Ministries and Departments of Government of India is a topic mentioned under the Governance section of UPSC Civil Services Mains GS2 paper. Though the number and name of ministries may change with each government, the overall framework will remain the same. Under normal circumstances in each government, there will be separate ministries for Finance, Defense, Home Affairs, External Affairs etc.
Indian Government works by forming different apex offices, ministries and departments. The important ones among them are listed below.
Apex Offices or Committees of Indian Government
- Presidents Secretariat
- Vice President’s Secretariat
- Prime Minister’s Office
- Cabinet Secretariat
- Planning Commission
- Election Commission
- UPSC
- UGC
- Bar Council of India
- CAG etc
Ministries Under Indian Government
- Ministry for Development of North-East Region
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Agro & Rural Industries
- Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Ministry of Civil Aviation
- Ministry of Coal
- Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
- Ministry of Company Affairs
- Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
- Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Ministry of Culture
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Disinvestment
- Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
- Ministry of Earth Science
- Ministry of Environment and Forests
- Ministry of External Affairs
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Ministry of Human Resource Development
- Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
- Ministry of Labour & Employment
- Ministry of Law & Justice
- Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
- Ministry of Mines
- Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
- Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
- Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- Ministry of Power
- Ministry of Railways
- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
- Ministry of Rural Development
- Ministry of Science & Technology
- Ministry of Shipping
- Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
- Ministry of Steel
- Ministry of Surface Transport
- Ministry of Textiles
- Ministry of Tourism
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Ministry of Urban Development
- Ministry of Water Resources
- Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
Departments Under Indian Government
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Ocean Development
- Department of Space
PS: (1) and (3) are independent departments.
A.D says
February 19, 2019 at 11:13 amis that important to read about all the ministries because it will take a lot of time, maybe 3 to 4 hours including THE HINDU? so can u suggest the option to prepare both of this information in lessen time? or I went for the same strategy.