Union government ministries of India

The Government Of India exercises its executive authority through a number of government ministries or departments of state. A ministry is composed of employed officials, known as civil servants, and is politically accountable through a minister. Most major ministries are headed by a Cabinet Minister, who sits in the Union Council of Ministers, and is typically supported by a team of junior ministers called the Ministers of State. A union minister also known as cabinet minister.

Some ministries have subdivisions called departments. For example, the Ministry of Communications has two departments - the Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts.

Current Ministries

There are 54 Union ministries and 93 departments in India.

Departments

These are independent departments working under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister's Office.

• Department of Atomic Energy
• Department of Space

Former ministries

The following ministries once functioned, but have since become defunct, generally because of a merger with another ministry or division into new ministries.

See also

• List of Indian government agencies
• Union Council of Ministers

Notes

References

1. Union Council of Ministers
2. Government of India
3. Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
4. List of schemes of the government of India
5. Union government employees in India
6. Central Civil Services
7. List of agencies of the government of India
8. Ministry of Finance (India)
9. Ministry of External Affairs (India)
10. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)
11. Ministry of Education (India)
12. Secretary to the Government of India
13. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
14. Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)
15. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
16. Minister of Finance (India)
17. List of departments of the government of Uttarakhand
18. Ministry of Communications (India)
19. Ministry of Law and Justice (India)
20. Ministry of Railways (India)