Government of India

Bhārata Sarakāra

Federal government

Government of India's Logo with wordmark crested with the emblem of India on the left.

Overview
Established| Current form: 26 January 1950; 75 years ago (1950-01-26) (see: Constitution of India)
State| Republic of India
Leader| President of India (Droupadi Murmu ) (de jure)
Prime Minister of India (Narendra Modi) (de facto)
Main organ| Union Council of Ministers
Ministries| 54 ministries and 93 subordinate departments
Responsible to| Lok Sabha[1]
Annual budget| ₹45.03 trillion (equivalent to ₹53 trillion or US$630 billion in 2023)
Headquarters| Secretariat Building, New Delhi
This article is part of a series on the

Politics of India

Constitution

* Amendment
* Basic structure doctrine
* Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and
Fundamental Duties of India
* Human rights
* Judicial review
* Taxation
* Uniform Civil Code

Government

* President of India

* Droupadi Murmu (15th)

* * *

* Vice President of India

* vacant (15th)

* * *

* Prime Minister of India

* Narendra Modi (14th)

* * *

* Cabinet secretary

* T. V. Somanathan

* * *

* Ministries
* Ministers
* Departments
* Secretaries

Parliament

Lok Sabha (18th)

* Speaker

* Om Birla

* * *

* Deputy Speaker

* Vacant

* * *

* Leader of the House

* Narendra Modi (BJP)

* * *

* Leader of the Opposition

* Rahul Gandhi (INC)

* * *

* Secretary General

* Utpal Kumar Singh

Rajya Sabha (Members)

* Chairman

* vacant

* * *

* Deputy Speaker

* Harivansh Narayan Singh

* * *

* Leader of the House

* Jagat Prakash Nadda (BJP)

* * *

* Leader of the Opposition

* Mallikarjun Kharge (INC)

* * *

* Secretary General

* Pramod Chandra Mody

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

* Cabinet Minister

* Kiren Rijiju

* * *

* Minister of State

* Arjun Ram Meghwal
* L. Murugan

Law and judiciary

Law of India

* Indian criminal law

* Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
* Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
* Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

* * *

* Code of Civil Procedure

Supreme Court of India

* Chief Justice (51st)

* Sanjiv Khanna

* * *

* Judges
* Bar Association

* * *

* Bar Council
* District Court
* List
* Gram Nyayalaya
* High Court
* Chief Justices
* Judges
* Lok Adalat
* Nyaya Panchayat
* Pendency of court cases
* Other tribunals

Ministry of Law and Justice

* Minister

* Arjun Ram Meghwal

* * *

* Attorney-General

* R. Venkataramani

* * *

* Solicitor General

* Tushar Mehta

* * *

* Additional Solicitor General

* * *

* Law Commission
* National Judicial Appointments Commission
* National Legal Services Authority

Elections and politics

Election Commission

* Chief Election Commissioner

* Gyanesh Kumar

* * *

* Election Commissioner

* Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
* Vivek Joshi

* * *

* State Election Commission

Elections

* Democracy
* Electoral College
* Electronic voting

* * *

* Presidential elections

* 2022
* 2017
* 2012

* * *

* Vice Presidential elections

* 2022
* 2017
* 2012

* * *

* Lok Sabha elections (Constituencies)

* 2014
* 2019
* 2024

* * *

* Rajya Sabha elections

* 2024
* 2023
* 2022

* * *

* State Assembly elections

* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

* * *

* National coalitions
* NDA
* INDIA
* Political parties
* National parties
* State parties

Administrative divisions

States and union territories (Capitals)

* States

* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal

* * *

* Union territories

* Andaman and Nicobar
* Chandigarh
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* Delhi
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Ladakh
* Lakshadweep
* Puducherry

* * *

* Proposed states and union territories

* * *

* Autonomous Divisions
* Divisions
* Districts
* Sub-districts
* Community Development Block
* Metropolitan Areas
* Urban Agglomerations

Federalism

Executive

* Governor
* List
* Lieutenant Governor/Administrator
* List
* Chief Minister
* List
* Deputy Chief Minister
* List
* Ministries

Legislative

* Legislative Council
* Legislative Assembly
* Speaker
* List
* Official Opposition
* List

Local Government

* Municipal Governance

* Municipal Corporation
* Municipality
* Town Panchayat

* * *

* Panchayati Raj

* District Panchayat
* Block Panchayat
* Gram Panchayat

Foreign relations

Ministry of External Affairs

* Cabinet Minister

* S. Jaishankar

* * *

* Minister of State

* Kirti Vardhan Singh
* Pabitra Margherita

* * *

* Foreign Secretary

* Vinay Mohan Kwatra

* * *

* Diplomatic missions of / in India
* Ambassadors and High Commissioners of India / to India

* * *

* Nationality law
* Overseas Citizenship
* Passports
* Visa policy
* Visa requirements

Foreign Relations

* 2+2
* BIMSTEC
* BBIN
* BRICS
* Commonwealth
* G4
* G20
* IBSA
* IONS
* IORA
* MGC
* Non-Aligned Movement
* SAARC
* SCO
* United Nations
* QUAD

* * *

* Africa
* East Asia
* European Union
* Latin America
* Pacific Islands

* * *

* Diaspora
* History
* Extradition Treaties
* Foreign aid by India / to India
* Sanctions
* State Visits by Indian Prime Ministers
* State Visits to India

* * *

* Kashmir Conflict
* Indo-Pakistani Wars
* Sino-Indian Disputes
* Disputes with Nepal

Foreign Policy

* ITEC
* Look East policy
* Pan-African e-Network project
* Indira Gandhi
* Narendra Modi

India portal

* Other countries

* v
* t
* e

The Government of India (Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or the Union of India[2] or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of 36 states and union territories. The government is led by the president of India (currently Droupadi Murmu since 25 July 2022) who largely exercises the executive powers, and selects the prime minister of India and other ministers for aid and advice.[3] Government has been formed by the National Democratic Alliance since 2014, as the dominant grouping in the Lok Sabha.[4] The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers, its executive decision-making committee being the cabinet.[5][need quotation to verify]

The government, seated in New Delhi, has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in bicameral Parliament of India,[6] Union Council of Ministers (headed by prime minister),[7] and the Supreme Court of India[8] respectively, with a president as head of state.[5] It is a derivation of the British Westminster system, and has a federal structure.[9]

The Union Council of Ministers is responsible to the lower house of parliament, as is the Cabinet in accordance with the principles of responsible government.[10][9] As is the case in most parliamentary systems, the government is dependent on Parliament to legislate, and general elections are held every five years to elect a new Lok Sabha. The most recent election was in 2024.

