General Knowlege for Competitive Examinations

Indian students write many competitive examinations to get admission into next level of school, colleges and university programmes. Also examinations are held for recruitment to various posts and service. Some of the popular examinations in India UPSC Examinations, SSC Examinations, Banking Services Examinations, Railways Examinations, Admission Tests for College Admission Undergraduate, Post Graduate etc and Entrance Examinations to enter into professional programmes. 

In all such examinations Questions of General Knowledge are asked. In some exams there might be a separate question paper, in some it may be a part of question paper with other subjects, in some may be not. But General Knowledge is one of the compulsory part in a student life.

This is why to help out Indian students I have gathered chapters of general knowledge in varied subjects areas. These are true to my knowledge and written after study of various books, news sources, periodicals etc. 

General Knowledge (GK) means popular knowledge that comes from listening day to day stories.  These stories may from any area of life. The knowledge in all such general talks makes part of General Knowledge. Our common know how about things, people, places, science, technology etc is a measure of our awareness. In the competitive examination for admission, jobs and scholarships etc Questions in General Knowledge are asked. So you can prepare better for your upcoming examination I have gathered data around different walks of life and put in Organized Format. Here are lessons for you

• Indian Polity: General Knowledge for Competitive Examinations
• General Knowlegde: PHYSICS
• General Knowledge: CHEMISTRY
• General Knowledge - BOTANY
• General Knowledge: Zoology
• An Overview of Historical Facts and Figures: World History
• Noted Indian Historians
• List of Historian from countries other than India
• Countries and Languages
• List Of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites In India
• General Knowledge: First in India
• GK: First Heads of States (World)
• GK: First Visitors, Invaders
• GK: First in World
• GK: Nationals Animals and Countries
• Countries and National Flowers
• List of National Fruits
• Important Rivers of the World
• List of National Birds of Some Prime Countries
• National Emblems of Different Countries
• International Boundaries
• News Agencies of Some Countries
• Some Important Political Parties of Different Countries
• Intelligence Agencies of the world
• Signs and Symbols and Their Significance
• Indian National Symbols
• Official Books and Papers
• Nick Names of Important Indian Places
• Most Popular Newspaper
• Interesting Facts about India

Countries Dialing Codes ISO Codes

Someone spammed this blog from Poland. My analytics shows huge traffic from PL. Just to clear my doubt I checked internet and its Poland. Pat came the question in my mind may be some of you readers need to know ISO codes and dialing codes of different countries. So here we go with;

