Ministries

Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions
(*Formed on 1 August 1970)
Ministry of Home Affairs
* Formed on: 15 August 1947
*Annual Budget: ₹97,187 crore (US$15 billion)
*Child Agencies:
Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Central Armed Police Force (CRPF)
Border Security Force (BSF)
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
National Security Guards (NSG)
National Investigation Agency(NIA)

Ministry of External Affairs

* Formed on: 2 September 1946
* Annual budget: ₹15,011 crore (US$2.3 billion)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Ministry of Finance
*Formed on: October 29, 1946
*Child agencies:
1. Dept. of Economic Affairs
2. Dept. of Expenditure
3. Dept. of Revenue
4. Dept of Financial Services
5. Dept. of Investment and Public Asset
Management
* Key documents:
1. Union Budget
2. Economic Survey
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
* Child agencies:
1. Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
2. Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)
3. Competition Commission of India
4. National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
5. National Company Law Appelate Tribunal
(NCLAT)
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
* Formed on: July 1942
* Annual budget: ₹71,000 crore (US$11 billion)
* Agencies:
1. National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
2. National Highways and Infrastructure
Development Corporation Limited
3. Indian Roads Construction Corporation (IRCC)
4. Indian Academy of Highway Engineers
(IAHE)
Ministry of Shipping
* Annual budget: ₹1,881.83 crore (US$290
million)
*
Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Ministry of Statistics and

Programme Implementation

Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation

Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Earth Sciences

Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Ministry of Electronics and

Information Technology

Ministry of Law and Justice

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Steel

Ministry of Heavy Industries

and Public Enterprises

Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Ministry of Rural Development

Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Ministry of Mines

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Ministry of Textiles

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Ministry of Skill Development

and Entrepreneurship

Ministry of Coal

Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Minority Affairs

Ministry of Civil Aviation

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Ministry of Planning

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department of Ayurveda, Yoga

and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha
and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

Ministry of Development of
North Eastern Region

Ministry of Culture

Ministry of Micro, Small

and Medium Enterprises
Ministry of Communications

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministry of Power

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Ministry of Tourism

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Department of Atomic Energy

Department of Space
Ministers

1. Shri Narendra Modi (CM)

2. Dr. Jitendra Singh (MoS)
3. Ajay Mittal, IAS (Secretary, P&T)
4. Chirravuri Viswanath, IAS (Secretary, Pension,Administrative
Reforms and Grievances)
1. Shri Raj Nath Singh (CM)
2. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (MoS)
3. Shri Kiren Rijiju (MoS)
4. Rajiv Gauba, IAS (Home Secretary)
5. Rajiv Jain, IPS (Director of IB)
6. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, IPS (DG of CRPF)
7. K.K. Sharma, IPS (DG of BSF)
8. Rajesh Ranjan, IPS (DG of CISF)
9. Rajnikant Mishra, IPS (DG of SSB)
10. R.K. Pachnanda, IPS (DG of ITBP)
11. Sudeep Lakhtakia, IPS (DG of NSG)
12. Y.C. Modi, IPS (DG of NIA)

1. Smt. Sushma Swaraj (CM)

2. General (Retd.) V.K. Singh (MoS)
3. Shri M.J. Akbar (MoS)
4. Vijay Keshav Gokhale, IFS (Foreign Secretary)
5. Ruchi Ghanashyam, IFS, (Secretary (West))
6. Preeti Saran, IFS (Secretary (East))
7. Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, IFS (Secretary (OPV&OIA))
8. T. S. Tirumurti, IFS (Secretary (Economic Relations))
1. Shri Suresh Prabhu (CM)
2. Shri C.R. Chaudhary (MoS)

1. Shri Arun Jaitley (CM)

2. Shri Radhakrishnan P (MoS)
3. Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla (MoS)
4. Hasmukh Adhia, IAS (Finance Secretary and Secretary
(Revenue))
5. Ajay Narayan Jha, IAS (Secretary (Expenditure))
6. Subhash Chandra Garg, IAS (Secretary (Economic Affairs))
7. Rajiv Kumar, IAS (Secretary (Financial Services))
8. Neeraj Kumar Gupta, IAS (Secretary (Investment and
Public Asset Management))
9. Arvind Subramanian (Chief Economic Adviser)
1. Shri Arun Jaitley (CM)
2. Shri P.P. Chaudhary (MoS)
1. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari (CM)
2. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya (MoS)
3. Yudhvir Singh Malik, IAS (Secretary)
1. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari (CM)
2. Shri Radhakrishnan P (MoS)
3. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya (MoS)
1. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari (CM)
2. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (MoS)
3. Dr. Satya Pal Singh (MoS)

1. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda (CM)

2. Shri Vijay Goel (MoS)

1. Sushri Uma Bharati (CM)

2. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia (MoS)
3. Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi (MoS)

