This article is about the list of central Indian agencies. For the British colonial polity, see
Central India Agency .
Official definitions of what constitutes an agency of thegovernment of India are limited and varied. Article 12 of theIndia constitution defines "the State " as encompassing the central government, theIndian parliament , thestate governments andtheir 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 theSupreme Court . There have also been severalacts of parliament which have included varying definitions of government agencies.[ 1]
The executive branch of the Indian government comprises thepresident , thevice president , and theunion council of ministers , led by theprime minister . This council is responsible for overseeing the functioning ofthe country's 53 union ministries . The ministries are staffed by members of theIndian civil services , who constitute the permanentbureaucracy 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 aspublic 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.
[ edit ] Attached and subordinate bodies [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] [ edit ] Additional units and offices [ edit ] Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority Central Integrated Pest Management Centre (CIPMC) [ edit ] [ edit ] Additional units and offices [ edit ] Commissions and committees [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers [ edit ] [ edit ] Department of Fertilizers [ edit ] [ edit ] Department of Pharmaceuticals [ edit ] Attached and subordinate bodies [ edit ] [ edit ] Ministry of Civil Aviation [ edit ] Attached and subordinate bodies [ edit ] [ edit ] Additional units and offices [ edit ] Attached and subordinate bodies [ edit ] Coal Controller's Organization [ edit ] Ministry of Commerce and Industry [ edit ] 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 Export Promotion Councils [ edit ] Public sector undertakings [ edit ] Ministry of Communications [ edit ] This section is empty. You can help by
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[ edit ] Department of Consumer Affairs [ edit ] Department of Food and Public Distribution [ edit ] Ministry of Co-operation [ edit ] Ministry of Corporate Affairs [ edit ] Ministry of Culture [ edit ] Autonomous and other bodies [ edit ] Ministry of Defence [ edit ] Department of Defence Research and Development [ edit ] Department of Defence Production [ edit ] Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare [ edit ] Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Intelligence Agencies [ edit ] Inter-Service Organisations [ edit ] Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [ edit ] This section is empty. You can help by
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Ministry of Earth Sciences [ edit ] Earth System Science Organization(ESSO) Subordinate Offices [ edit ] Ministry of Education [ edit ] Department of School Education and Literacy Department Higher Education Organisational structure:The department is divided into eightbureaus , and most of the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under these bureaus.[ 2]
University andHigher Education ; Minorities Education Technical Education Administration and Languages Distance Education and Scholarships 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 [ edit ] Departments and Attached Offices [ edit ] [ edit ] Subordinate and statutory bodies [ edit ] Ministry of External Affairs [ edit ] Ministry of Finance [ edit ] Autonomous Agencies [ edit ] [ edit ] This section is empty. You can help by
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Ministry of Food Processing Industries [ edit ] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare [ edit ] Department of Health [ edit ] Department of Family Welfare [ edit ] Ministry of Heavy Industries [ edit ] Department of Heavy Industries Ministry of Home Affairs [ edit ] Department of Internal Security [ edit ] Department of Official Language [ edit ] Department of Jammu and Kashmir and Laddak Affairs [ edit ] Department of States [ edit ] [ edit ] National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) Repatriates Co-operative Finance and Development Bank Limited [ edit ] Regulatory Authorities [ edit ] Commissions/Committees/Missions
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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs [ edit ] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting [ edit ] Ministry of Jal Shakti [ edit ] This section is empty. You can help by
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Ministry of Labour and Employment [ edit ] Ministry of Law and Justice [ edit ] Department of Justice Department of Legal Affairs Legislative Department First National Judicial Pay Commission [ edit ] Ministry of Minority Affairs [ edit ] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy [ edit ] Autonomous R&D Institution under MNRE
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[ edit ] Department of Personnel and Training [ edit ] Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances [ edit ] 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 throughCentralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System .
[ edit ] 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.
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[ edit ] [ edit ] Northern Regional Power Committee, Ministry of Power Southern Regional Power Committee Western Regional Power Committee (WRPC) Ministry of Railways [ edit ] Ministry of Road Transport and Highways [ edit ] Ministry of Rural Development [ edit ] Ministry of Science and Technology [ edit ] Department of Ocean Development [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship [ edit ] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment [ edit ] Commissions Other Statutory Bodies National Institutes Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation [ edit ] Department of Statistics Department of Programme Implementation Ministry of Textiles [ edit ] Textiles Committee Central Silk Board, Bangalore Textiles Research Associations [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Ministry of Tourism [ edit ] This section is empty. You can help by
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Ministry of Women and Child Development [ edit ] Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports [ edit ] Department of Sports [ edit ] [ edit ] Regulatory Board and Organisation [ edit ] [ edit ] Central Public Sector Units [ edit ] Industrial Organisations [ edit ] Service Organisations [ edit ] Directorate of Construction, Services and Estate Management (DAE) (DCSEM), Mumbai Directorate of Purchase and Stores (DAE) (DPS), Mumbai General Services Organisation (DAE) (GSO), Kalpakkam The Department of Space manages the following agencies and institutes:[ 11]
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – 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 – The marketing arm of ISRO.Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad.National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki.North-Eastern Space Applications Centre [ 12] Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL),Mohali .Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram – India's space university.New Space India Limited (NSIL), Bangalore.Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN–SPACe)[ 13] [ 14] Independent agencies and bodies [ edit ]
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