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Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

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IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS OF INDIA

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Headquarters: Bengaluru

Established on: 15 August 1969

Founder: Vikram Sarabhai (Father of Indian space program)

Remarks:

1. Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was set up by the Government of India
in 1962.
2. India's first satellite Aryabhata, which was launched by the Soviet Union on 1975
3. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station)is located at
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
4. Antrix Corporation – The marketing arm of ISRO, Bengaluru
5. Satish Dhawan Space Centre is a rocket launch centre operated by Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO).It is located at Sriharikota,Andhra Pradesh
6. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram- India's space University
7. The Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan was launched into Earth orbit on 5 November 2013 by the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and has entered Mars orbit on 24 September 2014

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

8. Chandrayaan-1(India’s first lunar mission) was launched on 22 October 2008

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

Headquarters: Mumbai

Established on: 1954

Founder: Homi J. Bhabha

Remarks:

1. APSARA was the first nuclear reactor not only in India but also the whole of Asia. The reactor was
designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and built with assistance from the United
Kingdom
2. List of nuclear power station in India
Nuclear power station State
Kaiga Karnataka
Kakrapar Gujarat
Kudankulam Tamil Nadu
Madras (Kalpakkam) Tamil Nadu
Narora Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan Rajasthan
Tarapur Maharashtra
Defence Research and Development Organisation

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1958

Remarks:

1. Motto: "Strength's Origin is in Science"

2. Military's research and development organization

Reserve bank of India

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

Headquarters: Mumbai

Established on: 1 April 1935

Remarks:

1. RBI is also known as banker's bank

2. Custodian of foreign exchange reserve
3. RBI was nationalized in 1949
4. The Reserve Bank of India has the sole right to issue currency notes except one rupee notes which are
issued by the Ministry of Finance
5. The Central Office of the RBI was established first in Kolkata but was moved to Mumbai in 1937

Securities and Exchange Board of India

Headquarters: Mumbai

Established on: 1988

Remarks:

1. SEBI was established in 1988 and got Statutory Powers on 30 January 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992
2. SEBI is known as market regulator of India

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1997

Remarks:

1. It is a statutory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India Act, 1997

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Headquarters: New Delhi

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

Established on: 2009

Remarks:

1. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory body

2. Aadhaar is a verifiable 12-digit identification number issued by UIDAI to the resident of India

Bureau of Indian Standards

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1986

Remarks: Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) is a national standard body of India

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

Headquarters: Mumbai

Established on: 12 July 1982

Remarks:

1. NABARD was established on the Recommendation of B Sivaraman Committee

2. NABARD is India's specialized bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in India.

Small industrial Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

Headquarters: Lucknow

Established on: 2 April 1990

Remarks:

1. Principal Financial Institution for Promotion, Financing and Development of the Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector as well as for co-ordination of functions of institutions engaged in
similar activities

Inland Waterways Authority of India

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

Headquarters: Noida

Established on: 1986

Remarks:

1. Inland Waterways Authority was set up in 1986 for the development, maintenance, and regulation of
Inland national waterways in the country
2. India’s first Inland waterway route is NW-1(Prayagraj – Haldia)

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 2011

Remarks:

1. The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
2. FSSAI an autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of
India.
3. Food safety and Standards Authority of India is responsible for protecting and promoting Public Health
through the Regulation and supervision of food safety

Central Board of film certification (CBFC)

Headquarters: Mumbai

Established on: 1951

Remarks:

1. The CBFC is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the
Government of India

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

Headquarters: New Delhi

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

Established on: 1998

Remarks:

1. CERC is a statutory body functioning with quasi-judicial status under sec – 76 of the Electricity Act 2003
2. Key regulator of power sector in India

National Highways Authority of India

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1988

Remarks:

1. The NHAI is responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of National Highways .The
National Highways constitute only 2.7per cent of the total road length, but carry about 40 per cent of the
road traffic

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1961

Remarks:

1. The NCERT is a government organization that is set up to assist the qualitative improvement in school
education in India.
2. It comes under Ministry of Human Resource

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1929

Remarks:

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

1. The ICAR is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture
including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1974

Remarks:

1. The CPCB is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
2. It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1974

Ordnance Factory Board

Headquarters: Kolkata

Established on: 1775

Remarks:

1. It is called the "Fourth Arm of Defence", and the "Force behind the Armed Forces" of India
2. Role-production, testing, logistics, research, development and marketing of arms for armed forces

Forest Survey of India

Headquarters: Dehradun

Established on: 1981

Remarks:

1. India State of Forest Report has been prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI), an organization under the
Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change. It is a biannual report

Archaeological Survey of India

Headquarters: New Delhi

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 Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

Established on: 1861

Remarks:

1. ASI is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural
monuments in the country

Geological Survey of India

Headquarters: Kolkata

Established on: 1851

Remarks:

1. The main functions of GSI is creation and updation of national geoscientific information and mineral
resource assessment
2. It comes under Ministry of Mines, Government of India.