1. Dr. Harsh Vardhan (CM)

1. Dr. Harsh Vardhan (CM)

1. Dr. Harsh Vardhan (CM)

2. Dr. Mahesh Sharma (MoS)
1. Shri Ramvilas Paswan (CM)
2. Shri C.R. Chaudhary (MoS)
1. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi (CM)
2. Dr. Virendra Kumar (MoS)

1. Shri Ananthkumar (CM)

2. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao (MoS)
3. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya (MoS)
1. Shri Ananthkumar (CM)
2. Shri Vijay Goel (MoS)
3. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (MoS)

1. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (CM)

2. Shri Alphons Kannanthanam (MoS)

1. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (CM)

2. Shri P.P. Chaudhary (MoS)

1. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda (CM)

2. Smt. Anupriya Patel (MoS)
3. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey (MoS)

1. Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh (CM)

2. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai (MoS)

1. Shri Anant Geete (CM)

2. Shri Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral (MoS)

1. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal (CM)

2. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (MoS)

1. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar (CM)

2. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav (MoS)

1. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar (CM)

2. Shri Parshottam Rupala (MoS)

1. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar (CM)

2. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (MoS)

1. Shri Jual Oram (CM)

2. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat (MoS)
3. Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor (MoS)

1. Shri Radha Mohan Singh (CM)

2. Shri Parshottam Rupala (MoS)
3. Smt. Krishna Raj (MoS)
4. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (MoS)

1. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani (CM)

2. Shri Ajay Tamta (MoS)

1. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani (CM)

2. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (MoS)

1. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot (CM)

2. Shri Krishan Pal (MoS)
3. Shri Vijay Sampla (MoS)
4. Shri Ramdas Athawale (MoS)
1. Shri Prakash Javadekar (CM)
2. Shri Upendra Kushwaha (MoS)
3. Dr. Satya Pal Singh (MoS)

1. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan (CM)

1. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan (CM)

2. Shri Anantkumar Hegde (MoS)

1. Shri Piyush Goyal (CM)

2. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (MoS)

1. Shri Piyush Goyal (CM)

2. Shri Manoj Sinha (MoS)
3. Shri Rajen Gohain (MoS)

1. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman (CM)

2. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre (MoS)

1. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (CM)

2. Dr. Virendra Kumar (MoS)

2. Shri Jayant Sinha (MoS)

1. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao (MoS I/C)

1. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

1. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

1. Dr. Jitendra Singh

1. Dr. Mahesh Sharma

1. Shri Giriraj Singh

1. Shri Manoj Sinha

1. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

1. Shri Raj Kumar Singh

1. Shri Raj Kumar Singh

1. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

1. Shri Alphons Kannanthanam

1. Shri Narendra Modi

2. Dr. Jitendra Singh (MoS)

1. Shri Narendra Modi

2. Dr. Jitendra Singh (MoS)
 ABOUT THE MINISTRY

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is the

coordinating agency of the Central Government in personnel matters
specially issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff welfare
as well as the post retirement dispensation. The Ministry is also concerned with the
process of responsive people-oriented modern administration. Allocation of
Business Rules defines the work allotted for the Ministry.
The Ministry comprises of the following three Departments.
1. Dept. of Perssonal & Training (DoPT)
2. Dept. of Pensions & Pensioners Welfare (DoP&PW)
3. Dept. of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG)
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) discharges multifarious responsibilities, the
important among them being - internal security, border management, Centre-State
relations, administration of Union Territories, management of Central Armed Police
Forces, disaster management, etc. Though in terms of Entries 1 and 2 of List II –
‘State List’ – in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, ‘public order’ and
‘police’ are the responsibilities of States, Article 355 of the Constitution enjoins the
Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance
and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with
the provisions of the Constitution. In pursuance of these obligations, the Ministry of
Home Affairs continuously monitors the internal security situation, issues
appropriate advisories, shares intelligence inputs, extends manpower and financial
support, guidance and expertise to the State Governments for maintenance of
security, peace and harmony without encroaching upon the constitutional rights of
the States.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry administers two departments,
1. Department of Commerce.
2. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion.

The Ministry of Finance is an important ministry within the Government of India

concerned with the economy of India, serving as the Indian Treasury Department.
In particular, it concerns itself with taxation, financial legislation, financial
institutions, capital markets, centre and state finances, and the Union Budget.

