Ministries of India 2020 list for UPSC

Ministry of Civil Aviation
Airports Authority of India:
o Statutory: Airports Authority of India Act, 1995
o It is entrusted with the responsibility of creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure both on the ground and air space.
Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik
Civil Aviation Policy
Commission of Railway Safety (not kidding)

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Solar Energy Corporation of India
o Central PSU
o Not for profit company under Companies Act 2013.
o Only implementing agency of National Energy Mission.

Ministry of Power
National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), a key regulator of power sector in India, is a statutory body functioning with quasi-judicial status under sec – 76 of the Electricity Act 2003.
o CERC was initially constituted on 24 July 1998 under the Ministry of Power’s Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 for
Rationalization of electricity tariffs,
Transparent policies regarding subsidies,
Promotion of efficient and environmentally benign policies, and
For matters connected Electricity Tariff regulation.

RBI
Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems
o Statutory: Payments and Settlements Act, 2007
o Sub-committee of RBI
o Highest decision making body and regulatory agency for payment systems

Ministry of Defence
Director General of Coast Guard

Ministry of Culture
National Council of Science Museum
o Autonomous body
o Setting up science cities/museums
o Central Research and Training Laboratory
Anthropological Survey of India
Archaeological Survey of India

Ministry of Electronics and IT
Pradhan Mantri Grameen Digital Saksharta Abhiyan
Digishala

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

Ministry of Urban Development
HRIDAY (Heritage development and augmentation Yojana)

Ministry of Human Resource and Development
All India Council for Technical Education
o Statutory
Swayam Prabha
Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan

Ministry of Personal, Training and Public Grievance
RTI

Ministry of Road Shipping
Inland Waterways Authority of India: statutory
National Highways Authority of India: statutory

Ministry of Railways
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India: Companies Act

Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change
CPCB
o Statutory: Water Act

Ministry of Finance
Innovation Fund
Supported projects
World Bank
National Waterways (Jal Vikas Mark)
Neeranchal Watershed
Technical Education Quality Improvement Program
Tejaswini Project
Jeevan Rekha (Kerala)
Skill Strengthening and Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE)
Integrated disease surveillance program
Asian Development Bank
Coastal Economic Zone
United Nation Development Program
E-VIN project
Vanjeevan
WHO
Mission Indradhanush
UNICEF
Mission Indradhanush