After an election, the president generally selects as Prime Minister the leader of the party or alliance most likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Lok Sabha. In the event that the prime minister is not a member of either House of Parliament upon appointment, he/she is given six months to be elected or appointed to either House of Parliament.[a]

## History

[edit]

### British colonial rule: (1857–1947)

[edit]

Main article: British Raj

Council House in New Delhi, the seat of the former Imperial Legislative Council and home to the Parliament of India till 2023

The first seeds of responsible government during British colonial rule in India were sown by the Indian Councils Act 1909, commonly known as the Morley-Minto reforms. The Act introduced elections to the Imperial Legislative Council (then the unicameral Legislature for British India). Before that, governance was carried by an all-European Legislative Council and Viceroy's Executive Council. As such, no Indians were represented in government before 1909.[11]

India's current bicameral Parliament has its roots in the Government of India Act 1919, commonly known as the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, which introduced a greatly expanded Imperial Legislative Council. It comprised a lower house, the Central Legislative Assembly of 145 members (of which 104 were elected and 41 nominated) and an upper house, the Council of State of 60 members (of which 34 were elected and 26 nominated).[12]

The next structural modification to the governance of British India, the Government of India Act 1935 (the longest Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom until surpassed by the Greater London Authority Act 1999) was aimed at devolution of powers by establishing provincial governments and the creation of civil service institutions. However, it was unpopular amongst Indians and is considered a failure as it did not give Indians self-rule and permanent dominion status (the form of government followed in Canada, Australia and New Zealand) as was previously promised.[13]

### Dominion: (1947–1950)

[edit]

Main article: Dominion of India

Governor-General of India C. Rajagopalachari declaring India a republic at Government House on 26 January 1950

Between midnight on 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, India was an independent, self-governing dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations, a constitutional monarchy with a Prime Minister and a Governor-General as the viceregal representative of the head of state, George VI. Its unicameral legislature, the Constituent Assembly, was tasked with drafting the country's constitution.[14]

### Republic: (1950–present)

[edit]

The Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950, making India a republic with a president as head of state, replacing the monarch and his viceregal representative, the governor-general. It was based in large part on the Government of India Act 1935, which was itself based on the uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom. It also drew notable inspirations from the constitutions of several other Commonwealth dominions and the French, Soviet, Japanese, German and American constitutions.[15]

India today prides itself in being the world's largest democracy, and the 4th largest economy in the world. Even though much remains to be done, especially in regard to eradicating poverty and securing effective structures of governance, India's achievements since independence in sustaining freedom and democracy have been singular among the world's new nations.[16]

## Basic structure

[edit]

The Government of India is modelled after the Westminster system.[17] The Union government is mainly composed of the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary, and powers are vested by the constitution in the council of ministers, parliament, and the supreme court, respectively. The president of India is the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces, while the elected prime minister acts as the head of the executive and is responsible for running the Union government.[18] Parliament is bicameral in nature, with the Lok Sabha being the lower house, and the Rajya Sabha the upper house. The judiciary systematically contains an apex supreme court, 25 high courts, and hundreds of district courts, all subordinate to the supreme court.[19]

The basic civil and criminal laws governing the citizens of India are set down in major parliamentary legislation, such as the civil procedure code, the penal code, and the criminal procedure code.[20] Similar to the Union government, individual state governments each consist of executive, legislative and judiciary branches. The legal system as applicable to the Union and individual state governments is based on the English common and Statutory Law.[21] The full name of the country is the Republic of India. India and Bharat are equally official short names for the Republic of India in the Constitution,[22] and both names appears on legal banknotes, in treaties and in legal cases. The terms "Union government", "central government" and "bhārat sarkār" are often used officially and unofficially to refer to the government of India.[citation needed] The term New Delhi is commonly used as a metonym for the Union government,[23] as the seat of the central government is in New Delhi.

## Legislature

[edit]

Main article: Parliament of India

Parliament House in New Delhi

The powers of the legislature in India are exercised by the Parliament, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. Of the two houses of parliament, the Rajya Sabha (or the 'Council of States') is considered to be the upper house and consists of members appointed by the president and elected by the state and territorial legislatures. The Lok Sabha (or the 'House of the People') is considered the lower house.[24]

The parliament does not have complete control and sovereignty, as its laws are subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court.[25] However, it does exercise some control over the executive. The members of the Council of Ministers, including the prime minister, are either chosen from parliament or elected there within six months of assuming office.[26] The council as a whole is responsible to the Lok Sabha.[27] The Lok Sabha is a temporary house and can be dissolved only when the party in power loses the support of the majority of the house. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent house and can never be dissolved. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a six-year term.[28]

## Executive

[edit]

The executive of government is the one that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the republican idea of the separation of powers.[29]

### President

[edit]

Main article: President of India

President Droupadi Murmu (center), Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar (left), and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The executive power is vested mainly in the president of India, as per Article 53(1) of the constitution. The president has all constitutional powers and exercises them directly or through subordinate officers as per the aforesaid Article 53(1). The president is to act following aid and advice tendered by the prime minister, who leads the Council of Ministers as described in Article 74 of the Constitution.

The council of ministers remains in power during the 'pleasure' of the president. However, in practice, the council of ministers must retain the support of the Lok Sabha. If a president were to dismiss the council of ministers on his or her initiative, it might trigger a constitutional crisis. Thus, in practice, the Council of Ministers cannot be dismissed as long as it holds the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha.

