Official definitions of what constitutes an agency of the government of India are limited and varied. Article 12 of the India constitution defines "the State" as encompassing the central government, the Indian parliament, the state governments and their respective legislatures, as well as what are termed "local or other authorities." The interpretation of the term "other authorities" has been the subject of extensive judicial scrutiny by the Supreme Court. There have also been several acts of parliament which have included varying definitions of government agencies.
The executive branch of the Indian government comprises the president, the vice president, and the union council of ministers, led by the prime minister. This council is responsible for overseeing the functioning of the country's 53 union ministries. The ministries are staffed by members of the Indian civil services, who constitute the permanent bureaucracy of the executive.
The following is a comprehensive list of agencies operating under the Indian government at the central level. It encompasses the union ministries along with their various departments, attached and subordinate offices, statutory bodies, and other affiliated organisations, alongside independent agencies and bodies. Also included are autonomous institutions, publicly funded and administered educational and research establishments, as well as public sector undertakings, which are companies that are predominantly owned and operated by the Indian government. This list is limited to central government entities and does not cover agencies operating at the state or local levels.
Parliament
Executive
Judiciary
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Attached and subordinate bodies
- Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute
- Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development (DSAD)
- Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development (DCCD)
- Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES)
- Directorate of Jute Development
- Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI)
- Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage
- Directorate of Pulses Development
- Directorate of Rice Development
- KRISHI VISTAR-Directorate of Extension
- Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (NCFC)
- National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC)
- North Eastern Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute
- Northern Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute
- Southern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute
- Soil and Land Use Survey of India
Commissions and committees
Autonomous bodies
Companies, societies, and boards
Additional units and offices
- Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority
- Central Integrated Pest Management Centre (CIPMC)
Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE)
Autonomous bodies
Companies, societies, and boards
Additional units and offices
Ministry of Ayush
Commissions and committees
Autonomous bodies
- Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)
- Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH)
- Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS)
- Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM)
- Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN)
- Rashstriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth
Companies, societies, and boards
- Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL)
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Companies, societies, and boards
Department of Fertilizers
Companies, societies, and boards
Department of Pharmaceuticals
Attached and subordinate bodies
Companies, societies, and boards
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Attached and subordinate bodies
Companies, societies, and boards
Additional units and offices
Ministry of Coal
Attached and subordinate bodies
- Coal Controller's Organization
Companies, societies, and boards
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Departments
Attached Offices
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
- Export
Autonomous Bodies
Boards
Commissions
Export Promotion Councils
Public sector undertakings
Ministry of Communications
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Departments
Department of Consumer Affairs
Department of Food and Public Distribution
Ministry of Co-operation
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Statutory Bodies
Ministry of Culture
Offices
Autonomous and other bodies
Ministry of Defence
Department of Defence Research and Development
Department of Defence Production
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
Finance Division
- Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA)
Intelligence Agencies
Inter-Service Organisations
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Executive Arm
- Earth System Science Organization(ESSO)
Subordinate Offices
Attached Offices
Autonomous Offices
Ministry of 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.
- University and Higher Education; Minorities Education
- University Grants Commission (UGC)
- Education Research and Development Organisation (ERDO)
- Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
- Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
- Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)
- 46 Central Universities as on 11.09.2015, list issued by University Grants Commission
- Technical Education
- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
- Council of Architecture (COA)
- 25 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) (Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kancheepuram and Kurnool)
- 3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)
- 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
- 7 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)
- 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
- 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST)
- North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST)
- National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)
- 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers' Training & Research (NITTTRs) (Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai and Kolkata)
- 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training
- Administration and Languages
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit, viz.
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS) in New Delhi,
- Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV) New Delhi,
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (RSV) Tirupati
- Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra
- English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad
- 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 (CIIL), Mysore
- Distance Education and Scholarships
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (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:
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Departments and Attached Offices
Statutory Bodies
Autonomous Bodies
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Subordinate and statutory bodies
Autonomous bodies
Ministry of External Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Departments
Autonomous Agencies
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health
Department of Family Welfare
Others
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Ministry of Home Affairs
Departments
Department of Internal Security
Department of Official Language
Department of Jammu and Kashmir and Laddak Affairs
Department of Home
Department of States
Bureaus
Autonomous Bodies, Boards & Corporations
- National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH)
- Repatriates Co-operative Finance and Development Bank Limited
Boards / Academies / Institutions (Grant in Aid)
Regulatory Authorities
Commissions/Committees/Missions
Councils
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Ministry of Law and Justice
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Ministry of Mines
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Autonomous R&D Institution under MNRE
PSUs / Joint Ventures
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances is to facilitate the pursuit of excellence in governance through the promotion of:
- Improvements in Government structures and processes
- Citizen-friendly initiatives including redressal of public grievances
- Documentation, incubation and dissemination of best practices
- Codification and simplification of procedures and
- Networking with various agencies
The department acts as a facilitator, in consultation with central ministries/departments, states/UT administrations, organisations and individuals, to improve government functioning through administrative reforms in the spheres of restructuring the government, process improvement, organisation and methods and grievance handling, and by promoting modernization, Citizen's Charters, award schemes, e-governance, and best practices.
It provides online grievance redress services through Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System.
Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare
The department is mainly concerned with the formulation of policies regarding the post-retirement benefits of Central Government employees covered under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. It also administers various welfare schemes for central government pensioners, i.e., redressal for Pensioners' grievances through CPENGRAM, an online pension sanction module for civil pensioners "Bhavishya", Sankalp, etc., under the umbrella of Pensioners' Portal. However, the pensioners of Ministries of Railways and Defence are governed by their respective pension rules.
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Ministry of Planning
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Ministry of Power
Bureaus
Autonomous bodies, boards and corporations
Statutory Bodies
Commissions, committees and missions
- Northern Regional Power Committee (NRPC)
- Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC)
- Western Regional Power Committee (WRPC)
Ministry of Railways
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Agencies
Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Science and Technology
Department of Ocean Development
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
Department of Science & Technology
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Departments
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Programme Implementation
Autonomous Bodies
Ministry of Steel
Ministry of Textiles
Autonomous Bodies
Statutory Bodies
- Textiles Committee
- Central Silk Board, Bangalore
Textiles Research Associations
- Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA)
- Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (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
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Department of Sports
Independent departments under the PMO (Prime Minister's Office)
Apex Board
Regulatory Board and Organisation
Research & Development Sector
Central Public Sector Units
Industrial Organisations
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
Aided Sector
The Department of Space manages the following agencies and institutes:
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) â The primary research and development arm of the DoS.
- Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram.
- Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram.
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota.
- ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore.
- Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad.
- National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad.
- ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram.
- Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU), Ahmedabad.
- Master Control Facility (MCF), Hassan.
- ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bangalore.
- Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS), Bangalore.
- Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun.
- Antrix Corporation â The marketing arm of ISRO.
- Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad.
- National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki.
- North-Eastern Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC), Umiam.
- Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali.
- Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram â India's space university.
- New Space India Limited (NSIL), Bangalore.
- Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INâÂÂSPACe)
Independent agencies and bodies
Intelligence
National
Economic
Military
Other
Tribunals in India
See also
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