Department The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquarter ...
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National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) is a national agency for weather forecasting under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, (transferred from its former parent Ministry of Science and Technology), Government of India. It is a ...
(NCMRWF)


Attached Offices


National Centre for Coastal Research(NCCR), Chennai
* Centre for Marine Living Resource and Ecology(CMLRE), Kochi * National Centre for Seismology(NCS), Delhi


Autonomous Offices

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Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is a scientific institution based in Pune, Maharashtra, India for expanding research in the tropical Indian Ocean with special reference to monsoon meteorology, and air-sea interaction of Sout ...
(IITM), Pune *
National Institute of Ocean Technology The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences in India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and is headed by a director. The institute is bas ...
(NIOT), Chennai * Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad * National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa * National Centre for Earth Science Studies(NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram


Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Indian government ministry. This ministry is headed by Secretary Rank senior most IAS officer. The ministry portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister ...


Subordinate and statutory bodies

* Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation (Public Sector Undertaking) *
Animal Welfare Board of India The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), headquartered at Ballabhgarh in Haryana state, is a statutory advisory body advising the Government of India's Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying(Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy ...
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Botanical Survey of India Botanical Survey of India (BSI) located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was founded on 13 February 1890, is Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's organization for survey, research and conservation of pl ...
(BSI),
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
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Central Pollution Control Board The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Mo.E.F.C.C.). It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, ...
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Central Zoo Authority The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) is the body of the government of India responsible for oversight of zoos. It is an affiliate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). The CZA was formed to bring Indian zoos up to internation ...
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New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...
*Directorate of Forest Education (DFE),
Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, district and is governed by the Dehr ...
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Forest Survey of India Forest Survey of India (FSI), founded in June 1981 and headquartered at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, is the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organization which conducts forest surveys, studies and researches ...
(FSI), Dehradun * Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun *National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board * National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai *
National Ganga River Basin Authority National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is a financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning under the Jal Shakti ministry of India. The mission of the organisation is to safeguard t ...
*National Institute of Animal Welfare *
National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7. ...
(NMNH),
New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...
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National Tiger Conservation Authority The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was established in December 2005, following a recommendation of the Tiger Task Force, constituted by the Prime Minister of India for reorganised management of Project Tiger and the many Tiger Res ...
* National Zoological Park (NZP), New Delhi *
Zoological Survey of India The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), founded on 1 July 1916 by Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, as premier Indian organisation in zoological research and studies to promote the survey, exploration and r ...
(ZSI), Kolkata


Autonomous bodies

*Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora *
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is an autonomous organisation or governmental agency under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Headquartered in Dehradun, its functions are to conduct fore ...
(ICFRE), Dehradun **
Arid Forest Research Institute Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI) is a research institute situated in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. The institute conducts scientific research in forestry in order to provide technologies to increase the vegetative cover and to conserve biod ...
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Forest Research Institute (India) The Forest Research Institute ( FRI; hi, वन अनुसन्धान संस्थान) is a Natural Resource Service training institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is an institution in the field o ...
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Himalayan Forest Research Institute Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI) is a Research institute situated in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. ...
** Institute of Forest Biodiversity ** Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding **
Institute of Forest Productivity The Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP) is a research institute situated in Ranchi in state of Jharkhand. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ...
**
Institute of Wood Science and Technology Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) is a Research institute situated in Bangalore in Karnataka. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of Ind ...
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Rain Forest Research Institute Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) is a research institute situated in Jorhat in Assam. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of In ...
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Tropical Forest Research Institute Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) is a Research institute situated in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, G ...
** Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan **
Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development The Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development Chhindwara was established in 1995 as an advanced research centre under the umbrella of ICFRE, Dehradun. Mandate Forestry research with Human Resource Development in areas like bi ...
** Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation **
Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension Centre for Forest-based Livelihoods and Extension (CFLE) is an Advanced Research Centre situated in Agartala in Tripura. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Go ...
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Indian Institute of Forest Management The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), founded 1982, is an autonomous, Natural Resource Service training institute of Forestry located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, established by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Cl ...
*Indian Plywood Industries Training and Research Institute *
Wildlife Institute of India The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an autonomous natural resource service institution established in 1982 under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, Government of India. WII carries out wildlife research in areas of stu ...
(WII)


Ministry of External Affair

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Foreign Service Institute The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the United States federal government's primary training institution for employees of the U.S. foreign affairs community, preparing American diplomats as well as other professionals to advance U.S. foreign ...
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Indian Council for Cultural Relations The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, involved in India's global cultural relations, through cultural exchange with other countries and their people. It was founded on 9 Apri ...


Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Ec ...


Departments

* Indian Revenue Service *Department of Disinvestment * Department of Economic Affairs *Department of Revenue *
Central Board of Excise and Customs The Indian Revenue Service (IAST: ), often abbreviated as IRS, is an Indian government agency that is primarily responsible for collecting and administering direct and indirect taxes. As a central civil service under Group A of the execu ...
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Central Economic Intelligence Bureau The Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) is an Indian intelligence agency responsible for gathering information and monitoring the economic and financial sectors for economic offences and warfare. Formation The Central Economic Intel ...
* Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence *
Directorate General of Economic Enforcement The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Govern ...
* Directorate of Revenue Intelligence *
Central Bureau of Narcotics Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN : केंद्रीय नारकोटिक्स ब्यूरो) is affiliated with India's Department of Revenue (IRS) and regulated by the country's Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. T ...
* Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories *
Central Board of Direct Taxes Taxes in India are levied by the Central Government and the State Governments by virtue of powers conferred to them from the Constitution of India. Some minor taxes are also levied by the local authorities such as the Municipality. The authori ...
* Income Tax Air Intelligence Unit *
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Central The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Central, abbreviated as CCIT-C, is the revenue enforcement agency of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Government of India which assesses tax evasion. It functions under the Department of Revenue in the Unio ...
*
Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes The Investigation Division of the CBDT, abbreviated as Inv-CBDT, is the revenue enforcement agency of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Government of India. It functions under the Department of Revenue in the Union Ministry of Finance and is co ...
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National Academy of Direct Taxes The National Academy of Direct Taxes is the apex civil service training institution of the Indian Revenue Service and the Income Tax Department of the Government of India. Over the years, it has enhanced and embellished national interest by mou ...
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Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation The Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation is the law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for investigating violations of India's tax laws, including fraud, evasion and money laundering. The controlling authorit ...
(for economic exchange related offences) * Directorate of Income Tax Intelligence and Criminal Investigation (for criminal economic offences)


Autonomous Agencies

*Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) *Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) *National Institute of Financial Management *
Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible f ...
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Securities and Exchange Board of India The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the Regulatory agency, regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the ownership of Ministry of Finance (India), Ministry of Finance within the Government of India. It w ...
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Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is a regulatory body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance , Government of India and is tasked with regulating and licensing the insurance and re-insurance indu ...
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Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority is the regulatory body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance , Government of India for overall supervision and regulation of pension in India. The Government of India had, in the year 19 ...
* Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India *National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)


Ministry of Food Processing Industries The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to food processing in India. The ministry was set up in the ye ...