The president is responsible for appointing many high officials in India. These high officials include the governors of the 28 states; the chief justice; other judges of the supreme court and high courts on the advice of other judges; the attorney general; the comptroller and auditor general; the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners; the chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission; the officers of the All India Services (IAS, IFoS and IPS) and Central Civil Services in group 'A'; officers of the Indian Armed Forces; and the ambassadors and high commissioners to other countries on the recommendations of the Council of Ministers, among others.[30][31]

The president, as the head of state, also receives the credentials of ambassadors from other countries, while the prime minister, as head of government, receives credentials of high commissioners from other members of the Commonwealth, in line with historical tradition.

The president is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.[32]

The president of India can grant a pardon to or reduce the sentence of a convicted person once, particularly in cases involving the punishment of death. The decisions involving pardoning and other rights by the president are independent of the opinion of the prime minister or the Lok Sabha majority. In most other cases, however, the president exercises his or her executive powers on the advice of the prime minister.[33]

### Vice president

[edit]

Main article: Vice President of India

The vice president is the second-highest constitutional position in India after the president. The vice president represents the nation in the absence of the president and takes charge as acting president in the incident of resignation impeachment or removal of the president. The vice president also has the legislative function of acting as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha.[34] The vice president is elected indirectly by members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both the houses of the parliament following the system of proportional representation employing the single transferable vote and the voting is by secret ballot conducted by the election commission.

### Prime minister

[edit]

Main article: Prime Minister of India

North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariat housing various ministries of the Government of India, with the Rashtrapati Bhavan visible in the distance

The prime minister of India, as addressed in the Constitution of India, is the chief executive of the government and the leader of the majority party that holds a majority in the Lok Sabha. The prime minister leads the executive of the Government of India.

The prime minister is the senior member of the cabinet in the executive government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the Government; is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet and is responsible for bringing a proposal of legislation. The resignation or death of the prime minister dissolves the cabinet.

The prime minister is appointed by the president to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive.

### Cabinet, ministries and agencies

[edit]

Main articles: Union Council of Ministers and List of central agencies in India

The organizational structure of a department of the Government of India.

The Union Council of Ministers includes the prime minister, Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State (MoS).[35] Each minister must be a member of one of the houses of the parliament. The cabinet is headed by the prime minister, and is advised by the cabinet secretary, who also acts as the head of the Indian Administrative Service and other civil services. Other members of the council are either union cabinet ministers, who are heads of various ministries; or ministers of state, who are junior members who report directly to one of the cabinet ministers, often overseeing a specific aspect of government; or ministers of state (independent charges), who do not report to a cabinet minister. As per article 88 of the constitution, every minister shall have the right to speak in, and to take part in the proceedings of, either house, any joint sitting of the houses, and any committee of parliament of which he may be named a member, but shall not be entitled to a vote in the house where he is not a member.

#### Secretaries

[edit]

Main article: Secretary to the Government of India

A secretary to the Government of India, a civil servant, generally an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer,[36][37][38][39] is the administrative head of the ministry or department, and is the principal adviser to the minister on all matters of policy and administration within the ministry/department.[40][41] Secretaries to the Government of India rank 23rd on Indian order of precedence.[42][43][44][45] Secretaries at the higher level are assisted by one or many additional secretaries, who are further assisted by joint secretaries.[41] At the middle they are assisted by directors/deputy secretaries and under secretaries.[41] At the lower level, there are section officers, assistant section officers, upper division clerks, lower division clerks and other secretarial staff.[41]

Ministries and departments of the Government of India  #  | Ministry  | Department(s)

|
|

1  | Prime Minister's Office | Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
2  | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Department of Agricultural Research and Education
3  | Ministry of Ayush |
4  | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Department of Fertilizers
Department of Pharmaceuticals
5  | Ministry of Civil Aviation |
6  | Ministry of Co-operation |
7  | Ministry of Coal |
8  | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Department of Commerce
9  | Ministry of Communications | Department of Posts
Department of Telecommunications
10  | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Department of Consumer Affairs
Department of Food and Public Distribution
11  | Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
12  | Ministry of Culture |
13  | Ministry of Defence | Department of Defence
Department of Defence Production
Department of Defence Research and Development
Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare
Department of Military Affairs
14  | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
15  | Ministry of Earth Sciences |
16  | Ministry of Education | Department of Higher Education
Department of School Education and Literacy
17  | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
18  | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
19  | Ministry of External Affairs |
20  | Ministry of Finance | Department of Economic Affairs
Department of Expenditure
Department of Financial Services
Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
Department of Public Enterprises
Department of Revenue
21  | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries
22  | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
23  | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Department of Family Welfare
Department of Health
Department of Health Research
24  | Ministry of Heavy Industries |
25  | Ministry of Home Affairs | Department of Border Management
Department of Home
Department of Internal Security
Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs
Department of Official Language
Department of States
26  | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | Central Public Works Department
27  | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
28  | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
29  | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
30  | Ministry of Law and Justice | Department of Legal Affairs
Department of Justice
Legislative Department
31  | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
32  | Ministry of Mines |
33  | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
34  | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
35  | Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
36  | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
37  | Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare
Department of Personnel and Training
38  | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
39  | Ministry of Planning |
40  | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
41  | Ministry of Power |
42  | Ministry of Railways |
43  | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
44  | Ministry of Rural Development | Department of Land Resources
Department of Rural Development
45  | Ministry of Science and Technology | Department of Biotechnology
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Department of Science and Technology
46  | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
47  | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
48  | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
49  | Ministry of Steel |
50  | Ministry of Textiles |
51  | Ministry of Tourism |
52  | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
53  | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
54  | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Department of Youth Affairs
Department of Sports

### Civil services

[edit]

Main article: Civil Services of India

The Civil Services of India are the civil services and the permanent bureaucracy of India. The executive decisions are implemented by the Indian civil servants.