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Established on: 1942

President: Prime Minister (Ex-Officio)

Vice President: Minister of Science & Technology, Government of India (Ex-Officio)

Founder(s): Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

Remarks:

1. It is the largest research and development organization in India.

2. Research laboratories under CSIR
S.No Name of CSIR Labs Location
1 Advanced Materials and Processes Research Bhopal
Institute (AMPRI)
2 Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee

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Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

3 Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad

4 Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow
5 Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karaikudi
6 Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute Pilani
(CEERI)
7 Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore
(CFTRI)
8 Central Glass Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI) Kolkata
9 Central Institute of Medicinal Aromatic Plants Lucknow
(CSIMAP)
10 Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research Dhanbad
(CIMFR)
11 Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) Chennai
12 Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur
(CMERI)
13 Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) New Delhi
14 Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) Chandigarh
15 Central Salt Marine Chemicals Research Institute Bhavnagar
(CSMCRI)
16 CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CFPI) Bengaluru
17 Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology Delhi
(IGIB)
18 Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur, Himachal
(IHBT) Pradesh
19 Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) Kolkata
20 Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Hyderabad
21 Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu
22 Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun
23 Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) Lucknow

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24 Institute of Minerals and Materials Bhubaneswar

Technology(IMMT)
25 Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTech) Chandigarh
26 National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) Bangalore
27 National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) Lucknow
28 National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune
29 National Environmental Engineering Research Nagpur
Institute (NEERI)
30 North - East Institute of Science and Technology Jorhat, Assam
(NEIST)
31 National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) Hyderabad
32 National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science and Thiruvananthapuram
Technology (NIIST)
33 National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Goa
34 National Institute of Science Communication and New Delhi
Information Resources (NISCAIR)
35 National Institute of Science, Technology and New Delhi
Development Studies (NISTADS)
36 National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) Jamshedpur
37 National Physical Laboratory (NPL) New Delhi
38 Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) Chennai
Intelligence Bureau

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1887

Remarks:

1. India's internal intelligence agency.

2. It’s comes under the administration of Ministry of Home Affairs

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Research and Analysis Wing

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1968

Remarks:

1. Foreign intelligence agency of India

2. RAW comes Under the direct command of the Prime Minister of India

National Investigation Agency

Headquarters: New Delhi

Established on: 1968

Remarks:

1. It acts as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency

2. It’s comes under the administration of Ministry of Home Affairs

LIST OF PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATIONS IN INDIA

 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are administered by the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises, Government of India.
 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are divided into three categories. As per available information(as
on January, 2020),there are 10 Maharatna companies, 14 Navratna companies and 74 Miniratna companies in
India

Maharatna CPSEs

S.No Company Name Headquarters Established on

1 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited New Delhi 1964
2 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Mumbai 1952

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3 Coal India Limited Kolkata 1975

4 GAIL (India) Limited New Delhi 1984
5 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Mumbai 1974
6 Indian Oil Corporation Limited New Delhi 1959

7 NTPC Limited New Delhi 1975

8 Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited New Delhi 1956
9 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Gurgaon 1989
10 Steel Authority of India Limited New Delhi 1954
Navratna CPSEs

S.No Company Name Headquarters Established on

1 Shipping Corporation of India Limited Mumbai 1961
2 Rural Electrification Corporation Limited New Delhi 1969
3 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited Vishakhapatnam 1982
4 Power Finance Corporation Limited New Delhi 1986
5 Oil India Limited Duliajan, Assam 1959
6 NLC India Limited Neyveli, Tamil Nadu 1956
7 NMDC Limited Hyderabad 1958
8 NBCC (India) Limited New Delhi 1960
9 National Aluminium Company Limited Bhubaneswar 1981
10 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited New Delhi 1986
11 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Bengaluru 1940
12 Engineers India Limited New Delhi 1965
13 Container Corporation of India Limited New Delhi 1989
14 Bharat Electronics Limited Bengaluru 1954

Miniratna Category - I CPSEs

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Important Government and Public Sector Organisations of India

1. Airports Authority of India

2. Antrix Corporation Limited

3. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited

4. Bharat Coking Coal Limited

5. Bharat Dynamics Limited

6. BEML Limited

7. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

8. Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited

9. Central Warehousing Corporation

10. Central Coalfields Limited

11. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

12. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited

13. Cochin Shipyard Limited

14. Cotton Corporation of India Limited

15. EdCIL (India) Limited

16. Kamarajar Port Limited

17. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited

18. Goa Shipyard Limited

19. Hindustan Copper Limited

20. HLL Lifecare Limited

21. Hindustan Newsprint Limited

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22. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited

23. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited

24. HSCC (India) Limited

25. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited

26. Indian Rare Earths Limited

27. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited

28. Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited

29. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited

30. India Trade Promotion Organization

31. IRCON International Limited

32. KIOCL Limited

33. Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

34. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

35. MOIL Limited

36. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Limited

37. Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited

38. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited

39. MMTC Limited

40. MSTC Limited

41. National Fertilizers Limited

42. National Projects Construction Corporation Limited

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43. National Small Industries Corporation Limited

44. National Seeds Corporation

45. NHPC Limited

46. Northern Coalfields Limited

47. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited

48. Numaligarh Refinery Limited

49. ONGC Videsh Limited

50. Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited

51. Projects & Development India Limited

52. Railtel Corporation of India Limited

53. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited

54. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

55. RITES Limited 56. SJVN Limited

57. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited

58. South Eastern Coalfields Limited

59. Telecommunications Consultants India Limited

60. THDC India Limited 61. Western Coalfields Limited

62. WAPCOS Limited

Miniratna Category-II CPSEs

63. Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India

64. Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited

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65. Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited

66. Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited

67. Engineering Projects (India) Limited

68. FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Limited

69. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited

70. HMT (International) Limited

71. Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited

72. MECON Limited

73. National Film Development Corporation Limited

74. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited

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