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National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management - Thanjavur National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...
* National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management - Kundli


Ministry of Health and Family Welfare The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare ...

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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which is a co ...
(FSSAI)


Department of Health

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National AIDS Control Organisation The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), established in 1992 is a division of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societi ...
(NACO) * Medical Council of India * Indian Nursing Council (INC) *
Dental Council of India The Dental Council of India was incorporated under The Dentists Act, 1948 to regulate dental education and the profession throughout India. It is financed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and through the local state dental councils. ...
* All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH),
Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude o ...
*All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
*Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCC) *Pharmacy Council of India CI


Department of Family Welfare

*National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW),
South Delhi South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India with its headquarters in Saket. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Saket, Hauz Khas, and Mehrauli. It is bounded by t ...
*International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
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Central Drug Research Institute The Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences. Prof. Tapas Kumar Kundu, a molecular biologist, academician and recip ...
(CDRI),
Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...
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Indian Council of Medical Research The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Gove ...
(ICMR),
New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...


Ministry of AYUSH The Ministry of Ayush, a ministry of the Government of India, is responsible for developing education, research and propagation of traditional medicine systems in India. Ayush is a name devised from the names of the alternative healthcare syst ...

* Research **
Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha The Ministry of Ayush, a ministry of the Government of India, is responsible for developing education, research and propagation of traditional medicine systems in India. Ayush is a name devised from the names of the alternative healthcare syst ...
(CCRAS) **Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) **Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) **Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) * Professional councils **
Central Council of Homoeopathy The National Commission for Homoeopathy (formerly known as Central Council of Homoeopathy) is a statutory body under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. Central Council of Homoeopathy was set up by the Government of India in 1973. The Na ...
(CCH) **
Central Council of Indian Medicine Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) was a statutory body under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India between 1971 and 2021. The CCIM was set up in 1971 under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, (Act 48) which was passed in 197 ...


Ministry of Heavy Industries The Ministry of Heavy Industries is an executive agency of the Government of India. The Ministry entails for promoting the engineering industry viz. machine tools, heavy electrical, industrial machinery, and auto industry and administration of ...

*Department of Heavy Industries **Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) **
Bharat Heavy Electricals Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India. It is based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1956, BHEL is India ...
**Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI)


Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...


Departments


Department of Internal Security

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Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj. Along with the Indian Administrative Service ( ...
* Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy * Intelligence Bureau * National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) *
Narcotics Control Bureau The Narcotics Control Bureau ( NCB) is an Indian central law enforcement and intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The agency is tasked with combating drug trafficking and the use of illegal substanc ...
* National Civil Defence College * Central Reserve Police Force *
Central Industrial Security Force The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a federal police organisation in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). CISF provides security to over 356 industrial units (including ...
*
National Security Guard The National Security Guard (NSG), commonly known as Black Cats, is a counter-terrorism unit of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It was founded on 16 October 1984, following Operation Blue Star, for combating terrorist activities and ...
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Assam Rifles The Assam Rifles (AR) is a central paramilitary force responsible for border security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in Northeast India. It guards the Indo-Myanmar border. The Assam rifles is the oldest paramilitary force ...
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Rashtriya Rifles The Rashtriya Rifles (RR; ) is a counter-insurgency force in India, formed in 1990, to specifically serve in the Jammu and Kashmir region. They also maintain public order by drawing powers from the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Po ...
*
National Crime Records Bureau The National Crime Records Bureau, abbreviated to NCRB, is an Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analyzing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL). NCRB is headquartered in New ...
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Bureau of Police Research and Development The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), was set up on 28 August 1970 in furtherance of the objective of the Government of India for the modernisation of police forces. It has evolved as a multifaceted, consultancy organisation. ...
* Department of Criminal Intelligence *National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences * North Eastern Council *
North Eastern Police Academy North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...
* Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Census of India


Department of Official Language

* Central Translation Bureau * Central Hindi Training Institute


Department of Jammu and Kashmir and Laddak Affairs


Department of Home


Department of States


Central Armed Police Forces Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) is the collective name of central police organisations in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). These are technically paramilitary forces formerly known as Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF). Sinc ...
and Paramilitary forces

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Border Security Force The Border Security Force (BSF) is India's border guarding organisation on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) of India, and was raised in the wake of the 1965 war on 1 December 1 ...
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Indo-Tibetan Border Police The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is a border patrol organization of India deployed along its borders with Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces, established in 1962 in the aftermath of the Sino-Indi ...
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Sashastra Seema Bal Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB; ) is a border guarding force of India deployed along its borders with Nepal and Bhutan. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The fo ...
*
Assam Rifles The Assam Rifles (AR) is a central paramilitary force responsible for border security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in Northeast India. It guards the Indo-Myanmar border. The Assam rifles is the oldest paramilitary force ...
* Central Reserve Police Force *
Central Industrial Security Force The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a federal police organisation in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). CISF provides security to over 356 industrial units (including ...
*
National Security Guard The National Security Guard (NSG), commonly known as Black Cats, is a counter-terrorism unit of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It was founded on 16 October 1984, following Operation Blue Star, for combating terrorist activities and ...
*
Defence Security Corps The Defence Security Corps (DSC), is a corps of the Indian Army responsible for providing security cover to the defence installations of the three services (Army, Navy, Air Force) and other sensitive installations. The DSC troops are sanctioned ...


Bureaus

* Bureau of Immigration, India * Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
National Crime Investigation Bureau (Registered Under Govt. Of India)
'' *Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) * Bureau of Police Research and Development, Libraries Network * National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)


Autonomous Bodies, Boards & Corporations

* National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) * Repatriates Co-operative Finance and Development Bank Limited


Boards / Academies / Institutions (Grant in Aid)

* Regional Institute of Correctional Administration (RICA) * Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) for the New Pension System (NPS), NSDL * Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers * Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB), New Delhi * Rehabilitation Plantations Limited (RPL) * National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) * National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) * Centre for Disaster Management, LBSNAA, Mussoorie * Officers Training Academy * National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), CISF, Hyderabad


Regulatory Authorities

* National Disaster Management Authority NDMA Commissions/Committees/Missions *Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP) *Committee of Parliament on Official Language Councils *Inter-State Council


Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is a ministry of the Government of India with executive authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the housing and urban development in Ind ...

*Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) *
Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation is an autonomous organisation of the Indian Government established in 1995. The organisation was established to construct and manage non-profit housing for serving and retired employees o ...
(CGEWHO) *Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) (Public Sector Undertaking) *
Housing and Urban Development Corporation The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India in India. History This institution came into existence on 25, ...
(HUDCO) (Public Sector Undertaking) *
National Buildings Organisation National Buildings Organisation (NBO) is an autonomous organisation of the Indian Government established in 1954. The organisation is responsible for collecting, collating, validating, analysing, disseminating and publishing housing and buildin ...
(NBO) *National Cooperative Housing Federation of India (NCHFI) *Principal Account Office (PAO)


Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

*Department of School Education and Literacy **
Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...
(CBSE) **
National Council of Educational Research and Training The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India which was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies Registration Act. Its he ...
(NCERT) **Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA) **
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,248 schools in India, and three abroad in Moscow ...
(KVS) **
National Council for Teacher Education National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a statutory body of Indian government set-up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (#73, 1993) in 1995 is to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the Ind ...
**National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare **
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Navodaya may refer to * Navodaya, a modern literature movement in the Kannada language *Navodaya Appachan (1925–2012), Indian film producer, director, and entrepreneur * Navodaya Institute of Technology, a college in Raichur, India * Navodaya Me ...
(NVS) **National Open School Institute (NosI) *Department Higher Education Organisational structure: The department is divided into eight bureaus, and most of the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under these bureaus.ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Department of Higher Education. * University and
Higher Education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after compl ...
; Minorities Education ** University Grants Commission (UGC) ** Education Research and Development Organisation (ERDO) **
Indian Council of Social Science Research The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is the national body overseeing research in the social sciences in India. It was established in New Delhi in 1969. Council The Council is currently chaired by Bhushan Patwardhan. Current ...
(ICSSR) ** Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) **
Indian Council of Philosophical Research Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) was established in March 1977 under Department of Higher Education and Ministry of Human Resource Development as an Apex Level Body under the societies registration Act 1860. However, the council fo ...
(ICPR) ** 46 Central Universities as on 11.09.2015, list issued by University Grants Commission * Technical Education **
All India Council of Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...
(AICTE) **
Council of Architecture The Council of Architecture is a statutory body constituted by the Government of India under the provisions of the Architects Act, 1972, enacted by the Parliament of India, which came into force on 1 September 1972. The Act provides for regis ...
(COA) ** 25
Indian Institutes of Information Technology Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 26 interdisciplinary technology-based- engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology. Five of them are established, funded and manag ...
(IIITs) (Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kancheepuram and Kurnool ) ** 3
School of Planning and Architecture The Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs) are a group of autonomous public institutes of higher education under Ministry of Education, Government of India. They were established with the objectives of providing quality Architecture and p ...
(SPAs) ** 23
Indian Institutes of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. They are governed by the Inst ...
(IITs) ** 7
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of premier public research institutions in India. The institutes were established by the Government of India through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHR ...
(IISERs) ** 20
Indian Institutes of Management The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busines ...
(IIMs) ** 31
National Institutes of Technology The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the central government-owned-public technical institutes under the ownership of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the National Institutes of Technology, Scienc ...
(NITs) **
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), erstwhile Bengal Engineering College (also known as B.E. College), formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University (also known as BESU), is a public research u ...
(IIEST) **
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (or NERIST) is a science and technology oriented higher education institute in Nirjuli, Itanagar, Papum Pare district, in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Established in 1984, it ...
(NERIST) **
National Institute of Industrial Engineering National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) formerly National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering, is a graduate business school under Ministry of HRD, Government of India located in Powai near Vihar Lake in Mumbai, and ...
(NITIE) ** 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTRs) (Bhopal, Chandigarh,
Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
and
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
) ** 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training * Administration and Languages ** Three Deemed Universities in the field of
Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion ...
, viz. ***
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Central Sanskrit University, formerly Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, is a central university located in New Delhi, India, to promote Sanskrit. Established in 1970, it functions under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government o ...
(RSkS) in New Delhi, *** Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV) New Delhi, ***
Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, formerly Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, is a central university, located in New Delhi, India. It was established on 8 October 1962, and the University Grants Comm ...
(RSV) Tirupati ** Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra ** English and Foreign Language University (EFLU),
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
** National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) ** National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL) ** Three subordinate offices: Central Hindi Directorate (CHD), New Delhi; Commission for Scientific & Technological Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi; and
Central Institute of Indian Languages The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is an Indian research and teaching institute based in Mysuru, part of the Language Bureau of the Ministry of Education. It was founded on 17 July 1969. Centres The Central Institute of Indian Lang ...
(CIIL), Mysore * Distance Education and Scholarships **
Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...
(IGNOU) * UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book Promotion and Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning and Monitoring * Integrated Finance Division. * Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS * Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC Others: *National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) *
National Book Trust National Book Trust (NBT) is an Indian publishing house, which was founded in 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. The activities of the Trust include publishing, promotion of books and reading, ...
(NBT) *
National Board of Accreditation The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) is one of the two major bodies responsible for accreditation of higher education institutions in India, along with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). NBA accredits technical pro ...
(NBA)
National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions
(NCMEI) *
National Institute of Open Schooling The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), formerly National Open School (name changed in 2002), is the board of education under the Union Government of India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Go ...
(NIOS) * District Institute of Education and Training


Ministry of Women and Child Development


Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is a branch of the Government of India which administers the Department of youth affairs and the Department of Sports in India. Anurag Thakur is the current Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports followed ...