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, an Indian Administrative Service officer meets with trainee officers of the Indian Police Service; both arms of the All India Services

In the parliamentary democracy of India, the ultimate responsibility for running the administration rests with the elected representatives of the people which are the ministers. These ministers are accountable to the legislatures which are also elected by the people based on universal adult suffrage. The ministers are indirectly responsible to the people themselves. But the handful of ministers is not expected to deal personally with the various problems of modern administration. Thus the ministers lay down the policy and it is for the civil servants to enforce it.

#### Cabinet secretary

[edit]

Main article: Cabinet Secretary of India

The cabinet secretary (IAST: Maṃtrimaṇḍala Saciva) is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the Government of India. The cabinet secretary is the ex-officio head of the Civil Services Board, the Cabinet Secretariat, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the head of all civil services under the rules of business of the government.

The cabinet secretary is generally the senior-most officer of the Indian Administrative Service. The cabinet secretary ranks 11th on the Indian order of precedence.[42][43][44][45] The cabinet secretary is under the direct charge of the prime minister. Presently, the Cabinet Secretary of India is Rajiv Gauba, IAS.

## Judiciary

[edit]

Main article: Judiciary of India

India's independent union judicial system began under the British, and its concepts and procedures resemble those of Anglo-Saxon countries. The Supreme Court of India consists of the chief justice and 33 associate justices, all appointed by the president on the advice of the Chief Justice of India. The jury trials were abolished in India in the early 1960s, after the famous case KM Nanavati v. the State of Maharashtra, for reasons of being vulnerable to media and public pressure, as well as to being misled.

Unlike its United States counterpart, the Indian justice system consists of a unitary system at both state and union levels. The judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of India, high courts at the state level, and district courts and Sessions Courts at the district level.

### Supreme Court

[edit]

Main article: Supreme Court of India

Complex of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi

The Supreme Court of India is situated in New Delhi, the capital region of India.

The Supreme Court is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review. Consisting of the Chief Justice of India and 33 sanctioned other judges, it has extensive powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.[46]

As the final court of appeal of the country, it takes up appeals primarily against verdicts of the high courts of various states of the Union and other courts and tribunals. It safeguards fundamental rights of citizens and settles disputes between various governments in the country. As an advisory court, it hears matters which may specifically be referred to it under the constitution by the president. It also may take cognisance of matters on its own (or 'suo moto'), without anyone drawing its attention to them. The law declared by the supreme court becomes binding on all courts within India and also by the union and state governments.[47] Per Article 142, it is the duty of the president to enforce the decrees of the supreme court.

In addition, Article 32 of the constitution gives an extensive original jurisdiction to the supreme court concerning enforcing fundamental rights. It is empowered to issue directions, orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari to enforce them. The supreme court has been conferred with power to direct the transfer of any civil or criminal case from one state high court to another state high court, or from a Court subordinate to another state high court and the supreme court. Although the proceedings in the supreme court arise out of the judgment or orders made by the subordinate courts, of late[when?] the supreme court has started entertaining matters in which the interest of the public at large is involved. This may be done by any individual or group of persons either by filing a writ petition at the filing counter of the court or by addressing a letter to the Chief Justice of India, highlighting the question of public importance for redress. These are known as public interest litigations.[48]

## Elections and voting

[edit]

Main articles: Elections in India and Politics of India

See also: Election Commission of India

India has a quasi-federal form of government, called "union" or "central" government,[49] with elected officials at the union, state and local levels. At the national level, the head of government, the prime minister, is appointed by the president of India from the party or coalition that has the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha. The members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a term of five years by universal adult suffrage through a first-past-the-post voting system. Members of the Rajya Sabha, which represents the states, are elected by the members of State legislative assemblies by proportional representation, except for 12 members who are nominated by the president.

India is currently the largest democracy in the world, with around 900 million eligible voters, as of 2019.[50]

## State and local governments

[edit]

Main articles: State governments of India, Union territory, and Local government in India

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

In India, power is divided between the governments of the union and the states of India,[51] the latter being ruled by the chiefs ministers.[52] The state legislature is bicameral in six states and unicameral in the rest.[53] The lower house is elected with a five-year term, while in the upper house one-third of the members in the house gets elected every two years with six-year terms.

Union territories are administered directly by the union government through an Administrator or Lieutenant Governor, though some have legislatures and elected governments with limited powers.

Local governments function at the basic level. It is the third level of government apart from union and state governments. It consists of panchayats in rural areas and municipalities in urban areas. They are elected directly or indirectly by the people.

Local governments, comprising Panchayati Raj Institutions in rural areas and Urban Local Bodies in urban areas, function under the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments to promote democratic decentralization. Each state also enacts its own legislation to regulate the structure and functioning of local governments.[54][55]

## Finance

[edit]

See also: Reserve Bank of India

### Taxation

[edit]

Main article: Taxation in India

Reserve Bank of India's headquarters in Mumbai, India's financial capital

India has a three-tier tax structure, wherein the constitution empowers the union government to levy income tax, tax on capital transactions (wealth tax, inheritance tax), sales tax, service tax, customs and excise duties and the state governments to levy sales tax on intrastate sale of goods, taxon entertainment and professions, excise duties on manufacture of alcohol, stamp duties on transfer of property and collect land revenue (levy on land owned). The local governments are empowered by the state government to levy property tax and charge users for public utilities like water supply, sewage etc.[56] More than half of the revenues of the union and state governments come from taxes, of which 3/4 come from direct taxes. More than a quarter of the union government's tax revenues are shared with the state governments.[57]

The tax reforms, initiated in 1991, have sought to rationalise the tax structure and increase compliance by taking steps in the following directions:

* Reducing the rates of individual and corporate income taxes, excises, and customs and making it more progressive
* Reducing exemptions and concessions
* Simplification of laws and procedures
* Introduction of permanent account number (PAN) to track monetary transactions
* 21 of the 29 states introduced value added tax (VAT) on 1 April 2005 to replace the complex and multiple sales tax system[56][58]

The non-tax revenues of the central government come from fiscal services, interest receipts, public sector dividends, etc., while the non-tax revenues of the States are grants from the central government, interest receipts, dividends and income from general, economic and social services.[59]

Inter-state share in the union tax pool is decided by the recommendations of the Finance Commission to the president.

