Ministry of Finance

 Following agencies comes under the purview of Ministry of Finance, GOI

Departments

•     Indian Revenue Services
•     Department of Disinvestment
•     Department of Economic Affairs
•     Department of Revenue
•     Central Board of Excise and Customs
•     Central Economic Intelligence Bureau
•     Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
•     Directorate General of Economic Enforcement
•     Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
•     Central Bureau of Narcotics
•     Government Opium and Alkaloid Factories
•     Central Board of Direct Taxes
•     Income Tax Air Intelligence Unit
•     Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Central
•     Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
•     National Academy of Direct Taxes
•     Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation(for economic exchange related offences)
•     Directorate of Income Tax Intelligence and Criminal Investigation (for criminal economic offences)

Autonomous Agencies

•     Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)
•     Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
•     National Institute of Financial Management
•     Reserve Bank of India
•     Securities and Exchange Board of India
•     Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
•     Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
•     Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
•     National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)

Source: www.india.gov.in

Ministry of External Affairs

Following agencies comes under the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI

•     Foreign Service Institute
•     Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Source: www.india.gov.in

List of Forest Research Institutes in India

List of Forest Research Institutes under Central Government, State Governments and Autonomous Bodies and Others

Autonomous research institutes

Ministry of Environment and Forests

• Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
• Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore
• Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

•     Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
•     Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
•     Centre for Forest-based Livelihoods and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
•     Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
•     Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Allahabad
•     Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun
•     Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
•     Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
•     Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
•     Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
•     Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore
•     Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
•     Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
•     Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

    Other national institutes
Subordinate offices

•     Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
•     Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
•     Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
•     Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
•     National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
•     National Zoological Park, New Delhi
•     National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
•     Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta
•     Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

Authorities

•     Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
•     National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
•     National Ganga River Basin Authority, New Delhi
•     National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi

Centres of excellence

•     Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
•     C.P.R. Environmental Education Center, Chennai
•     Center for Animals and Environment, Bangalore
•     Center of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
•     Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
•     Center for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
•     Center for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
•     Center for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
•     Salim Ali Center for Omithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
•     Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram

Under state governments

• Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
• Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam
• Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
• Gujarat Forest Research Centre, Rajpipla, Gujarat
• State Forest Department, Jammu
• State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
• State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh   

Ministry of Environment and Forests

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Ministry of Environment and Forests

Here is the answer!

Subordinate and statutory bodies

• Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation (Public Sector Undertaking)
• Animal Welfare Board of India
• Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata
• Central Pollution Control Board
• Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi
• Directorate of Forest Education (DFE), Dehradun
• Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun
• Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun
• National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board
• National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
• National Ganga River Basin Authority
• National Institute of Animal Welfare
• National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), New Delhi
• National Tiger Conservation Authority
• National Zoological Park (NZP), New Delhi
• Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata

Autonomous bodies

•     Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora
•     Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun
•         Arid Forest Research Institute
•         Forest Research Institute (India)
•         Himalayan Forest Research Institute
•         Institute of Forest Biodiversity
•         Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
•         Institute of Forest Productivity
•         Institute of Wood Science and Technology
•         Rain Forest Research Institute
•         Tropical Forest Research Institute
•         Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan
•         Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development
•         Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation
•         Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension
•     Indian Institute of Forest Management
•     Indian Plywood Industries Training and Research Institute
•     Wildlife Institute of India (WII)

Ministry of Earth Sciences

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

Here is the answer

•     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

Here is the answer

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

Here is the answer

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

Here is the answer

•     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

Here is the answer

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

Here is the answer

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

Here is the answer

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

Here is the answer

• 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

Here is the answer

• 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 Agriculture Government of India

What are the agencies that comes under the purview of Minister of Agriculture, Government of India

Here is the answer 

• National Centre for Integrated Pest Management
• National Commission on Agriculture
• National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
• National Horticulture Board (NHB)
• National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board (NOVOD)
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
• National Cooperative Development Corporation [1](NCDC)
• National Centre for Cold-chain Development (NCCD) - under PPP mode of functioning

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

Here is the answer

• 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

Union Budget 2018-19

The Union Budget 2018-19 is presented by Minister of Finance,  Arun Jaitley. The annual budget is an official document that displays financial progress of country in preceeding year and plans of government for coming years.
The budget information is useful for every citizen. 
In the competitive examinations questions are related budget and finance of the country.  Here is complete document of Union Budget 2018-19

Who is Jhulan Goswami

Jhulan Goswami making the news headlines in the sports media.  Let's have a glimpse around her
1. She is the first woman cricketer to take 200 wicket in the One Day International.
2. Goswami achieved this fear while against South Africa at Kimberly's.
3. This was her 166th ODI.
4. Laura Wolvaardt became her 200th victim.
5. Jhulan Goswami is named ICC Women Cricketer of the Year 2007.

India Economic Survey 2017-18

How India Economy is doing? How was growth in past years and how it would be in coming years.  Government of India prepares growth data and present it on year to year basis normally before annual  budget.
Economic Survey 2017-18 is tabled is out.  Read here full text of India Economic Survey 2017-18 useful for preparation of competitive examination like Civil Services,  Banking,  Railways SSC etc.

Who is Aanchal Thakur and why she made a Twitter Trend

Aanchal Thakur made a Twitter Trend on Wednesday when Prime Minister Office congratulated her. So who is this girl?
She is a resident of Manali,  Himachal Pradesh in India.
She won a bronze medal at the Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup in Turkey
She is 21 year old.
The tournament was organised by International Ski Federation.
Her father Roshan Thakur is the Secretary General,  Winter Games Federation of India (WGFI).

Source:  https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-india-42617391

Who is Indu Malhotra and why in the news headlines

Indu Malhotra is the practicing lawyer of Supreme Court of India. She has the honor of First Female Advocate recommended for appointment as a judge of the highest court. The Supreme Court Collegium chaired by Chief Justice of India (CJI) made this decision. Let's know more about Indu Malhotra
Age: 67
Birth: 1956, Bangalore
Parents: Om Prakash Malhotra (Father), Satya Malhotra (Mother)
School: Carmel Convent, New Delhi
College: Shri Ram College for Women,  New Delhi
Law Degree: Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (DU)
States practicing law: 1983
Stood first in the tough advocate-on-record test: 1988, also became part of the selected group of lawyers who alone can file petition in Supreme Court
Author
Laws on Industrial Disputes
Commentary on the Law and Practice of Arbitration in India

Source: http://toi.in/uNvpvb/a19li