Department of Sports

* National Sports Federation *
Sports Authority of India The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1982 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sports in India. SAI has 2 Sports Academic instituti ...
(SAI) *
National Anti-Doping Agency The National Anti-Doping Agency of India is India's national organisation responsible for promoting, coordinating, and monitoring the doping control program in sports in all its forms. As listed on its official web portal, the agency deals wit ...
(NADA) *
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan Nehru Yuva Kendras () were established in the year 1972. Later in year 1987 under Rajiv Gandhi Government it became Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) (), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, within the Government ...
(NYKS) *
Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...
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Hockey India Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men and women hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting Hockey in India. It w ...
* Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India * Kho-Kho Federation of India * Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) * All India Boxing Association (AIBA) * Indian Amateur Boxing Federation *
All India Chess Federation The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is central administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the federation is affiliated to Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), the world body for chess. The AICF has produce ...
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Tamil Nadu State Chess Association The Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) is the apex body for the game of chess in Tamil Nadu, India. It was formed on 26 April 1947 with a view to identifying upcoming chess players and mould them into world-class professionals. The asso ...
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Badminton Association of India Badminton Association of India (BAI) is the governing body of badminton in India. BAI is an association registered under the societies act. It was formed in 1934, and has been holding national-level tournaments in India since 1936. BAI has 28 ...
* Ball Badminton Federation of India * Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) *
All India Tennis Association The All India Tennis Association (AITA) ( hi, अखिल भारतीय टेनिस संघ), is the governing body of tennis in India. It was established in 1920 and affiliated by International Tennis Federation and Asian Tennis Fed ...
(AITA) * All India Carrom Federation (AICF) * Billiards & Snookers Federation of India *
All India Football Federation The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the national governing body of football in India. It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of football and affiliated to Asian Football Confederation. It is affiliated to Ministry ...
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Volleyball Federation of India The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) is the governing body of volleyball in India. History The Volleyball Federation of India was formed in the year 1951. Prior to the formation of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), the game was cont ...
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Basketball Federation of India The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) is the governing and controlling body of basketball in India. It is responsible for the development and promotion of the sports authority of India at all levels. BFI manages all the national-level basketba ...
* Amateur Baseball federation of India * Bridge Federation of India *
Cycling Federation of India The Cycling Federation of India is the national governing body of cycle racing in India. It is a member of the UCI and the Asian Cycling Confederation. Cycling as a sport was introduced in India thanks to the effort of actor and sportsman Jan ...
* Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) * Indian Body Builders Federation *
Indian Weightlifting Federation Indian Weightlifting Federation otherwise known as IWLF, is the national governing body overseeing the sport of weightlifting in India. The headquarters of the Indian Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people li ...
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Indian Powerlifting Federation The Indian Powerlifting Federation is a national governing body for the sport of powerlifting as recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India as well as The Indian Olympic Association. It currently has over 10,000 ...
* Judo Federation of India * Wushu Association of India *
Netball Federation of India Netball Federation of India (NFI) is the national governing body of Netball in India. NFI is a non-profit, government funded organisation affiliated with the International Netball Federation (INF), the Asian Federation of Netball Association (AF ...
* Jump Rope Federation of India (JRFI) *
National Rifle Association of India The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) was founded in 1951 with a view to promote and popularize the shooting sports in India. The first speaker of Lok Sabha, Sh. G.V. Mavlankar was the founder and the first president of NRAI followed b ...
(NRAI) * Swimming Federation of India * Yachting Association of India *
Services Sports Control Board Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) is a sports board run by the Indian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1919 as the Army Sports Control Board and later renamed to Services Sports Control Board. The board is represented as Services in the Nation ...
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Indian Olympic Association The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams ...
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Paralympic Committee of India The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Paralympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events. The organisation was fou ...


Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity The Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for advertising by various Ministries and organisations of Government of India, including public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies. A ...
*Directorate of Field Publicity *
Directorate of Film Festivals The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama. Although the Directorate helped appoint members of the jury ...
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International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common p ...
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Prasar Bharati Prasar Bharati (abbreviated as PB; Hindi: ''Praśar Bharati'', lit. Indian Broadcaster) is India's state-owned public broadcaster, headquartered in New Delhi. It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises the ...
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All India Radio All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All ...
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Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest b ...
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Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...
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Children's Film Society Children's Film Society India (CFSI) was a nodal organization of Government of India that produced children's films and various TV programs in various Indian languages. Established in 1955, CFSI functioned under the Ministry of Information and ...
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Film and Television Institute of India The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile ...
*Film Certification Appellate Tribunal *
Indian Institute of Mass Communication Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is an Indian media centre of learning and civil service training institute for the Indian Information Service Cadre funded and promoted by the Government of India in New Delhi. The IIMC is an auton ...
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National Film Archive of India The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) was established as a media unit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in February 1964. It is was a member of the International Federation of Film Archives. In March 2022, it was merged wit ...
(NFAI) * Office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) *
Press Council of India The Press Council of India is a statutory, adjudicating organisation in India formed in 1966 by its parliament. It is the self-regulatory watchdog of the press, for the press and by the press, that operates under the Press Council Act of 1978., ...
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Press Information Bureau The Press Information Bureau, commonly abbreviated as PIB, is a nodal agency of the Government of India under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Based in National Media Centre, New Delhi, Press Information Bureau disseminates information ...
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Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is a film and television institute located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Named after Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, the institute provides higher and professional education and technical ...
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Films Division The Films Division of India (FDI), commonly referred as Films Division, was established in 1948 following the independence of India. It was the first state film production and distribution unit, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcastin ...
* Photo Division * Publications Division * Research Reference and Training Division * Song and Drama Division *
Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began wi ...
(public sector undertaking) * National Film Development Corporation (public sector undertaking)


Ministry of Labour and Employment

*Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) **Women Training Directorate *Directorate General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) *Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) *Labour Bureau (labour statistics) *Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) *
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is one of the two in statutory social security bodies under the Government of India's Ministry of Labour and Employment and is responsible for regulation and management of provident funds in I ...
*Advanced Training Institute for Electronics and Process Instrumentation *Advanced Training Institute, Mumbai *Apprenticeship Training Scheme *Craftsmen Training Scheme, Industrial training institute *Foreman Training Institute, Bangalore *V. V. Giri National Labour Institute *central board for workers education *


Ministry of Law and Justice

*Department of Justice *Department of Legal Affairs **
Law Commission of India Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. The Commission's function is to research and advise the Government of India on legal reform, and is composed of legal experts, and headed by a ret ...
**Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange **Customs Excise and Service tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) **Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) *Legislative Department *First National Judicial Pay Commission


Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is the ministry in the Government of India. It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to micro, small and medium enterpris ...

*Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) *Khadi & Village Industries Commission * Coir Board *National Small Industries Corporation *National Institute of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (formerly the National Institute of Small Industry Extension Training) *Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship


Ministry of Mines

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Geological Survey of India The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is a scientific agency of India. It was founded in 1851, as a Government of India organization under the Ministry of Mines, one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey ...
(GSI) *Indian Bureau of Mines *National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM) *Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) * Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) *Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) * National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)


Ministry of Minority Affairs The Ministry of Minority Affairs is the ministry in the Government of India which was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and created on 29 January 2006. It is the apex body for the central government's regulatory and ...

*Maulana Azad Education Foundation * National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) *
Central Wakf Council Central Waqf Council, India is an Indian statutory body established in 1964 by the Government of India under the Waqf Act, 1954 (now a subsection of the Waqf Act, 1995) for the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to the working of the ...
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National Commission for Minorities The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Six religious communities, viz; Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been no ...
(NCM) *National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities


Ministry of New and Renewable Energy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is a ministry of the Government of India, headed by current Union Cabinet Minister Raj Kumar Singh, that is mainly responsible for research and development, intellectual property protection, and ...

Autonomous R&D Institution under MNRE * Centre for Wind Energy Technology, (CWET) Chennai * National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurgaon PSUs / Joint Ventures * Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA)


Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is a ministry of the Government of India in personnel matters specially issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff welfare as well as the post-retirement dispensat ...


Department of Personnel and Training

* Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI) *
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) is a civil service training institute on public policy and public administration in India. The academy's main purpose is to train civil servants of the IAS cadre and also con ...
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Institute of Secretariat Training and Management The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, (acronym ISTM), is a ''Central Training Institute'' for civil employees, directly managed by the Department of Personnel and Training, under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and ...
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Union Public Service Commission The Union Public Service Commission ( ISO: ), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group 'A' officers under Government of India. It is responsible for appointments to and exam ...
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Staff Selection Commission Staff Selection Commission is an organisation under Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments of the government of India and in subordinate offices. This commission is an attached offic ...
(SSC) * Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) * Central Government Employees Consumer Cooperative Society Ltd. ( Kendriya Bhandar) * Central Bureau of Investigation. (CBI)


Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances


Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) is a ministry of the government of India responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum ...

* Directorate General of Hydrocarbons * Centre for High Technology * Oil Industry Development Board * Oil Industry Safety Directorate * Petroleum Conservation Research Association * Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell * Petroleum federation of India (Petrofed)


Ministry of Power


Bureaus

* Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)


Autonomous bodies, boards and corporations

* Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, Karnataka * National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad, Haryana


Statutory Bodies

* Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) * Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) * Central Electricity Authority (CEA) *
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), a key regulator of power sector in India, is a Statutory corporation#India, statutory body functioning with quasi-judicial status under sec – 76 of the Electricity Act (2003), Electricity Act 2 ...
(CERC) * Regional Inspectorial Organisation, Shillong


Commissions, committees and missions

* Northern Regional Power Committee, Ministry of Power * Southern Regional Power Committee * Western Regional Power Committee (WRPC)


Ministry of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has existed in many Commonwealth states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where railroad transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructure ...

* Railway Board **
Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...
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Zones Zone or The Zone may refer to: Places Climate and altitude zones * Death zone (originally the lethal zone), altitudes above a certain point where the amount of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span * Frigid zone, ...
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Research Design and Standards Organisation The Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) is an ISO 9001 research and development organisation under the Ministry of Railways of government of India, which functions as a technical adviser and consultant to the Railway Board, the Zonal ...
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Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...
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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is an Indian public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the Indian Railways. It was initially wholly owned by the Government of India and operat ...
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Konkan Railway Corporation Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) is an Indian public sector undertaking which operates Konkan Railway and also undertakes other railway-related projects. It is wholly-owned by the Government of India under the administrative control o ...
(public sector undertaking) *** Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (public sector undertaking) ***Production Units ****
Banaras Locomotive Works The Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) (formerly Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW)) in Varanasi, India, is a production unit of Indian Railways. DLW stopped manufacturing diesel locomotives in March 2019 and was renamed BLW in Oct 2020. History Foun ...
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Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. The works are located at Chittaranjan in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of West Bengal, with an ancillary unit in Dankuni. The main unit is 32 km fr ...
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Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works Patiala Locomotive Works (PLW), (formerly Diesel-Loco Modernization Works (DLMW)), is located in Patiala in the Indian state of Punjab. It was set up in 1981 to extend the service life of diesel Locomotives of the Indian Railways and raise the ...
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Integral Coach Factory Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is a manufacturer of rail coaches located in Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1955 and is owned and operated by the Indian Railways. It is located in Perambur, in the suburbs of Chennai. T ...
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Rail Coach Factory Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala is a coach manufacturing unit of the Indian Railways in the state of Punjab. It is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur railway line. History Established in 1985, RCF is a coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railw ...
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Rail Wheel Factory Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka (RWF) (also known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, producing wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons, coaches and locomotives for the use of Indian Railways and overseas c ...
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Bharat Wagon and Engineering Bharat Wagon and Engineering Limited (BWEL) is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India and is a subsidiary of Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam. The company was established on 4 December 1978 after taking over and merging two sick ...
Limited (public sector undertaking) ** Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops ** Centre For Railway Information Systems(CRIS) **
Central Organisation for Railway Electrification The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) is an organizational unit of Indian Railways responsible for railway electrification of the Indian Railways network. The organisation, founded in 1979, is headquartered in Prayagraj, ...
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Container Corporation of India Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) is an Indian public sector undertaking which is engaged in transportation and handling of containers. Incorporated in March 1988 under the Companies Act, CONCOR commenced operations in November 19 ...
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Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is a public sector undertaking which undertakes planning, development, and mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the ''"Dedicated ...
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Indian Railway Finance Corporation Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) is an Indian public sector undertaking engaged in raising financial resources for expansion and running through capital markets and other borrowings. The Government of India owns a majority stake in the ...
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Ircon International Ircon International, or Indian Railway Construction Limited (IRCON), is an Indian engineering & construction corporation, specialized in transport infrastructure. The public sector undertaking was established in 1976, by the Indian Railways und ...
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Rail Vikas Nigam Rail Vikas Nigam Limited is an Indian public sector undertaking which works as the construction arm of the Ministry of Railways for project implementation and transportation infrastructure development. It was incorporated in 2003 to meet the cou ...
(public sector undertaking) **
Railtel Corporation of India RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It provides broadband and VPN services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of creating a na ...
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Railway Protection Force Railway Protection Force is a security force under the ownership of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India established by the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957; enacted by the Indian Parliament for "the better protection ...
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RITES Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited, abbreviated as RITES Ltd, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It is an engineering consultancy corporation, specializing in the field ...
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Rail Land Development Authority Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) is a statutory authority, under the Indian Ministry of Railways, set-up by an Amendment to the Railways Act, 1989. It is responsible for creating assets for Indian Railways through the development of vacan ...


Ministry of Road Transport and Highways The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in als ...


Agencies

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National Highway Authority of India The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and i ...
(NHAI) * Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) *
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) is a fully owned company of the Government of India, set up in 2014 and is responsible for management of a network of over 5,500 km of National Highways o ...
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Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Rural Development may refer to: * Ministry of Rural Development (Cambodia) * Ministry of Rural Development (Hungary) * Ministry of Rural Development (India) * Ministry of Rural Development (Malaysia) Ministry of Rural Development may r ...

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National Institute of Rural Development The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Recognized int ...
(NIRD) * Department of Land Resources * Department of Rural Development * Department of Drinking Water Supply


Ministry of Science & Technology A Science Ministry or Department of Science is a ministry or other government agency charged with science. The ministry is often headed by a Minister for Science. List of Ministries of Science Many countries have a Ministry of Science or Ministry ...


Department of Biotechnology The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. It ...


Department of Ocean Development

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National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, (NCPOR) formerly known as the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. It is an autonomous Instit ...
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Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research * National Research Development Corporati
National Research Development Corporation
* Consultancy Development Centre * Central Electronics Limited


Department of Science & Technology

*Agharkar Research Institute, Pune* *Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Nanital* *Bose Institute, Kolkata* *Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow* *Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore* *Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata* *Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali* *Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore* *Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai* *International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad* *Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore* *National Innovation Foundation* *Raman Research Institute, Bangalore* *Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology* *S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata* *The Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati* *Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)* *North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), Shillong, Meghalaya* *Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi* *Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun*


Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a Government of India ministry. It is responsible for welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including scheduled castes (SC), Other Backwa ...

* Commissions ** National Commission for Backward Classes ** National Commission for Scheduled Castes ** National Commission for Safai Karamcharis *Other Statutory Bodies ** Rehabilitation Council of India ** Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities ** National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation *National Institutes ** Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped ** Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped ** National Institute of Mentally Handicapped ** Swami Vivekananda National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research


Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is a ministry of Government of India concerned with coverage and quality aspects of statistics released. The surveys conducted by the Ministry are based on scientific sampling metho ...


Departments

*Department of Statistics *Department of Programme Implementation


Autonomous Bodies

* Central Statistical Office (CSO) * National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) * Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)


Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a Ministry of Government of India set up on 9 November 2014 to coordinate all skill development efforts across the country. The ministry is headed by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. I ...

* National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) * National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) * Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati *National council of vocational education and training (NCVET) *National skill development agency (NSDA)


Ministry of Steel The Ministry of Steel is an executive branch agency of the Government of India that is responsible for formulating all policies regarding steel production, distribution and pricing in India. As of July 2021, the ministry is headed by a Secretary ...

* Steel Authority of India (SAIL) *Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) *National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)


Ministry of Textiles The Ministry of Textiles is an Indian government national agency responsible for the formulation of policy, planning, development, export promotion and regulation of the textile industry in India. This includes all natural, artificial, and ce ...


Autonomous Bodies

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National Institute of Fashion Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is an autonomous institute that offers courses in fashion, designing, technology, and management. Its head office is located in New Delhi, India. History NIFT was established in 1986 under the ...
(NIFT) * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management


Statutory Bodies

* Textiles Committee * Central Silk Board, Bangalore


Export Promotion Councils

* EEPC India (Formerly, Engineering Export Promotion Council), largest export promotion council in India. * Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) * Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) * Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) * Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) * Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC) *
Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) is an organisation set up by the Government of India (GOI) with aim to promote the Indian gem and jewellery industry and its products. History The GJEPC was established in 1966 by the Ministry of ...
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Cashew Export Promotion Council of India The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India or CEPC or CEPCI was established by the Government of India in 1955, with the active cooperation of the cashew industry with the object of promoting exports of cashew kernels and cashew nut shell liq ...
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Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) is the authorized agency of the government of India for promotion of pharmaceutical exports from India. It was set up under the provisions of Foreign Trade Policy by the Ministry of Co ...
(Pharmexcil)


Textiles Research Associations

* Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) *
Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (commonly known as ATIRA) is an autonomous non-profit association for textile research located in the Navarangpura area of Ahmedabad, India. It is the largest association for textile resea ...
(ATIRA) * Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA) * South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) * Jute Industry's Research Association (IJIRA) * Wool Research Association (WRA) * The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) * Man-made Textile Research Association (MANTRA)


Public Sector Undertakings

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British India Corporation British India Corporation Limited (BIC) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The cpsu produces textiles for use by civilians and the Indian armed forces. It manufactures t ...
Ltd. (BIC) * Central Cottage Industries Corporation (CCIC) * Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI) * Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation (HHEC) *
Jute Corporation of India The Jute Corporation of India Limited (JCI) is central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It is incorporated by the Government Of India in 1971 as a price support agency with a clear mand ...
Ltd. (JCI) * National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) * National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC) * Birds Jute and Export Ltd. (BJEL) *
National Textile Corporation National Textile Corporation is a Public sector undertakings in India, central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Textiles , Government of India It owns 23 working textile mills which produce yarn and fabric. The compan ...
Ltd. (NTC)


Independent Departments


Department of Atomic Energy The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) (IAST: ''Paramāṇu Ūrjā Vibhāga'') is a department with headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. DAE was established in 1954 by a Presidential Order. DAE has been engaged in the development of nuc ...


Apex Board

* Atomic Energy Commission (AEC),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
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Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...


Regulatory Board and Organisation

* Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
,
Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...
is given some regulation powers by AEC.


Research & Development Sector

*
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's premier nuclear research facility, headquartered in Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Homi Jehangir Bhabha as the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) in January 1 ...
(BARC),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
, following Research institutions affiliated to BARC *
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), with headquarters at Hyderabad and seven regional centers, is the oldest unit of the Department of Atomic Energy (India) (DAE), Government of India. The principal mandate of the o ...
(AMD),
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
*
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is one of India's premier nuclear research centres. It is the second largest establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), next to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), located at Kal ...
(IGCAR),
Kalpakkam Kalpakkam is a township in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai. A conglomerate of two villages (Puduppattinam and Sadurangappatinam) and a DAE township, it is about from Thiruvanmiyur and ...
,
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
*
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology The Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology is a unit of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, engaged in R&D in non- nuclear front-line research areas of lasers, particle accelerators and related technologies. History On 19 F ...
(RRCAT),
Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...
* Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC),
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
* Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership


Central Public Sector Units

*
Electronics Corporation of India Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) ( ईलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स कॉर्पोरेशन ऑफ ईन्डिया लिमिटेड ( ) ) is a Public Sector Enterprise under the Department of Atomic ...
(ECIL), Hyderabad *
Indian Rare Earths Limited IREL (India) Limited (Formally Indian Rare Earths Limited) is a government-owned corporation Mini-Ratna Category A, Schedule B Company, in India based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was incorporated as a public limited company in 1950, jointly own ...
(IREL),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
* Uranium Corporation of India,
Singhbhum Singhbhum was a district of India during the British Raj, part of the Chota Nagpur Division of the Bengal Presidency. It was located in the present-day Indian state of Jharkhand. Chaibasa was the district headquarters. Located in the southern li ...
* Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
,
Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...
* Bharatiya Nabhkiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI),
Kalpakkam Kalpakkam is a township in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai. A conglomerate of two villages (Puduppattinam and Sadurangappatinam) and a DAE township, it is about from Thiruvanmiyur and ...
,
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...


Industrial Organisations

* Heavy Water Board (HWB), Mumbai * Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad * Board of Radiation & Isotope Technology (BRIT), Mumbai


Service Organisations

*Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management (DAE) (DCSEM), Mumbai *Directorate of Purchase and Stores (DAE) (DPS), Mumbai *General Services Organisation (DAE) (GSO), Kalpakkam


Universities

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Homi Bhabha National Institute The Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) is an Indian deemed university established by the Department of Atomic Energy, which unifies academic programmes of several of its constituent institutions. Deemed universities in India have been divid ...
,
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
*
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the ...
,
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
*
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the ...
,
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...


Aided Sector

* National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar *
National Board for Higher Mathematics The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), founded in 1983 by the Indian Government, is a board in India intended to foster the development of higher mathematics, help in the establishment and development of mathematics centres, and give f ...
( NBHM),
New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...
*
Atomic Energy Education Society Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES) was set up to provide quality education for the children of the employees of the Department of Atomic Energy of India, and its constituent units in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was established in 1969 with one ...
( AEES),
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
*
Tata Memorial Centre The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai, in India. Also popularly known as TMH. It is a specialist cancer treatment and research centre, closely associated with the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer ...
,
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
* Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences *
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is an institution of basic research and training in physical and biophysical sciences located in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. The institute is named after the famous Indian physicist Meghnad Saha. ...
(SINP),
Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
*
Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physic ...
,
Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar i ...
*
Harish-Chandra Research Institute The Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) is an institution dedicated to research in mathematics and theoretical physics, located in Allahabad (officially Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh in India. Established in 1975, HRI offers masters and doctora ...
(HRI),
Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administra ...
* Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc),
Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
*
Institute for Plasma Research The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is an autonomous physics research institute in India. The institute is involved in research in aspects of plasma science including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas an ...
,
Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mum ...


Department of Space The Department of Space is an Indian government department responsible for administration of the Indian space program. It manages several agencies and institutes related to space exploration and space technologies. The Indian space program un ...

The Department of Space manages the following agencies and institutes: *
Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman o ...
(ISRO) – The primary research and development arm of the DoS. **
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram, in the India ...
(VSSC),
Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
. ** Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram. **
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Satish Dhawan Space Centre - SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range - SHAR) is a rocket launch centre ( spaceport) operated by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota, Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota ...
(SDSC-SHAR),
Sriharikota Sriharikota is a Barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Shar Project settlement of Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the ...
. **
ISRO Satellite Centre The U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), formerly ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) ( hi, इसरो उपग्रह केंद्र) is an Indian Space Research Organisation centre for the design, development, and construction of Indian satel ...
(ISAC),
Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
. ** Space Applications Centre (SAC),
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per ...
. **
National Remote Sensing Centre National Remote Sensing Centre (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय सुदूर संवेदन केन्द्र), or NRSC, located in Hyderabad, Telangana is one of the centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation The India ...
(NRSC),
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
. **
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit The ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) is a research and development unit of the Indian Space Research Organisation located in Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvananthapuram that specialises in inertial sensors and systems in satellite technology. Its speciali ...
(IISU), Thiruvananthapuram. ** Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU), Ahmedabad. ** Master Control Facility (MCF), Hassan. **
ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), over the years, has established a comprehensive global network of ground stations to provide Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) support to satellite and launch vehicle missions. These facilities ar ...
(ISTRAC), Bangalore. **
Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems is a research lab belonging to Indian Space Research Organisation. It involves in design and development of optics and sensor modules that can be deployed either onboard satellite or with the launch vehicle. ...
(LEOS), Bangalore. **
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is a premier institute for research, higher education and training in the field of remote sensing, geoinformatics and GPS technology for natural resources, environmental and disaster management under the In ...
(IIRS),
Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, district and is governed by the Dehr ...
. *
Antrix Corporation Antrix Corporation Limited (ISO 15919: ) is an Indian government-owned company under the administrative control of the Department of Space. It was incorporated in September 1992, as a commercial and marketing arm of ISRO by prompting, commerci ...
– The marketing arm of ISRO. *
Physical Research Laboratory The Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) is a National Research Institute for space and allied sciences, supported mainly by Department of Space, Government of India. This research laboratory has ongoing research programmes in astronomy and astrop ...
(PRL), Ahmedabad. * National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki. * North-Eastern Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC), Umiam. *
Semi-Conductor Laboratory The Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Mohali (SCL) is a research institute under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India (formerly under Department Of Space). Its aims include research and development in the fie ...
(SCL),
Mohali Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Mohali district. ...
. *
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) is a government-aided institute and deemed university for the study and research of space science, located at Valiamala, Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is the first univers ...
(IIST), Thiruvananthapuram – India's space university. *
New Space India Limited NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of Government of India and commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was established on 6 March 2019 under the administrative control of Department of Space ...
(NSIL), Bangalore. * Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN–SPACe)