The Ministry of Finance is the cadre controlling authority of the Indian Revenue
Service, Indian Economic Service, Indian Cost Accounts Service and Indian Civil
Accounts Service.
This Ministry is primarily concerned with administration of the
Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act,
2008 & other allied Acts and rules & regulations framed there-under mainly for
regulating the functioning of the corporate sector in accordance with law. It is
responsible mainly for regulation of Indian enterprises in Industrial and Services
sector.
the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules,
regulations and laws relating to road transport, and transport research, in order to
increase the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in India. Road
transport is a critical infrastructure for economic development of the country. It
influences the pace, structure and pattern of development. In India, roads are used
to transport over 60% of the total goods and 85% of the passenger traffic. Hence,
development of this sector is of paramount importance for the India and accounts
for a significant part in the budget.
The Ministry of Shipping encompasses the shipping and port sectors
which include shipbuilding and repair, major ports, national waterways and inland
water transport.
 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS

*DOPT is concerned with the formulation of policy and the watchdog of the Government ensuring that certain accepted stand
and norms, as laid down by it, are followed by all ministries/departments in the recruitment, regulation of service conditions a
posting transfers and deputation of personnel as well as other related issues.
It solely controls the cadres of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Central Secretariat Service (CSS).
DOPT supervises and controls the following organisations, namely
1. Union Public Service Commission
2. Staff Selection Commission
3. Public Enterprises Selection Board
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
5. Institute of Secretariat Training and Management
6. Central Vigilance Commission
7. Central Bureau of Investigation
8. Indian Institute of Public Administration
9. Central Information Commission
*DoP&PW is mainly concerned with the formulation of policies regarding the post retirement benefits of Central Govt. employ
covered under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. It also acts as a forum for the redressal for Pensioners' grievances. However, the
pensioners of Ministries of Railways and Defence are governed by their respective pension rules.
*DARPG 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, organisatio
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, Citize
Charters, award schemes, e-governance, and best practices.
It provides online grievance redress services through Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System.
The Ministry of Home Affairs extends manpower and financial support, guidance and expertise to the State Governments for th
maintenance of security, peace and harmony without trampling upon the constitutional rights of the States.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has the following constituent Departments:
* Dept. of Border Management, dealing with management of borders, including coastal borders.
* Dept. of Internal Security, dealing with police, law and order and rehabilitation.
* Dept. of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs, dealing with the constitutional provisions in respect of the State of Jammu and Kashmi
all other matters relating to the State excluding those with which the Ministry of External Affairs is concerned.
* Dept. of Home, Dealing with the notification of assumption of office by the President and Vice-President, notification of
appointment of the Prime Minister and other Ministers, etc.
* Dept. of Official Language, Dealing with the implementation of the provisions of the Constitution relating to official language
and the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963.
* Dept. of States, Dealing with centre-state relations, inter-state relations, union territories and freedom fighters' pension.

* Development Partnership Administration(DPA) is an agency under the Ministry of External Affairs. As India increased its stra
footprint, DPA was formed in 2013 for effective execution of projects with professionals from diverse backgrounds. India has an
elaborate project portfolio in its neighbourhood, including Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, as
as Africa and Latin America.
It is headed by Sujata Mehta, one of India’s foremost diplomats and former Indian representative to UN Conference on
Disarmament, Geneva. Mehta is Special Secretary in the MEA.
* The Ministry of External Affairs was the first government department to have a mobile app for smartphones with the launch
MEAIndia on 29 July 2013. by Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. The app will help users apply for a passport, get visa informatio
and learn the location of Indian consulates worldwide.
* MEA Diplomat-Authors: Diplomats from other countries such as Gabriela Mistral, Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, St John Perse, I
Andric, George Seferis have won distinctions such as the Nobel Prize in Literature. Prominent diplomats-turned-authors who
started their careers with the Indian Foreign Service and Ministry of External Affairs include Vikas Swarup and Navtej Sarna.
* Department of Commerce: The department is entrusted with formulating and implementing the foreign
trade policy and responsibilities relating to multilateral and bilateral commercial relations,
state trading, export promotion measures, and development and regulation of certain export
oriented industries and commodities.
* Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion: This department was established in the year 1995, and in the year 2000
Department of Industrial Development was merged with it. This department is responsible for formulation and implementation
promotional and developmental measures for growth of the industrial sector, keeping in view the national priorities and socio-
economic objectives. While individual administrative ministries look after the production, distribution, development and plann
aspects of specific industries allocated to them, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion is responsible for the overall Indu
Policy. It is also responsible for facilitating and increasing the FDI flows to the country. It is also responsible to calculate WPI (I.e
Wholesale Price Index).
Policy and Promotion is also responsible for intellectual property rights relating to patents, designs, trademarks, and geographi
indication of goods and oversees the initiative relating to their promotion and protection.

* The Department of Economic Affairs is the nodal agency of the Union Government to formulate and
monitor country's economic policies and programmes having a bearing on domestic and international aspects of economic
management. A principal responsibility of this Department is the preparation and presentation of the Union Budget (including
Railway Budget) to the parliament and budget for the state Governments under President's Rule and union territory
administrations.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), housed in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, was an in
ministerial body, responsible for processing of FDI proposals and making recommendations for Government approval. FIPB is n
abolished as announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during 2017-2018 budget speech in Lok Sabha.
* The Department of Expenditure is the nodal Department for overseeing the public financial management system (PFMS) in t
Central Government and matters connected with the finances. The principal activities of the Department include pre-sanction
appraisal of major schemes/projects (both Plan and non-Plan expenditure), handling the bulk of the Central budgetary resourc
transferred to States, implementation of the recommendations of the Finance and Central Pay Commissions, overseeing the
expenditure management in the Central Ministries/Departments through the interface with the Financial Advisors and the
administration of the Financial Rules / Regulations /Orders through monitoring of Audit comments/observations, preparation o
Central Government Accounts, managing the financial aspects of personnel management in the Central Government, assisting
Central Ministries/Departments in controlling the costs and prices of public services, assisting organisational re-engineering
through review of staffing patterns and O&M studies and reviewing systems and procedures to optimize outputs and outcome
public expenditure. The Department is also coordinating matters concerning the Ministry of Finance including Parliament-relat
work of the Ministry. The Department has under its administrative control the National Institute of Financial Management (NIF
Faridabad.
The business allocated to the Department of Expenditure is carried out through its Establishment Division, Plan Finance I and I
Divisions, Finance Commission Division, Staff Inspection Unit, Cost Accounts Branch, Controller General of Accounts, and the
Central Pension Accounting.
* The Department of Revenue functions under the overall direction and control of the Secretary (Revenue). It exercises contro
respect of matters relating to all the Direct and Indirect Union Taxes through two statutory Boards namely, the Central Board o
Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). Each Board is headed by a Chairman who is also ex offi
Special Secretary to the Government of India (Secretary level). Matters relating to the levy and collection of all Direct taxes are
looked after by the CBDT whereas those relating to levy and collection of Customs and Central Excise duties and other Indirect
taxes fall within the purview of the CBEC. The two Boards were constituted under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. At
present, the CBDT has six Members and the CBEC has five Members. The Members are also ex officio Secretaries to the
Government of India.
* The Department of Financial Services covers Banks, Insurance and Financial Services provided by various government agenc
and private corporations. It also covers pension reforms and Industrial Finance and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise. It star
the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
PFRDA, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is a statutory body which also works under this departm
* The Department of Disinvestment has been renamed as Department of Investment and Public Asset Management or 'DIPAM
decision aimed at proper management of Centre's investments in equity including its disinvestment in central public sector
undertakings. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced renaming of the Department of Disinvestment in his budget speec
2016-17. Initially set up as an independent ministry (The Ministry of Disinvestment) in December 1999, the Department of
Disinvestments came into existence in May 2004 when the ministry was turned into a department of the Ministry of Finance. T
department took up all the functions of the erstwhile ministry which broadly was responsible for systematic policy approach to
disinvestment and privatisation of Public Sector Units (PSUs).
The ministry administers the following acts:
1. The Companies Act, 2013
2. The Companies Act, 1956
3. The Companies Act, 2002
4. The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969
5. The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 [As amended by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006]
6. The Company Secretaries Act, 1980 [As amended by The Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006]
7. Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 [As Amended By The Cost And Works Accountants (Amendment) Act,
2006]
8. Companies (Donation to National) Fund Act 1951
9. The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
10. Societies Registration Act 1860
11. The Companies Amendment Act, 2006
12. The Limited liability Partnership Act, 2008

In August 2013 The Companies Act, 2013 passed. It will regulate fraud by corporations and is intended to avoid the accounting
scandals such as the Satyam scandal which have plagued India. It replaces The Companies Act, 1956 which has proven outmod
in terms of handling 21st century problems.

The Ministry has constituted a Committee for framing of National Competition Policy (India) and related matters (formulate
amendments in the Act) under the Chairmanship of Dhanendra Kumar, former Chairman of Competition Commission of India.
* The ministry has two wings functioning under it:
1. Roads Wing
2. Transport Wing
* Main responsibilities of the roads wing are:
1. Planning,development and maintenance of National Highways
2. Extends technical and financial support to the state government for development of state roads and
roads of inter-state connectivity and national importance.
3. Setting standards for building and maintenance of roads and bridges.
4. Archiving important technical knowledge generated through projects and R&D.
* Main responsibilities of the transport wing are:
1. Motor Vehicle Legislation
2. Taxation of motor vehicles
3. Compulsory insurance for vehicles
4. Promotion of Transport co-operatives in the field of motor transport.
5. Setting National road safety standards
6. Compiling data on road accidents and evolving a Road safety culture among the people in the country
7. Providing grants to NGOs in accordance with laid down guidelines.
* Over years the ministry has passed several acts to maintain law and order in Road Transport in the country
1. Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950
2. National Highways Act, 1956
3. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
4. National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988
* India has one of the largest road networks of over 4.885 million km consisting of :
1. National Highways/Expressways = 92,851 km
2. State Highways = 1,42,687 km
3. Other Roads = 46,49,462 km
4. Total = 48,85,000 km
* 100% FDI is allowed in the sectors of land transport to promote building of highway bridges, toll roads, and vehicular tunnels
services incidental to transport such as cargo handling is incidental to land transport; construction and maintenance of roads,
bridges; and construction and maintenance of roads and highways offered on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis, including
collection of toll.
* 10-year tax exemption under Section 80 IA has been granted to the Highway building projects to attract private investors.
* The ministry has also framed a ‘Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North Eastern Region' for improving ro
connectivity to remote places in this region. The estimated cost of the proposal is USD 2.53 billion.
* The Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a scheme for development of rural roads in India. The Construction of Ru
Roads Project (CRRP) is another initiative focused on rural development.
*The Government has allowed FDI up to 100% under the projects related to the construction and maintenance of ports and
harbours.
*The National Maritime Agenda 2010-2020[15] is an initiative of the Ministry of Shipping to outline the framework for the
development of the port sector.
*Sagar Mala project is the new initiative of the ministry.