Name of Countries (Dialing Codes in numbers) and ISO CODE 

• Afghanistan (93) AF / AFG
• Albania (355 ) AL / ALB
• Algeria (213) DZ / DZA
• American Samoa (1-684) AS / ASM
• Andorra (376) AD / AND
• Angola (244) AO / AGO
• Anguilla (1-264) AI / AIA
• Antarctica (672) AQ / ATA
• Antigua and Barbuda (1-268) AG / ATG
• Argentina (54) AR / ARG
• Armenia (374) AM / ARM
• Aruba (297) AW / ABW
• Australia (61) AU / AUS
• Austria (43) AT / AUT
• Azerbaijan (994) AZ / AZE
• Bahamas (1-242) BS / BHS
• Bahrain (973) BH / BHR
• Bangladesh (880) BD / BGD
• Barbados (1-246) BB / BRB
• Belarus (375) BY / BLR
• Belgium 32 BE / BEL
• Belize 501 BZ / BLZ
• Benin 229 BJ / BEN
• Bermuda 1-441 BM / BMU
• Bhutan 975 BT / BTN
• Bolivia 591 BO / BOL
• Bosnia and Herzegovina 387 BA / BIH
• Botswana 267 BW / BWA
• Brazil 55 BR / BRA
• British Indian Ocean Territory 246 IO / IOT
• British Virgin Islands 1-284 VG / VGB
• Brunei 673 BN / BRN
• Bulgaria 359 BG / BGR
• Burkina Faso 226 BF / BFA
• Burundi 257 BI / BDI
• Cambodia 855 KH / KHM
• Cameroon 237 CM / CMR
• Canada 1 CA / CAN
• Cape Verde 238 CV / CPV
• Cayman Islands 1-345 KY / CYM
• Central African Republic 236 CF / CAF
• Chad 235 TD / TCD
• Chile 56 CL / CHL
• China 86 CN / CHN
• Christmas Island 61 CX / CXR
• Cocos Islands 61 CC / CCK
• Colombia 57 CO / COL
• Comoros 269 KM / COM
• Cook Islands 682 CK / COK
• Costa Rica 506 CR / CRI
• Croatia 385 HR / HRV
• Cuba 53 CU / CUB
• Curacao 599 CW / CUW
• Cyprus 357 CY / CYP
• Czech Republic 420 CZ / CZE
• Democratic Republic of the Congo 243 CD / COD
• Denmark 45 DK / DNK
• Djibouti 253 DJ / DJI
• Dominica 1-767 DM / DMA
• Dominican Republic 1-809, 1-829, 1-849 DO / DOM
• East Timor 670 TL / TLS
• Ecuador 593 EC / ECU
• Egypt 20 EG / EGY
• El Salvador 503 SV / SLV
• Equatorial Guinea 240 GQ / GNQ
• Eritrea 291 ER / ERI
• Estonia 372 EE / EST
• Ethiopia 251 ET / ETH
• Falkland Islands 500 FK / FLK
• Faroe Islands 298 FO / FRO
• Fiji 679 FJ / FJI
• Finland 358 FI / FIN
• France 33 FR / FRA
• French Polynesia 689 PF / PYF
• Gabon 241 GA / GAB
• Gambia 220 GM / GMB
• Georgia 995 GE / GEO
• Germany 49 DE / DEU
• Ghana 233 GH / GHA
• Gibraltar 350 GI / GIB
• Greece 30 GR / GRC
• Greenland 299 GL / GRL
• Grenada 1-473 GD / GRD
• Guam 1-671 GU / GUM
• Guatemala 502 GT / GTM
• Guernsey 44-1481 GG / GGY
• Guinea 224 GN / GIN
• Guinea-Bissau 245 GW / GNB
• Guyana 592 GY / GUY
• Haiti 509 HT / HTI
• Honduras 504 HN / HND
• Hong Kong 852 HK / HKG
• Hungary 36 HU / HUN
• Iceland 354 IS / ISL
• India 91 IN / IND
• Indonesia 62 ID / IDN
• Iran 98 IR / IRN
• Iraq 964 IQ / IRQ
• Ireland 353 IE / IRL
• Isle of Man 44-1624 IM / IMN
• Israel 972 IL / ISR
• Italy 39 IT / ITA
• Ivory Coast 225 CI / CIV
• Jamaica 1-876 JM / JAM
• Japan 81 JP / JPN
• Jersey 44-1534 JE / JEY
• Jordan 962 JO / JOR
• Kazakhstan 7 KZ / KAZ
• Kenya 254 KE / KEN
• Kiribati 686 KI / KIR
• Kosovo 383 XK / XKX
• Kuwait 965 KW / KWT
• Kyrgyzstan 996 KG / KGZ
• Laos 856 LA / LAO
• Latvia 371 LV / LVA
• Lebanon 961 LB / LBN
• Lesotho 266 LS / LSO
• Liberia 231 LR / LBR
• Libya 218 LY / LBY
• Liechtenstein 423 LI / LIE
• Lithuania 370 LT / LTU
• Luxembourg 352 LU / LUX
• Macau 853 MO / MAC
• Macedonia 389 MK / MKD
• Madagascar 261 MG / MDG
• Malawi 265 MW / MWI
• Malaysia 60 MY / MYS
• Maldives 960 MV / MDV
• Mali 223 ML / MLI
• Malta 356 MT / MLT
• Marshall Islands 692 MH / MHL
• Mauritania 222 MR / MRT
• Mauritius 230 MU / MUS
• Mayotte 262 YT / MYT
• Mexico 52 MX / MEX
• Micronesia 691 FM / FSM
• Moldova 373 MD / MDA
• Monaco 377 MC / MCO
• Mongolia 976 MN / MNG
• Montenegro 382 ME / MNE
• Montserrat 1-664 MS / MSR
• Morocco 212 MA / MAR
• Mozambique 258 MZ / MOZ
• Myanmar 95 MM / MMR
• Namibia 264 NA / NAM
• Nauru 674 NR / NRU
• Nepal 977 NP / NPL
• Netherlands 31 NL / NLD
• Netherlands Antilles 599 AN / ANT
• New Caledonia 687 NC / NCL
• New Zealand 64 NZ / NZL
• Nicaragua 505 NI / NIC
• Niger 227 NE / NER
• Nigeria 234 NG / NGA
• Niue 683 NU / NIU
• North Korea 850 KP / PRK
• Northern Mariana Islands 1-670 MP / MNP
• Norway 47 NO / NOR
• Oman 968 OM / OMN
• Pakistan 92 PK / PAK
• Palau 680 PW / PLW
• Palestine 970 PS / PSE
• Panama 507 PA / PAN
• Papua New Guinea 675 PG / PNG
• Paraguay 595 PY / PRY
• Peru 51 PE / PER
• Philippines 63 PH / PHL
• Pitcairn 64 PN / PCN
• Poland 48 PL / POL
• Portugal 351 PT / PRT
• Puerto Rico 1-787, 1-939 PR / PRI
• Qatar 974 QA / QAT
• Republic of the Congo 242 CG / COG
• Reunion 262 RE / REU
• Romania 40 RO / ROU
• Russia 7 RU / RUS
• Rwanda 250 RW / RWA
• Saint Barthelemy 590 BL / BLM
• Saint Helena 290 SH / SHN
• Saint Kitts and Nevis 1-869 KN / KNA
• Saint Lucia 1-758 LC / LCA
• Saint Martin 590 MF / MAF
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon 508 PM / SPM
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1-784 VC / VCT
• Samoa 685 WS / WSM
• San Marino 378 SM / SMR
• Sao Tome and Principe 239 ST / STP
• Saudi Arabia 966 SA / SAU
• Senegal 221 SN / SEN
• Serbia 381 RS / SRB
• Seychelles 248 SC / SYC
• Sierra Leone 232 SL / SLE
• Singapore 65 SG / SGP
• Sint Maarten 1-721 SX / SXM
• Slovakia 421 SK / SVK
• Slovenia 386 SI / SVN
• Solomon Islands 677 SB / SLB
• Somalia 252 SO / SOM
• South Africa 27 ZA / ZAF
• South Korea 82 KR / KOR
• South Sudan 211 SS / SSD
• Spain 34 ES / ESP
• Sri Lanka 94 LK / LKA
• Sudan 249 SD / SDN
• Suriname 597 SR / SUR
• Svalbard and Jan Mayen 47 SJ / SJM
• Swaziland 268 SZ / SWZ
• Sweden 46 SE / SWE
• Switzerland 41 CH / CHE
• Syria 963 SY / SYR
• Taiwan 886 TW / TWN
• Tajikistan 992 TJ / TJK
• Tanzania 255 TZ / TZA
• Thailand 66 TH / THA
• Togo 228 TG / TGO
• Tokelau 690 TK / TKL
• Tonga 676 TO / TON
• Trinidad and Tobago 1-868 TT / TTO
• Tunisia 216 TN / TUN
• Turkey 90 TR / TUR
• Turkmenistan 993 TM / TKM
• Turks and Caicos Islands 1-649 TC / TCA
• Tuvalu 688 TV / TUV
• U.S. Virgin Islands 1-340 VI / VIR
• Uganda 256 UG / UGA
• Ukraine 380 UA / UKR
• United Arab Emirates 971 AE / ARE
• United Kingdom 44 GB / GBR
• United States 1 US / USA
• Uruguay 598 UY / URY
• Uzbekistan 998 UZ / UZB
• Vanuatu 678 VU / VUT
• Vatican 379 VA / VAT
• Venezuela 58 VE / VEN
• Vietnam 84 VN / VNM
• Wallis and Futuna 681 WF / WLF
• Western Sahara 212 EH / ESH
• Yemen 967 YE / YEM
• Zambia 260 ZM / ZMB
• Zimbabwe 263 ZW / ZW