Independent Agencies/Bodies

*
Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, dir ...
*
Comptroller and Auditor General of India The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India. They are empowered to audit all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the ...
(CAG) *
Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible f ...
(RBI) *
Union Public Service Commission The Union Public Service Commission ( ISO: ), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group 'A' officers under Government of India. It is responsible for appointments to and exam ...
(UPSC) *
Central Information Commission The Central Information Commission is a statutory body, set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005 under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Cent ...
*
Central Vigilance Commission Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption. In 2003, the Parliament enacted a law conferring statutory status on the CVC. It has the status of an autonomous body, f ...
(CVC) *
National Human Rights Commission A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights. The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as nation ...
(NHRC) *
National Commission for Backward Classes India's National Commission for Backward Classes is a constitutional body (123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2017 and 102nd Amendment Act, 2018 in the constitution to make it a constitutional body under Article 338B of the Indian Constitutio ...
(NCBC) *
National Commission for Scheduled Castes The National Commission for Scheduled Castes is an Indian constitutional body under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India established with a view to provide safeguards against the exploitation of Sc ...
(NCSC) *
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is an Indian constitutional body that was established through Constitution (89th Amendment) Act, 2003. History On the 89th Amendment of the Constitution coming into force on 19 February 2004, the ...
(NCST) *
National Commission for Women The National Commission for Women (NCW) is the statutory body of the Government of India, generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women. It was established on 31 January 1992 under the provisions of the I ...
(NCW) * National Commission for Protection of Child Rights *
National Commission for Minorities The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Six religious communities, viz; Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been no ...
(NCM) * National Commission on Population * Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) * Goods & Services Tax Council (GSTC) * Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)


Intelligence


National

* Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) (external) * Intelligence Bureau (IB) (internal) *
National Investigation Agency The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is the primary counter-terrorist task force of India. The agency is empowered to deal with the investigation of terror related crimes across states without special permission from the states under written ...
(Internal) * Department of Criminal Intelligence (Internal/Criminal Investigation) * * Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)(Internal/Criminal Investigation) * Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) (Internal/Criminal Investigation)


Economic

*
Economic Intelligence Council The Economic Intelligence Council is the apex forum overseeing government agencies responsible for economic intelligence and combating economic offences in India. The Council is also the apex of 18 regional economic intelligence committees, and is ...
*
Central Economic Intelligence Bureau The Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) is an Indian intelligence agency responsible for gathering information and monitoring the economic and financial sectors for economic offences and warfare. Formation The Central Economic Intel ...
* Directorate of Enforcement * Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation * Directorate of Income Tax Intelligence and Criminal Investigation * Directorate General of Anti-Evasion *Directorate General of GST Intelligence * Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence(DGRI)


Military

* Directorate of Military Intelligence * Directorate of Air Intelligence * Directorate of Naval Intelligence *Defense Intelligence Agency


Other

*
All-India Radio Monitoring Service All India Radio Monitoring Service (AIRMS) is the central monitoring service that monitors broadcasts in India as well as from all foreign broadcasts of interest to India. AIRMS is located in Simla. It works in liaison with R&AW and Military inte ...
(AIRMS) *
Joint Cipher Bureau The Joint Cipher Bureau is an agency of the Indian armed forces responsible for signals intelligence and cryptanalysis and coordinating similar activities and operations of military intelligence agencies.It under Ministry of Defence (India) and it ...


Tribunals in India

*
Central Administrative Tribunal Tribunals in India are quasi judicial bodies for settling various administrative and tax-related disputes, including Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribuna ...
*
Armed Forces Tribunal Armed Forces Tribunal is a military tribunal in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countr ...
* Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange * Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Appellate Tribunal * Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property *
Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal India's Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) was set up on 25 January 1941, and it was the first experiment in tribunalization in the history of India. It is second appellate authority under the direct taxes and first independent forum in its a ...
* Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal * Authority for Advance Rulings (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax) *
Competition Commission of India The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is the chief national competition regulator in India. It is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and is responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 to promote competition ...
* Competition Appellate Tribunal *
Company Law Board The National Company Law Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. The tribunal was established under the Companies Act 2013 and was constituted on 1 June 2016 by the government of India ...
* Appellate Tribunal for Electricity * National Highways Tribunal * Railway Claims Tribunal * Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal * Industrial Tribunal * Intellectual Property Appellate Board * Securities Appellate Tribunal *
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is a regulatory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. It is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India. ...
* Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Authority * Cyber Appellate Tribunal *
Film Certification Appellate Tribunal The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory Motion picture content rating system, film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of I ...
* National Green Tribunal *
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) of India is a quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 The Consumer Protection Act,1986 (COPRA) was an Act by the Pa ...


See also

* Union Government ministries of India *
List of think tanks in India The following is a list of notable Indian think tanks. India has the second- largest number of think tanks in the world, with the country's total hitting 509 in 2018 behind 1871 in the United States of America and ahead of the People's Republic of ...
*
List of institutes funded by the Central Government of India National institutes or central institutes are institutes established by the Government of India and supported by national agencies such as CSIR, ESIC, ICAR, MoHFW, DBT DST, ICMR, DAE, MHRD The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the ...
* List of Indian Intelligence agencies


References

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