The following are autonomous organisations, societies and PSUs functioning under the administrative
control of the ministry:
* Subordinate/attached offices:
1. Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai
2. Andaman and Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Port Blair
3. Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, New Delhi
4. Minor Ports Survey Organisation, Mumbai
* Autonomous bodies:
1. Chennai Port Trust
2. Cochin Port Trust
3. Inland Waterways authority of India, Noida
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
5. Kandla Port Trust
6. Mumbai Port Trust
7. National Shipping Board
8. New Mangalore Port Trust
9. Paradip Port Trust
10. Kolkata Port Trust
11. Seamen's Provident Fund Organisation, Mumbai
12. Tariff Authority of Major Ports, Mumbai
13. V.O.Chidambarnar Port Trust
14. Visakhapatnam Port Trust
* PSUs:
1. Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited
2. Cochin Shipyard Limited, Cochin
3. Dredging Corporation of India Limited
4. Ennore Port Limited
5. Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Limited
6. Sethusamundaram Corporation Limited
7. Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai
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President (Ram Nath Kovind)
Vice president (Venkaiah Naidu)

Prime minister (Narendra Modi)

Governors of states (within their respective states)

Former presidents (Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee)

Deputy prime minister (vacant)

Chief justice (Dipak Misra)
Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Sumitra Mahajan)

1. Cabinet ministers of the Union

2. Chief ministers of states (within their respective states)
3. Deputy Chairman of the NITI Aayog[2] (Rajiv Kumar)
4. Former prime ministers (Atal Bihari Vajpayee, H. D. Deve Gowda, Manmohan Singh)
5. Leaders of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha (Ghulam Nabi Azad) and the Lok Sabha (vacant)

Holders of the Bharat Ratna

(Amartya Sen, Lata Mangeshkar, C. N. R. Rao, Sachin Tendulkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee)
1. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioners of
commonwealth countries accredited to India
2. Chief ministers of states (when outside their respective states)
3. Governors of states (when outside their respective states)

Judges of the Supreme Court of India

1. Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (David R. Syiemlieh)
2. Chief Election Commissioner (Om Prakash Rawat)
3. Comptroller and Auditor General (Rajiv Mehrishi)

1. Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (P. J. Kurien)

2. Deputy Chief ministers of states
3. Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha (M. Thambidurai)
4. Members of the NITI Aayog
5. Ministers of states of the Union

1. Lieutenants governor of union territories (within their respective union territories)

2. Attorney general (Kottayan Katankot Venugopal)
3. Cabinet secretary (Pradeep Kumar Sinha)

Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank

1. Chief of the Army Staff (General Bipin Rawat)
2. Chief of the Air Staff (Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa)
3. Chief of the Naval Staff (Admiral Sunil Lanba)

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to India

1. Chief justices of states
2. Chairmen and speakers of state legislatures (within their respective states)
1. Chief ministers of union territories (within their respective union territories)
2. Cabinet ministers in states (within their respective states)
3. Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (within their respective union territories)
4. Deputy ministers of the union

Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of lieutenant general or equivalent rank
1. Judges of high courts
2. Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
3. Chairman, Minorities Commission
4. Chairman, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission[3]

1. Cabinet ministers in states (outside their respective states)

2. Chairmen and Speakers of state legislatures (outside their respective states)
3. Chairman, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
4. Deputy chairmen and deputy speakers of state legislatures (within their respective states)
5. Ministers of state in states (within their respective states)
6. Ministers of union territories and executive councillors of Delhi (within their respective union
territories)
7. Speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories
8. Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories)

1. Chief commissioners of union territories not having a council of ministers (within their respective
union territories)
2. Deputy ministers in states (within their respective states)
3. Deputy speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories
4. Deputy Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories)

1. Deputy chairmen and deputy speakers of state legislatures (outside their respective states)
2. Ministers of state in states (outside their respective state)

Members of parliament
Deputy ministers in states (outside their respective states)
1. Secretaries to the Government of India
2. Officers of the rank of full general or equivalent rank
3. Army commanders/Vice Chief of the Army Staff or equivalent in other services
4. Chief secretaries to state Governments (within their respective states)
5. Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities
6. Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
7. Members, Minorities Commission
8. Members, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
9. Secretary, Minorities Commission
10. Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
11. Secretary to the President
12. Secretary to the Prime Minister
13. Secretary, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha
14. Solicitor General (Ranjit Kumar)
15. Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
1. Lieutenant generals of the Indian Army
2. Air marshals of the Indian Air Force
3. Vice admirals of the Indian Navy

1. Additional secretaries to Government of India

2. Advocates general of states
3. Additional solicitors general
4. Chairman, Tariff Commission
5. Chargé d'affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim.
6. Chief ministers of union territories (outside their respective union territories)
7. Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (outside their respective union territories)
8. Chief Secretaries of state Governments (outside their respective states)
9. Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General
10. Deputy speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories
11. Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective union territories)
12. Deputy Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective union territories)
13. Director of the Intelligence Bureau (Rajiv Jain)
14. Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
15. Director General, Border Security Force
16. Director General, Central Reserve Police Force
17. Lieutenants governor of union territories (outside their respective union territories)
18. Members, Central Administrative Tribunal
19. Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
20. Members, Union Public Service Commission
21. ministers of union territories and Executives Councillors of Delhi
22. Principal staff officers of the Armed Forces of the rank of Major general or equivalent rank
23. Speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories

1. Joint secretaries to the Government of India

2. Major generals of the Indian Army
3. Rear admirals of the Indian Navy
4. Air Vice Marshals of the Indian Air Force
Constitutional Office-Holders

Office
President of India
Vice President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Prime Minister of India
Chief Justice of India
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Chief Election Commissioner
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Chairman of Union Public Service Commission
Attorney General of India

Bureaucrats

Office
Cabinet Secretary of India
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha
Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha
National Security Adviser
Chairman, Railway Board
Home Secretary
Finance Secretary
Defence Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Solicitor General of India
Principal Scientific Adviser
Chief Economic Adviser

Permanent Commissions Office-Holders

Office
Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of India
Chairman, National Commission for Minorities
Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes
Chairman, National Commission for Women
Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
Chairman, Central Vigilance Commission
Chairman, Central Information Commission
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India
Chairman, Department of Space
Chairman, University Grants Commission
Chairman, Central Water Commission
Director, Space Applications Centre
Chairman, National Forest Commission
Chairman, Competition Commission of India

Heads of financial bodies

Office
Chairman, 15th Finance Commission of India
Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India
Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
Chairman, 7th Pay Commission
Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India
Chairman, Company Law Board
Chairman and Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India
CEO and Managing Director, National Housing Bank
Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
CEO and Managing Director, Industrial Finance Corporation of India
Chairman, National Stock Exchange
Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange
Chairperson, State Bank of India
Chairman, Industrial Development Bank of India
Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India
President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
President, Confederation of Indian Industry
President, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
Chairman, National Statistical Commission
Director General, Archaeological Survey of India
Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Director, Enforcement Directorate
CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Chairman & MD, Gas Authority of India Limited
Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Chairman & MD, Oil India Limited
Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education

Defence and Security

Occupation
Chief of the Army Staff
Chief of the Air Staff
Chief of the Naval Staff

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff

Director General, Military Intelligence
Director, Intelligence Bureau
Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing
Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
Director General, Border Security Force
Director General, Central Reserve Police Force
Director General, Central Industrial Security Force
Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal
Director General, National Security Guard
Director General, National Investigation Agency
Director General, National Disaster Response Force
Name Since
Ram Nath Kovind 25-Jul-17
Venkaiah Naidu 11-Aug-17
Narendra Modi 26-May-14
Dipak Misra 28-Aug-17
Sumitra Mahajan 6-Jun-14
Om Prakash Rawat 23-Jan-18
Rajiv Mehrishi 25-Sep-17
Vinay Mittal 22-Jan-18
K. K. Venugopal 30-Jun-17

Name Since
Pradeep Kumar Sinha 13-Jun-15
Nripendra Misra 27-May-14
Pramod Kumar Misra 9-Jun-14
Snehlata Shrivastava 1-Dec-17
Desh Deepak Verma 1-Sep-17
Ajit Doval 30-May-14
Ashwani Lohani 23-Aug-17
Rajiv Gauba 31-Aug-17
Hasmukh Adhia 6-Nov-17
Sanjay Mitra
Vijay Keshav Gokhale, IFS 28-Jan-18
Ranjit Kumar
R. Chidambaram
Arvind Subramanian 16-Oct-14

Name Since
H. L. Dattu
Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi
Ram Shankar Katheria 31-May-17
Nand Kumar Sai 28-Feb-17

Rekha Sharma

K. V. Chowdhary
R. K. Mathur 18-Dec-15
Sekhar Basu 23-Oct-15
K Sivan 14-Jan-18
D. P. Singh
Narendra Kumar
Tapan Misra
B. N. Kirpal
Devender Kumar Sikri

Name Since
N.K.Singh 27-Nov-17
Urjit Patel 4-Sep-16
Ajay Tyagi, IAS 1-Mar-17
Subhash Chandra Khuntia 2-May-18
Ashok Kumar Mathur 4-Feb-14
Muhammad Mustafa Aug-17
Mahesh Kumar Mittal
Yaduvendra Mathur
Sriram Kalyanaraman
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
Emandi Sankara Rao
Ashok Chawla
Sethuratnam Ravi
Rajnish Kumar (banker) 7-Oct-17
Mahesh Kumar Jain
V. K. Sharma
Pankaj Patel
Hemant G. Contractor
Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Sandeep Jajodia
Radha Binod Barman
Rakesh Tewari
Ram Sevak Sharma
Karnal Singh
Shashi Shanker
B. C. Tripathi
Sanjiv Singh
Utpal Bora
Anita Karwal
Name Since
General Bipin Rawat 31-Dec-16
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa 31-Dec-16
Admiral Sunil Lanba 31-May-16
(also Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee)
Lieutenant General Satish Dua 31-Oct-16
Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna
Rajiv Jain, IPS 1-Jan-17
Anil Dhasmana, IPS 1-Feb-17
Alok Verma, IPS 19-Jan-17
K. K. Sharma, IPS 29-Feb-16
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, IPS 27-Apr-17
Rajesh Ranjan, IPS
R. K. Pachnanda, IPS
Rajnikant Mishra, IPS 30-Sep-17
Sudeep Lakhtakia, IPS 31-Jan-18
Y.C. Modi, IPS
Sanjay Kumar, IPS
Special Economic Zones
The main objectives of the SEZ Scheme is generation of additional economic activity, promotion of exports of
goods and services, promotion of investment from domestic and foreign sources, creation of employment
opportunities along with the development of infrastructure facilities. All laws of India are applicable in SEZs unless
specifically exempted as per the SEZ Act/ Rules. Each Zone is headed by a Development Commissioner and is
administered as per the SEZ Act, 2005 and SEZ Rules, 2006. Units may be set up in the SEZ for manufacturing,
trading or for service activity. The units in the SEZ have to be net foreign exchange earners but they are not
subjected to any predetermined value addition except (Gems & Jwellery Units) or minimum export performance
requirements. Sales in the Domestic Tariff Area from the SEZ units are treated as if the goods are being imported
and are subject to payment of applicable customs duties.
 Marine Products Export
Development Authority

Commodity Boards:There are five statutory

Commodity Boards under the Department of
Commerce. These Boards are responsible for
production, development and export of tea,
coffee, rubber, spices and tobacco.
(i) Coffee Board
(ii) Rubber Board
(iii) Tea Board
(iv) Tobacco Board
(v) Spices Board
Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority

Export Inspection Council

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Indian Institute of Packaging

Indian Institute of Plantations Management

The Marine Products Export Development Authority(MPEDA) was set up
under Section (4) of MPEDA Act, 1972 and became functional from
20th April, 1972. It is a statutory body functioning under the Department
of Commerce. The MPEDA, a statutory body, is responsible for development of the marine products industry with special refer
exports.
It is headed by a Chairman. It has its headquarters at Kochi and has a
number of Regional and Sub- Regional Offices.

* The Coffee Board is a statutory organization constituted under Section (4) of the Coffee Act, 1942
and functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
The Board comprises 33 Members including the Chairperson, who is the Chief Executive and functions from Bangalore.
The remaining 32 Members representing various interests are appointed as per provisions under Section 4(2) of the
Coffee Act read with Rule 3 of the Coffee Rules, 1955. The Board is mainly focusing its activities in the areas of
research, extension, development, market intelligence, external & internal promotion and welfare measures.
The Board has a Central Coffee Research Institute at Balehonnur (Karnataka) with a Sub-Station at Chettalli (Karnataka)
and Regional Coffee Research Stations at Chundale (Kerala), Thandigudi (Tamil Nadu), Narasipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
and Diphu (Assam), apart from the extension units located in coffee growing regions of Karnataka, Kerala,
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and North Eastern Region.
* The Rubber Board is a statutory organization constituted under Section (4) of the Rubber Act, 1947 and functions under the
administrative control of Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The Board is headed by a Chairman appointed by the Central Gov
and has 27 members representing various interests of natural rubber industry. The Board’s headquarters is located at Kottayam
The Board is responsible for the development of the rubber industry in the country by way of assisting and encouraging resear
development, extension and training activities related to rubber. It also maintains statistical data of rubber, takes steps to prom
marketing of rubber and undertake labour welfare activities. The activities of the Board are exercised through nine departmen
Rubber Production, Research, Processing & Product Development, Training, License & Excise Duty, Statistics and Planning, Mar
Promotion, Finance & Accounts and Administration. The Board has five Zonal Offices and 43 Regional Offices. It has a Central R
Research Institute in Kottayam and 10 regional research stations located in various rubber growing states of the country. It also
Rubber Training Institute located at Kottayam.
* Tea Board was set up as a statutory body on 1st April, 1954 as per Section (4) of the Tea Act, 1953. As an apex body, it looks a
overall development of the tea industry. The Board is headed by a Chairman and consists of 30 Members appointed by the Gov
India representing different sections of the Tea industry. The Board’s Head Office is situated in Kolkata and there are two Zonal
each in North Eastern Region at Jorhat in Assam and in Southern Region at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. Besides, there are 18 region
spread over in all the major tea growing states and four metros. For the purpose of tea promotion, three overseas offices are lo
London, Dubai and Moscow. In order to meet the developmental needs of the small sector which accounts for more than 1/3rd
national tea production, separate directorate has been set up during the year under report. Under this directorate 71 sub regio
have been opened in all the areas where small growers are concentrated to maintain a closer interface with the growers and p
developmental and extension services to the growers towards improving productivity and quality of tea produced from the sm
The functions and responsibilities of Tea Board include increasing production and productivity, improving the quality of tea, ma
promotion, and welfare measures for plantation workers and supporting Research and Development. Collection, collation and
dissemination of statistical information to all stake holders are yet another important function of the Board. Being the regulato
Board exerts control over the producers, manufacturers, exporters, tea brokers, auction organizers and warehouse keepers thro
various control orders notified under Tea Act.
* The Tobacco Board was constituted as a statutory body on 1st January, 1976 under Section (4) of the Tobacco Board Act, 197
Board is headed by a Chairman with its headquarters at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and is responsible for the development of the
industry. While the primary function of the Board is export promotion of all varieties of tobacco and its allied products, its func
extend to production, distribution (for domestic consumption and exports) and regulation of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco
* Spices Board was constituted as a statutory body on 26th February, 1987 under Section (3) of the Spices Board Act, 1986. Th
headed by a Chairman with its head office at Kochi. Spices Board is responsible for the development of cardamom industry and
promotion of 52 spices listed in the schedule of the Spices Board Act, 1986. The primary function of the Board includes produc
development of small and large cardamom, promotion, development and regulation of export of spices. The Board is also resp
implementing programmes for development of spices in North Eastern region and organic spices in the country. The activities o
include issue of certificate of registration as exporter of spices; undertaking programmes and projects for promotion of export
like setting up of spices parks, support of infrastructure improvement in spices processing, assisting and encouraging studies an
on medicinal properties of spices, development of new products, improvement of processing, grading and packaging of spices;
towards stabilization of prices of spices for export and controlling & upgrading quality for export (including setting up of region
evaluation labs and training centers). With regard to cardamom, registered auctioneers and dealers facilitate the domestic mar
through e-auctions. The research activities on cardamom are also done by the Board through its Indian Cardamom Research In
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of I
the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December, 1985.
Authority, with its headquarters at New Delhi, is headed by a Chairperson. APEDA has been serving the agri-export community
years. In order to reach out to the exporters in different parts of the Country, APEDA has set up 5 Regional offices at Mumbai, B
Hyderabad, Kolkata & Guwhati and 13 Virtual Offices at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Srinagar (J&K), C
Imphal (Manipur), Agartala (Tripura), Kohima (Nagaland), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Raipur (Chattisgarh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Bh
(Madhya Pradesh), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Panaji (Goa). APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility of export prom
development of 14 agricultural and processed food product groups listed in the Schedule to the APEDA Act. In addition to this,
been entrusted with the responsibility to monitor the import of sugar as well.

APEDA has been actively engaged in the development of markets besides upgradation of infrastructure and quality to promote
of agro products. In its endeavour to promote agro exports, APEDA, under its Plan Scheme titled ‘Agriculture Export Promotion
APEDA’ provides financial assistance to the registered exporters under sub-components of the Scheme - Market Development,
Infrastructure Development, Quality Development and Transport Assistance

The Export Inspection Council (EIC) is the official export –certification body of India which ensures quality and safety of produc
from India. EIC was set up by the Government of India under Section 3 of the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
sound development of export trade of India through quality control and inspection and matters connected therewith. The role
ensure that products notified under the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 1963 are meeting the requirements of the
countries in respect of their quality and safety.

The Export Inspection Council is located at Delhi and is headed by a Chairman. The Executive Head of the Council is the Directo
Inspection & Quality Control who is responsible for day to day functioning of the Council. The assurance to quality and safety is
through either a consignment wise inspection or a quality assurance / food safety management based certification through its
organization. The Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs) located at Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi, Delhi and Chennai with a network of 30
backed by the state of art, NABL accredited laboratories at various places. EIC provides mandatory certification for various Food
namely fish & fishery products, dairy product, honey, egg products, meat and meat products, poultry meat products, animal ca
Gelatine, Ossein and crushed bones and feed additive and pre-mixtures while other food and non-food products are certified o
basis. With more than four decade experience in the field of inspection, testing and certification of food items as per importing
requirements, EIC is the only organization in India having global acceptance.