Total tax receipts of Centre and State amount to approximately 18% of national GDP. This compares to a figure of 37–45% in the OECD.

### Union budget

[edit]

Main article: Union budget of India

The Finance minister of India usually presents the annual union budget in the parliament on the last working day of February. However, for the F.Y. 2017–18, this tradition had been changed. Now the budget will be presented on the 1st day of February. The budget has to be passed by the Lok Sabha before it can come into effect on 1 April, the start of India's fiscal year. The Union budget is preceded by an economic survey which outlines the broad direction of the budget and the economic performance of the country for the outgoing financial year[60]

India's non-development revenue expenditure had increased nearly five-fold in 2003–04 since 1990–91 and more than tenfold from 1985 to 1986. Interest payments are the single largest item of expenditure and accounted for more than 40% of the total non-development expenditure in the 2003–04 budget. Defence expenditure increased fourfold during the same period and has been increasing to defend from a difficult neighbourhood and external terror threats. In 2025–26, India's defence budget stood at ₹6.81 trillion (US$81 billion).

## Issues

[edit]

### Corruption

[edit]

Main article: Corruption in India

In 2009, several ministers are accused of corruption and nearly a quarter of the 543 elected members of parliament had been charged with crimes, including murder.[61] Many of the biggest scandals since 2010 have involved high-level government officials, including cabinet ministers and chief ministers, such as the 2010 Commonwealth Games scandal (₹700 billion (equivalent to ₹1.6 trillion or US$19 billion in 2023)), the Adarsh Housing Society scandal, the Coal allocation scandal (₹1.86 trillion (equivalent to ₹4.2 trillion or US$49 billion in 2023)), the mining scandal in Karnataka and the cash-for-votes scandal.

## See also

[edit]

* India portal

* Foreign relations of India
* List of central agencies in India
* National Portal of India
* National Social-media Portal
* Union government ministries of India