2018 Nobel Prizes

The legacy of ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL proudly distributes 2018 Nobel Prizes for remarkable work in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, Literature and Peace. Here is the list of achievements that won 2018 Nobel Prizes

2018 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded with one half to Arthur Ashkin "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems" and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses".

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded with one half to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes" and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies."

2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation."

2018 Nobel Prize in Peace
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

2018 Nobel Peace Prize in Economics
The 2018 Prize in Economic Sciences was divided equally between William D. Nordhaus "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis" and Paul M. Romer "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."

2018 Nobel Peace Prize in Literature
Postponed. To be awarded in 2019

Source: https://www.nobelprize.org/
https://www.dw.com/en/nobel-prize-in-literature-will-not-be-awarded-in-2018-swedish-academy/a-43650427
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nobel-prize-literature-2018-no-winner-shortlist-jean-claude-arnault-women-rape-sweden-a8563426.html

List of PSUs in India

India has nearly 300 Central Public Sector Enterprises. Of these, there are 8 Maharatnas, 16 Navratnas and 74 Miniratnas. List of all major Public Sector Enterprises also called Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) is given here

List of Maharatna

1.     National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC)
2.     Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC)
3.     Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL)
4.     Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL)
5.     Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCL)
6.     Coal India Limited(CIL)
7.     Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL)
8.     Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(BPCL)

Fast Facts: International Solar Alliance

World need more energy, fossil fuel reservoirs are depleting. Save Energy is one option but perhaps we cannot  save enough of it to fill the rising energy demand. Solar Energy is the option. We need to trap solar energy for the use of human kind and hence formed International Solar Alliance at Paris, France. The objective of this organization is making good use of solar energy.

It all started with an speech of Prime Minister of India in November 2015 at Wembley Stadium, in which he referred to sunshine countries as Suryaputra ("Sons of the Sun").

The sunshine countries are those lied in the Torrid Zone, i.e. between tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn.

The Foundation stone of ISA jointly laid by the Prime Minister of India and French President President François Hollande. The ISA has Headquarters in Gurugram, Haryana India.

As of 2017, 121 countries are members of ISA.

Countries outside of Torrid Zone can also join ISA and enjoy equal rights and responsibilities but no voting rights.

The First Edition of International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit i.e. ISA 2018 concluded in New Delhi. According to Devdiscource, the summit was attended by Heads of 23 member countries. The World Bank is extending support of US Dollar 500 000 for awareness and other activities.

Information Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solar_Alliance#Countries_joined
https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/1372-international-solar-alliance-summit-2018-all-you-need-to-know?reg=Global%20Edition
www.isolaralliance.org

List of Government of India Agencies

The Government of India has many agencies like Ministries, Autonomous Bodies, Departments and Centres to advise government and help in functioning. Its important for every individual living in a country to know his / her government and its functioning. Broadly this knowledge makes a portion of General Awareness. In competitive examinations like Railway Recruitment, Banking, PO, Civil Services, Teachers' Appointment, Legal Professional Selection, SSC, Defence Personnel's Recruitment questions related various domains are asked. To help readers of this blog in preparing for competitive examination I have gathers here data about List of Government of India Agencies. To know about each of those Government of India agencies click of the links below

1. Agencies under Ministry of Home Affairs India Government

2. Agencies Under Ministry of Agriculture Government of India

3. Agencies under Ministry of Civil Aviation

4. Agencies under Ministry of Coal

5. Ministry of Commerce and Industry/ Ministry of Business

6. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

7. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

8. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

9. Ministry of Culture

10. Ministry of Defence

11. Ministry of Earth Sciences

12. Ministry of Environment and Forests

13. List of Forest Research Institutes in India

14. Ministry of External Affairs

15. Ministry of Finance

16. Ministry of Food Processing Industries

17. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

18. Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

19. Ministry of Home Affairs

20. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

21. Ministry of Human Resource Development

22. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

23. Ministry of Labour and Employment

24. Ministry of Law and Justice

25. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

26. Ministry of Mines

27. Ministry of Minority Affairs

28. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

29. Ministry of Panchayati Raj

30. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

31. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

32. Agencies under Ministry of Power

33. Ministry of Railways

34. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

35. Ministry of Rural Development

36. Ministry of Science & Technology

37. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

38. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

39. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

40. Ministry of Steel

41. Ministry of Textiles

42. Autonomous Bodies

43. Ministry of Women and Child Development

44. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

45. Independent Departments

46. Independent Agencies/Bodies

47. Intelligence

48. Law enforcement

49. Tribunals in India

     

    Source: www.india.gov.in 

Tribunals in India

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  •     Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
  •     Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property
  •     Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange
  •     Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Appellate Tribunal
  •     Armed Forces Tribunal
  •     Authority for Advance Rulings
  •     Authority for Advance Rulings (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax)
  •     Central Administrative Tribunal
  •     Competition Commission of India
  •     Company Law Board
  •     Competition Appellate Tribunal
  •     Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal
  •     Cyber Appellate Tribunal
  •     Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal
  •     Film Certification Appellate Tribunal
  •     Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal
  •     Industrial Tribunal
  •     Intellectual Property Appellate Board
  •     National Green Tribunal
  •     National Highways Tribunal
  •     National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
  •     Railway Claims Tribunal
  •     Securities Appellate Tribunal
  •     Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Authority
  •     Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
  
  Source: www.india.gov.in
  

Law enforcement

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
• Directorate General Civil Defence & Fire Services (DGCD)
• Home Guards
• Railway Protection Force
• Rapid Action Force (RAF)
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
• Central Vigilance Commission
• Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
• National Security Guards (NSG)
• Defence Security Corps
• Department of Internal Security
• Special Protection Group (SPG)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Intelligence

National

•     Intelligence Bureau (IB) (internal)
•     Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) (external)
•     Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) (internal)

Economic

•     Economic Intelligence Council
•     Central Economic Intelligence Bureau
•     Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DGRI)
•     Directorate of Enforcement
•     Directorate General of Anti-Evasion
•     Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation
•     Directorate of Income Tax Intelligence and Criminal Investigation

Military

•     Aviation Research Centre(ARC)
•     Directorate of Military Intelligence
•     Directorate of Air Intelligence
•     Directorate of Naval Intelligence
•     Special Service Bureau

Other

•     All-India Radio Monitoring Service (AIRMS)
•     Joint Cipher Bureau
•     Signal Intelligence Directorate

Source: www.india.gov.in

Independent Agencies/Bodies

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  •     Planning Commission
  •     Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)
  •     Election Commission of India
  •     Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
  •     Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
  •     Central Information Commission
  •     Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
  •     Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser
  •     National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
  •     National Commission for Minorities (NCM)
  •     National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
  •     National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
  •     National Commission for Women (NCW)
  •     National Commission on Population
  •     National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
  •     Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
  •     Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  
  Source: www.india.gov.in
  

Independent Departments

Department of Atomic Energy

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
• Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Calcutta
• Atomic Minerals Division, Hyderabad
• Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad
• Heavy water plant, Manuguru
• NPCIL, Mumbai
• UCIL, Jhaduguda
• Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad
• BHAVINI, KALPAKKAM

Department of Space

•     Indian Space Research Organisation
•     National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Which agencies comes under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GOI?

• Department of Sports
• National Sports Federation
• Sports Authority of India (SAI)
• All India Boxing Association (AIBA)
• Indian Amateur Boxing Federation
• Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)
• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
• Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
• All India Chess Federation
• All India Football Federation (AIFF)
• All India Tennis Association (AITA)
• Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA)
• All India Carrom Federation (AICF)
• Badminton Association of India
• Ball Badminton Federation of India
• Amateur Baseball federation of India
• Indian Body Builders Federation
• Bridge Federation of India
• Cycling Federation of India
• Equestrian Federation of India (EFI)
• Hockey India
• Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)
• Volleyball Federation of India (VFI)
• Indian Weightlifting Federation
• Indian Powerlifting Federation
• Billiards & Snookers Federation of India
• Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India
• Yachting Association of India
• Kho-Kho Federation of India
• Basketball Federation of India
• Wushu Association of India
• Netball Federation of India
• Jump Rope Federation of India (JRFI)
• Paralympic Committee of India
• National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)
• Judo Federation of India
• Swimming Federation of India
• National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
• Services Sports Control Board

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Statutory Body

•     National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

Source: www.india.gov.in

Autonomous Bodies

• National Institute of Hydrology
• National Projects Construction Corporation Limited

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Textiles

Which agencies comes under the purview of Ministry of Textiles, GOI?

• Autonomous Bodies
•     National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
•     Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management

Statutory Bodies

•     Textiles Committee
•     Central Silk Board, Bangalore

Export Promotion Councils

•     EEPC India (Formerly, Engineering Export Promotion Council), largest export promotion council in India.
•     Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)
•     Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC)
•     Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL)
•     Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH)
•     Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC)
•     Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)
•     Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPC)
•     Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil)

Textiles Research Associations

•     Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA)
•     Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA)
•     South India Textile Research Association (SITRA)
•     Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA)
•     The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA)
•     Man-made Textile Research Association (MANTRA)
•     Indian Jute Industry's Research Association (IJIRA)
•     Wool Research Association (WRA)

Public Sector Undertakings

•     British India Corporation Ltd. (BIC)
•     Central Cottage Industries Corporation (CCIC)
•     Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI)
•     Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation (HHEC)
•     Jute Corporation of India Ltd. (JCI)
•     National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC)
•     National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC)
•     Birds Jute and Export Ltd. (BJEL)
•     National Textile Corporation Ltd. (NTC)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Steel

Which agencies comes under the purview of Ministry of Steel, GOI

•     Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
•     Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
•     National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Agencies under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, GOI

• National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Agencies under the purview of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI

Departments

•     Department of Statistics
•     Department of Programme Implementation

Autonomous Bodies

•     Central Statistical Office (CSO)
•     National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Agencies under the purview of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI

    Commissions

•         National Commission for Backward Classes
•         National Commission for Scheduled Castes
•         National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

    Other Statutory Bodies

•         Rehabilitation Council of India
•         Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
•         National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation

    National Institutes

•         Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped
•         Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped
•         National Institute of Mentally Handicapped
•         Swami Vivekananda National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research

Ministry of Science & Technology

Which agencies comes under the purview of Ministry of Science & Technology, GOI?

• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Ocean Development

•  National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR)

• Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• National Research Development Corporation
• Consultancy Development Centre
• Central Electronics Limited

•    Department of Science & Technology

•     Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (formerly Centre For Liquid Crystal Research)
•     National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

Source: www.india.gov.in