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Union government ministries of India

Union government ministries of India

Indian departments of state

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.[1]

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Departments

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

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.

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See also

Notes

    References

    1. [1]
      "Integrated Government Online Directory". goidirectory.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
    2. [2]
      "History". dfpd.nic.in. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
    3. [3]
      "Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India". wrmin.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
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