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Article 75(3) of Constitution of India
2. ^ "Constitution of India » 300. Suits and proceedings". Retrieved 13 July 2024.
3. ^ Article 53 & 75 of Constitution of India.
4. ^ Shanthie Mariet D'Souza (10 July 2024). "Narendra Modi | Biography & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
5. ^ a b Sharma, B. K. (1 August 2007). Introduction to the Constitution of India. Prentice Hall. p. 31.
6. ^ Gledhill, Alan (1970). The Republic of India: The Development of its Laws and Constitution. Greenwood. p. 127\. ISBN 978-0-8371-2813-9.
7. ^ Sharma, Ram (1 January 1950). Cabinet Government in India. Parliamentary Affairs. pp. 116–126.
8. ^ Burt, Neuborne (2003). The Supreme Court of India. International Journal of Constitutional Law. p. 478.
9. ^ a b Kumarasingham, Harshan (2013). "Mixed Messages? India's Responses to its British Legacy". A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-Colonial India and Sri Lanka. I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd. doi:10.5040/9780755621224.ch-002. ISBN 978-0-7556-2122-4.
10. ^ Article 75(3) of Constitution of India.
11. ^ "Indian Councils Act, 1909 Archives". Constitution of India. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
12. ^ "Government of India Act, 1935 Archives". Constitution of India. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
13. ^ "Government of India Act, 1935" (PDF). Legislation.gov.uk. 2 August 1935. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
14. ^ "Indian Independence Act, 1947" (PDF). Legislation.gov.uk. 18 July 1947. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
15. ^ "Constitution Day: Borrowed features in the Indian Constitution from other countries". India Today. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
16. ^ Metcalf & Metcalf (24 September 2012). A Concise History of Modern India. Cambridge University Press. p. 327\. ISBN 978-1-107-02649-0.
17. ^ Subramanian, K. (17 June 2014). "A prime ministerial form of government". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. OCLC 13119119. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
18. ^ "Government of India, Structure of Government India". elections.com. 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
19. ^ "Constitution of India's definition of India". Indiagovt.in. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019.
20. ^ "Legal services India on Criminal laws in India". Legal Services India. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
21. ^ Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari. "Structure of Indian Legal System: Original Origin and Development". International Journal of Law and Legal Jurisprudence Studies. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
22. ^ Buckley, A. M. (2012). India. Edina, Minnesota: ABDO Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-61787-625-7. OCLC 767886738.
23. ^ Das, Nairita (14 June 2012). "Why Raisina Hills, is so important for Indian Politicians?". One India. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
24. ^ Arnull, Elaine; Fox, Darrell (29 June 2016). Cultural Perspectives on Youth Justice: Connecting Theory, Policy and International Practise. Springer. p. 186\. ISBN 978-1-137-43397-8. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
25. ^ "Parliament's actions subject to judicial review: court". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
26. ^ "Indian Constitution And Parliamentary Government | Law Teacher". Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
27. ^ Laxmikanth. Governance in India. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-107466-7. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
28. ^ "Our Parliament". www.parliamentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
29. ^ Arnull, Elaine; Fox, Darrell (29 June 2016). Cultural Perspectives on Youth Justice: Connecting Theory, Policy and International Practice. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-43397-8. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
30. ^ Pratiyogita Darpan (March 2007). Pratiyogita Darpan. Pratiyogita Darpan. p. 60\. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
31. ^ Bakshi, Parvinrai Mulwantrai (2010). The Constitution of India (10th ed.). New Delhi: Universal Law Pub. Co. p. 48\. ISBN 978-8175348400. OCLC 551377953.
32. ^ Oldenburg, Philip (2010). India, Pakistan, and Democracy: Solving the Puzzle of Divergent Paths. Taylor & Francis. p. 71\. ISBN 978-0-415-78018-6. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
33. ^ Kumar; Rajesh. Universal's Guide to the Constitution of India Archived 7 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Pg no. 72.
34. ^ "Important India functions of vicepresident". Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
35. ^ Cabinet Ministers (as on 26 May 2014). Cabsec.nic.in. Retrieved 6 December 2013. Archived 27 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
36. ^ Tikku, Aloke (15 January 2016). "Parity between IAS and non-IAS? The IAS will get to decide". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
37. ^ "Non-IAS bureaucrats now eligible for secretary-level posts". The Asian Age. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
38. ^ "Need Pay Parity With IAS Officers, Say Officials of 20 Civil Services". NDTV. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
39. ^ Dastidar, Avishek G (14 January 2017). "Alleging bias, non-IAS officers petition PM Modi". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
40. ^ Laxmikanth, M. (2014). Governance in India (2nd ed.). Noida: McGraw Hill Education. pp. 3.1 – 3.10. ISBN 978-9339204785.
41. ^ a b c d "Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure – 14th Edition (2015)" (PDF). Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. p. 6\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
42. ^ a b "Order of Precedence" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. President's Secretariat. 26 July 1979. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
43. ^ a b "Table of Precedence" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. 26 July 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
44. ^ a b "Table of Precedence". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. President's Secretariat. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
45. ^ a b Maheshwari, S.R. (2000). Indian Administration (6th ed.). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd. ISBN 9788125019886.
46. ^ "Rule of law index 2016". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
47. ^ "History of Supreme Court of India" (PDF). Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
48. ^ "PIL". LegalServicesIndia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
49. ^ "The Constitution of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
50. ^ "Indian voter population is 900 million". The Economic Times. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
51. ^ Jagannadham, V. (1947). "Division of Powers in the Indian Constitution". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 8 (3): 742–751\. JSTOR 42743171.
52. ^ Prasad, R. C. (1980). "Local Government and Development in India". International Political Science Review. 1 (2): 265–279\. doi:10.1177/019251218000100210. JSTOR 1600996. S2CID 145673733.
53. ^ de Miñón, Miguel Herrero (1975). "The Passing of Bicameralism". The American Journal of Comparative Law. 23 (2): 236–254\. doi:10.2307/839106. JSTOR 839106.
54. ^ "73rd Amendment of Panchayati Raj in India | Election Commission for UTs | India". Retrieved 11 July 2025.
55. ^ "74th Amendment and Municipalities in India | Election Commission for UTs | India". Retrieved 11 July 2025.
56. ^ a b Bernardi, Luigi; Fraschini, Angela (2005). "Tax System And Tax Reforms in India". Polis Working Papers. Working paper n. 51. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
57. ^ Tax revenue was 88% of total union government revenue in 1950–51 and has come down to 73% in 2003–04, as a result of the increase in non-tax revenue. Tax revenues were 70% of total state government revenues from 2002 to 2003. Indirect taxes were 84% of the union government's total tax revenue and have come down to 62% in 2003–04, mostly because of cuts in import duties and rationalisation. The state's share in the union government's tax revenue is 28.0% for the period 2000 to 2005 as per the recommendations of the eleventh finance commission. In addition, states that do not levy sales tax on sugar, textiles and tobacco, are entitled to 1.5% of the proceeds.Datt, Ruddar; Sundharam, K.P.M. (2005). Indian Economy. S.Chand. pp. 938, 942, 946. ISBN 81-219-0298-3.
58. ^ "Indif_real_GDP_per_capitaa says 21 of 29 states to launch new tax". Daily Times. 25 March 2005. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
59. ^ Datt, Ruddar; Sundharam, K. P. M. "55". Indian Economy. pp. 943–945.
60. ^ "Union Budget 2017–18". ibef.org. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
61. ^ When the Little Ones Run the Show (quote from the New Delhi based Association for Democratic Reform) Archived 15 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine. The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

1. ^ It is however not mandated by the constitution for any minister including Prime Minister to 'get elected' as they can be from among the nominated members of Parliament. Six months of time is given to them for attaining the qualifications of being a member of parliament so that they could be nominated as a members of the parliament within this duration.

## Further reading

[edit]

* Subrata K. Mitra and V. B. Singh (1999). Democracy and Social Change in India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Electorate. New Delhi: Sage Publications. ISBN 81-7036-809-X (India HB), ISBN 0-7619-9344-4 (US HB).

## External links

[edit]

* Official website

Wikiquote has quotations related to Government of India.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union government of India.

* v
* t
* e

India topics

History

| Overviews|

* Timeline
* Years

* Astronomy
* Clothing
* Coinage
* Economics
* LGBTQ
* Linguistics
* Maritime
* Mathematics
* Metallurgy
* Military
* Paper currency
* Postal
* Science and technology

|

Ancient |

* Stone Age
* Indus Valley Civilisation
* Vedic period
* Mahajanapadas
* Mauryas
* Indo-Greek Kingdom
* Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
* Indo-Parthian kingdom
* Kushan Empire
* Alchon Huns
* Seleucid–Mauryan war

Middle Kingdoms|

* Middle kingdoms
* Chola

Middle Ages|

* Medieval India
* Hoysala
* Pala
* Kakatiya
* Delhi Sultanate
* Vijayanagara

Early Modern|

* Mughals
* Marathas
* European trade
* Bengal War

Late modern|

* Colonial
* Princely state
* East India Company
* Plassey
* 1857 rebellion
* British Raj
* Railways
* Economy
* Army
* Commander-in-Chief
* Zamindari
* Bengal Renaissance
* Political reforms
* Partition of Bengal
* Independence movement
* 1943 famine
* World War II
* Partition

Republic|

* Integration
* Non-Aligned Movement
* Five-Year Plans
* Sino-Indian War
* Indo-Pakistani wars
* Green Revolution
* White Revolution
* Naxal Insurgency
* Smiling Buddha
* Space programme
* The Emergency
* Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)

Contemporary|

* History of India (1947–present)
* Economic liberalisation
* Pokhran-II
* COVID-19 pandemic

Geography

| Geology|

* Fossil Parks
* Geology of India
* Indian Plate

|

Heritage|

* National Geological Monuments of India
* Sacred groves of India
* Sacred mountains of India
* Sacred rivers of India
* Stones of India

Environment|

* Biogeographic classification
* Biosphere reserves
* Climate
* Climate change
* Earthquakes
* Ecoregions
* Environmental issues
* Fauna
* Forests
* Flora
* Geology
* National parks
* Protected areas
* Wildlife
* sanctuaries

Landforms|

* Beaches
* Canals
* Coasts
* Desert
* ECZ
* Extreme points
* Glaciers
* Highest point by states
* Islands
* Lakes
* Mountains
* Mountain passes
* Plains
* Indo-Gangetic
* Eastern coastal
* Western coastal
* Rivers
* Valleys
* Volcanoes
* Waterfalls

Regions|

* Central
* East
* North
* Northwest
* Northeast
* South
* Southwest
* Southeast
* West

Subdivisions|

* Autonomous administrative divisions
* Borders
* Towns
* Cities
* Districts
* Municipalities
* States and union territories

See also|

* National monuments of India
* National parks of India
* Nature worship in Indian-origin religions
* World Heritage Sites in India
* Culture of India
* History of India
* Tourism in India

Politics

| Government|

* Agencies
* Energy policy
* Foreign relations
* Parliament
* Lok Sabha
* Rajya Sabha
* President
* Vice President
* Prime Minister
* Union Council of Ministers
* Civil Services
* Cabinet Secretary
* State governments
* State legislative assemblies
* State legislative councils
* Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators
* Chief Ministers
* Chief Secretaries

|

Law|

* Constitution
* Penal Code
* Fundamental rights, principles and duties
* Human rights
* Supreme Court
* Chief Justice
* High Courts
* District Courts

Enforcement|

| Federal|

* Border Security Force (BSF)
* Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
* Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
* Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
* National Security Guard (NSG)
* Railway Protection Force (RPF)
* Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
* Special Protection Group (SPG)

|

Intelligence|

* Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
* Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
* Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
* Enforcement Directorate (ED)
* Intelligence Bureau (IB)
* Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)
* Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
* National Investigation Agency (NIA)
* Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)

Military|

* Army
* Navy
* Air Force

Politics|

* Censorship
* Citizenship
* Elections
* Democracy
* Nationalism
* Political parties
* Reservations
* Scandals
* Scheduled groups
* Secularism
* Women in politics

Economy

| Companies|

* BSE SENSEX
* NIFTY 50
* NIFTY Next 50
* NIFTY 500
* GIFT Nifty

|

Governance|

* Ministry of Finance
* Finance ministers
* Ministry of Commerce and Industry
* Finance Commission
* Economic Advisory Council
* Central Statistical Office
* Securities and Exchange Board of India
* Enforcement Directorate
* External debt
* Foreign trade
* Foreign direct investment
* Foreign exchange reserves
* Remittances
* Taxation
* Subsidies
* Industrial licensing
* Voluntary guidelines
* NITI Aayog
* Make in India
* Atmanirbhar Bharat

Currency|

* Indian rupee
* Sign
* History
* Historical Forex
* Digital rupee
* Coinage
* Paisa
* Reserve Bank of India
* Governor
* Mint
* Inflation

Financial services|

* Banking
* Insurance
* Multi Commodity Exchange
* Bullion
* BSE
* NSE
* India INX

History|

* COVID-19 impact
* Economic development
* Liberalisation
* Licence Raj
* Green revolution
* Government initiatives
* Numbering system

People|

* By net worth
* Demography
* Income
* Poverty
* Labour law
* Pensions
* EPFO
* NPS
* PPF

States|

* Andhra Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Delhi
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Ladakh
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Mizoram
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Uttarakhand
* Uttar Pradesh
* West Bengal

Sectors|

* Agriculture
* Livestock
* Fishing
* Automotive
* Chemical
* Construction
* Defence
* Education
* Energy
* Electricity
* Nuclear
* Oil and gas
* Solar
* Wind
* Electronics and semiconductor
* Entertainment
* Forestry
* Gambling
* Healthcare
* Hospitals
* Information technology
* Media
* Cinema
* FM Radio
* Television
* Printing
* Mining
* Coal
* Iron and Steel
* Pharmaceuticals
* Pulp and paper
* Retail
* Science and technology
* Biotechnology
* Space
* Telecommunications
* Textiles
* Tourism
* Transport
* Aviation
* Civil
* Ports
* Rail
* Roads
* Electricity
* Water
* Power

Regulator|

* IRDAI
* RBI
* SEBI
* IBBI
* PFRDA

Other|

* NCLT
* NCLAT
* BIFR
* IBBI
* IBC
* SARFESI Act
* Income Tax Act
* Companies Act
* Banking Act
* Insurance Act
* FEMA
* Mumbai Consensus

* Society and culture

| Society|

* Caste system
* Corruption
* Crime
* Demographics
* Indians
* Education
* Universities in India
* Medical colleges in India
* Law colleges in India
* Engineering colleges in India
* Ethnic relations
* Health
* Languages
* Life expectancy
* Literacy
* Poverty
* Prisons
* Religion
* Socio-economic issues
* Standard of living
* Water supply and sanitation
* Women
* Sexuality
* Youth

|

Culture|

* Arts and entertainment
* Architecture
* Blogging
* Cinema
* Comics
* Webcomics
* Cuisine
* wine
* Dance
* Dress
* Folklore
* Festivals
* Literature
* Media
* television
* Martial arts
* Music
* Painting
* Physical culture
* Public holidays
* Sculpture
* tallest
* Sport
* Traditional

* v
* t
* e

Government of India

Constitution|

* Constitution
* Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties
* Federalism
* Union List
* State List
* Concurrent List

Executive|

* President (list)
* Vice President (list)
* Union government
* Union Council of Ministers
* Prime Minister (list)
* Deputy Prime Minister
* Civil services
* All India Services
* Central Civil Services
* Cabinet Secretary
* Secretaries
* Defence
* Finance
* Foreign
* Home)
* Attorney General
* Solicitor General
* State governments
* Governors (list)
* Lieutenant governors and administrators
* Chief ministers (list)
* Deputy chief ministers
* Chief secretaries
* Principal secretaries
* Advocate generals

Legislature|

* Parliament
* Lok Sabha
* Speaker
* Deputy speaker
* Secretary General
* Member
* Leader
* Leader of the Opposition
* Rajya Sabha
* Chairman
* Deputy Chairperson
* Member
* Leader
* Leader of the Opposition
* State legislature
* State legislative assemblies
* State legislative councils
* Speakers and Chairpersons
* Members
* Leaders of the Opposition

Judiciary|

* Supreme Court of India
* Chief Justice of India (list)
* Sitting judges
* High courts
* Chief justices
* Sitting judges
* District courts

* v
* t
* e

Third Modi ministry

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi

* v
* t
* e

Cabinet Ministers

| Agriculture and
Farmers' Welfare|

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

|

Atomic Energy|

Narendra Modi

Chemicals and Fertilizers|

J. P. Nadda

Civil Aviation|

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

Coal|

G. Kishan Reddy

Commerce and Industry|

Piyush Goyal

Communications|

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution|

Pralhad Joshi

Corporate Affairs|

Nirmala Sitharaman

Co-operation|

Amit Shah

Culture|

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Defence|

Rajnath Singh

Development of North
Eastern Region|

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Education|

Dharmendra Pradhan

Electronics and
Information Technology|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Environment, Forest
and Climate Change|

Bhupender Yadav

| External Affairs|

S. Jaishankar

|

Finance|

Nirmala Sitharaman

Fisheries, Animal Husbandry
and Dairying|

Lalan Singh

Food Processing Industry|

Chirag Paswan

Health and Family Welfare|

J. P. Nadda

Heavy Industries|

H. D. Kumaraswamy

Home Affairs|

Amit Shah

Housing and Urban
Affairs|

Manohar Lal Khattar

Information and Broadcasting|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Labour and Employment|

Mansukh Mandaviya

Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises|

Jitan Ram Manjhi

Mines|

G. Kishan Reddy

Minority Affairs|

Kiren Rijiju

New and Renewable Energy|

Pralhad Joshi

Panchayati Raj|

Lalan Singh

Parliamentary Affairs|

Kiren Rijiju

| Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions|

Narendra Modi

|

Petroleum and
Natural Gas|

Hardeep Singh Puri

Ports, Shipping and Waterways|

Sarbananda Sonowal

Power|

Manohar Lal Khattar

Railways|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Road Transport
and Highways|

Nitin Gadkari

Rural Development|

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Social Justice and
Empowerment|

Virendra Kumar Khatik

Space|

Narendra Modi

Steel|

H. D. Kumaraswamy

Textiles|

Giriraj Singh

Tribal Affairs|

Jual Oram

Tourism|

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Jal Shakti|

C. R. Patil

Women and Child Development|

Annpurna Devi

Youth Affairs and Sports|

Mansukh Mandaviya

* v
* t
* e

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

| AYUSH|

Prataprao Jadhav

|

Earth Sciences|

Jitendra Singh

| Law and Justice|

Arjun Ram Meghwal

|

Planning|

Rao Inderjit Singh

Science and Technology|

Jitendra Singh

| Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship|

Jayant Chaudhary

|

Statistics and Programme
Implementation|

Rao Inderjit Singh

* v
* t
* e

Ministers of State

| Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare|

Parsottambhai Rupala
S. S. Ahluwalia
Sudarshan Bhagat

|

Atomic Energy|

Jitendra Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers|

Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Civil Aviation|

Jayant Sinha

Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Disturbution|

Chhotu Ram Chaudhary

Corporate Affairs|

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Defence|

Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

Drinking Water
and Sanitation|

Ramesh Jigajinagi

Earth Sciences|

Y. S. Chowdary

Electronics and IT|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

External Affairs|

V. K. Singh

Finance|

Arjun Ram Meghwal
Santosh Gangwar

Food Processing Industry|

Niranjan Jyoti

Health and Family Welfare|

Anupriya Patel
Faggan Singh Kulaste

| Heavy Industry and Public
Enterprises|

G. M. Siddeshwara

|

Home Affairs|

Hansraj Ahir
Kiren Rijiju

Housing and Urban
Poverty Alleviation|

Babul Supriyo
Rao Inderjit Singh

Human Resource Development|

Satya Pal Singh

Information and Broadcasting|

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Law and Justice|

P. P. Chaudhary

Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises|

Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
Giriraj Singh

Minority Affairs|

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Overseas Indian Affairs|

V. K. Singh

Panchayati Raj|

Parsottambhai Rupala

Parliamentary Affairs|

Arjun Ram Meghwal
Vijay Goel

Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions|

Jitendra Singh

Prime Minister's Office|

Jitendra Singh

| Railways|

Manoj Sinha

|

Road Transport
and Highways|

Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Pon Radhakrishnan

Rural Development|

Ram Kripal Yadav

Science and Technology|

Y. S. Chowdary

Social Justice and Empowerment|

Krishan Pal Gurjar
Ramdas Athawale
Vijay Sampla

Steel|

Vishnudeo Sai

Shipping|

Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Pon Radhakrishnan

Space|

Jitendra Singh

Textiles|

Ajay Tamta

Tribal Affairs|

Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation|

Satya Pal Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal

Women and Child Development|

Maneka Gandhi

Urban Development|

Babul Supriyo
Rao Inderjit Singh

* v
* t
* e

Governments of Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste (East Timor)
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

States with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan

Dependencies and
other territories|

* British Indian Ocean Territory
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Hong Kong
* Macau

* Category
* Asia portal

* v
* t
* e

Government ministries of India

President (List) • Vice President (List) • