Ministry of Earth Sciences

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Earth Sciences

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•     Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
•     India Meteorological Department (IMD)
•     National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR)
•     Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
•     National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
•     National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Defence

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Defence, GOI

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Department of Defence

•     Integrated Defence Staff
•     Indian Army
•         Territorial Army (India)
•     Indian Navy
•     Indian Air Force
•     Indian Coast Guard

Department of Defence Research and Development

•     Defence Research and Development Organisation
•     Aeronautical Development Agency
•     Society for Integrated Circuit Technology and Applied Research

Department of Defence Production

•     Ordnance Factories Organisation
•     Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA)
•     Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA)
•     Directorate of Standardisation
•     Directorate of Planning & Coordination
•     Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO)
•     Defence Public Sector Undertakings

•         Bharat Dynamics Limited

•         Bharat Earth Movers Limited
•         Bharat Electronics Limited
•         Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE)
•         Goa Shipyard Limited
•         Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
•         Mazagon Dock Limited
•         Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

•     Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR)
•     Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB)
•     Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB)

Finance Division

•     Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA)

Intelligence Agencies

•     Defence Intelligence Agency
•     Directorate of Air Intelligence
•     Directorate of Military Intelligence
•     Directorate of Naval Intelligence

Inter-Service Organisations

• Military Engineering Service
• Armed Forces Medical Services
• Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
• Directorate General of Defence Estates
• Directorate General of Married Accommodation Project (DG MAP)
• Directorate of Public Relations
• Armed Forces Films & Photo Division
• History Division
• Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
• Ministry of Defence Library
• Services Sports Control Board
• School of Foreign Languages
• National Defence College
• College of Defence Management
• Defence Services Staff College
• National Defence Academy
• Armed Forces Medical College

Voluntary military agencies

•     National Cadet Corps NCC
•     SAINIK SCHOOLS SOCIETY

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Culture

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Culture, GOI

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Offices

•     Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI)
•     Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
•     Central Reference Library
•     National Archives of India (NAI)
•     National Library of India
•     National Museum, New Delhi
•     National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
•     National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
•     National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
•     National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC)

Autonomous and other bodies

• Asiatic Society
• Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS)
• Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT)
• Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS)
• Indian Museum, Kolkata
• [(Institute of Chartered Accountant of India) (ICAI)]
• Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)
• Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai
• Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS)
• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
• National Culture Fund
• National Electronic Register of Jain Manuscripts
• National Mission for Manuscripts
• National Museum Institute (NMI)
• National School of Drama
• Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF)
• Rampur Raza Library
• Sahitya Akademi
• Sangeet Natak Akademi
• Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

• Zonal Cultural Centres:

•         Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
•         North Central Zone Cultural Centre
•         North East Zone Cultural Centre
•         North Zone Cultural Centre
•         South Central Zone Cultural Centre
•         South Zone Cultural Centre
•         West Zone Cultural Centre

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Corporate Affairs

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•     Registrar of Companies, India
•     Company Law Board
•     Competition Commission of India
•     Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
•     Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)

Statutory Bodies

•     Institute of Company Secretaries of India
•     Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
•     Institute of Cost Accountants of India

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

What are the agencies that comes under the purview Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

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Departments

•     Department of Consumer Affairs
•     Department of Food and Public Distribution

Directorates and other bodies

•     Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
•     Central Warehousing Corporation (public sector undertaking)
•     Consumer Online Resource and Empowerment Centre (CORE)
•     Directorate of Sugar
•     Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils and Fats
•     Forward Markets Commission
•     Food Corporation of India (public sector undertaking)
•     National Co-operative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF)
•     National Sugar Institute
•     National Test House
•     National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

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Departments and Attached Offices

•     Department of Information Technology
•     Department of Posts
•     Department of Telecommunications
•     National Informatics Centre (NIC)
•     Standardisation, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC)
•     Electronics Regional Test Laboratory (ERTL)

Autonomous Bodies

•     National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)
•     Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
•     Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
•     Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
•     Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)
•     Education and Research Network (ERNET)
•     Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)
•     MIT Accreditation of Computer Courses
•     Society for Applied Microwave Electronic Engineering and Research (SAMEER)
•     Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
•     Media Lab Asia (MLAsia)

Ministry of Commerce and Industry/ Ministry of Business

What are the agencies that comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry/ Ministry of Business

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Departments

• Department of Commerce
• Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion

Attached Offices

•     Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
•     Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D)
•     Office of the Economic Adviser
•     Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S)
•     Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM)
•         Indian Patent Office
•     Special Economic Zones
•     Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation

Statutory Bodies

•     Export Inspection Council (EIC)Web Link
•     Export Inspection Agency at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi and Chennai

Autonomous Bodies 

• Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
• Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
•     Indian Diamond Institute
•     Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
•     Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP)
•     Intellectual property Appellate Board (IPAB)
•     Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA)
•     Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)
•     National Institute of Design
•     National Numbering Organisation (EAN-India)
•     National Productivity Council (NPC)
•     Government of India undertaking
•     Government of India interpreting

Boards

• Coffee Board
• Rubber Board
• Spices Board
• Tobacco Board
• Tea Board of India
• Brahmaputra Board
• National bee board

Commissions

•     Tariff Commission

Promotion Councils

•     Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL)
•     Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI)
•     Chemical and Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL)
•     Council for Leather Exports
•     Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC)
•     The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)
•     National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC)
•     Plastics Export Promotion Council (PLEXCONCIL)
•     Project Exports Promotion Council of India (PEPC)
•     Sports Goods Export Promotion Council (SGEPC)
•     National Council Of Educational Research And Training (NCERT)

Public Sector Undertakings

•     Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC)
•     India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)
•     Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC)
•     National Centre for Trade Information (NCTI)
•     State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCI)
•     Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI Limited)

Agencies under Ministry of Coal

What are the government agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Coal

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• Coal Controller
• Commissioner of Payments
• Coal India Limited (CIL)
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC)
• Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)
• Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Agencies under Ministry of Civil Aviation

What are the government agencies that comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation

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• Directorate General of Civil Aviation
• Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
• Commission of Railway Safety
• Airports Authority of India
• Airports Economic Regulatory Authority
• Air India Ltd.
• Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd.
• Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy

Source: www.india.gov.in

Agencies under Ministry of Home Affairs India Government

What are the agencies that comes under the ministry of Home Affairs of Government of India

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• Department of Border Management
• Department of Internal Security
• Department of Jammu & Kashmir Affairs
• Department of Home
• Department of Official Language
• Department of States

Source: www.india.gov.in

General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations

General Knowledge (GK) makes Integral Part of many competitive examinations in India. The GK Test examine your awareness and abilities from in and around your surroundings. In this portion questions are asked from day to day life experiences. Generally, whether its and admission test or recruitment exam questions are asked from the areas those we discuss often among friends, family, or listen over radio, television and social media etc.

Indian Polity: General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations

In competitive examinations like scholarships test, admission tests, eligibility tests, and general competitions etc questions are asked in subject matter related Indian Politics. Here are lessons to prepare for different competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, PSC, NDA, Banking, Railways, Insurance etc.

Indian Polity and Constitution

Regulating Act of 1773

Important Parliamentary / Constitutional Terms

Act: This refers to - a Bill passed by both  Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President.

Ad hoc Committee: This refers to - a Committee constituted by the House or by the Chairman or by the presiding officers of both the Houses jointly to consider and report on specific matter and becomes functus officio as soon as the task is completed.

The Official Languages of India

• Article 343 of the Indian Constitution recognises Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the union; the Constitution also allows for the continuation of use of the English language for official purposes.

Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners

• The President appoints Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.
• Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners have tenure of six years, or up to the age of 65 years and 62 years respectively, whichever is earlier. They enjoy the same status and receive salary and perks as available to Judges of the Supreme Court of India.

Chief Election Commissioners of India:

The following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India:

1. Sukumar Sen: 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958

2. K.V.K. Sundaram: 20 December 1958 to 30 September 1967

Election

Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India was established on January 25, 1950 (under Article 324 of Constitution of India)

Functions of the Public Service Commission:

• The Union and State Public Service Commissions shall conduct examinations for appointment to the Union and State services respectively.
• To assist the States in framing the operating schemes of joint recruitment for any services for which candidate possessing special qualifications are required if two or more states make such a request to the Union Public Service Commission.

Public Service Commission

• The Constitution of India provides for a Public Service Commission namely Union Public Service Commission or UPSC for the Union and State Public Service Commissions of State PSCs or a Joint Public Service Commission for group of states.

Articles under Part XVIII: Emergency Provisions

• Article 352: Proclamation of Emergency
• Article 353: Effect of Proclamation of Emergency
• Article 354: Application of provisions relating to distribution of revenues while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation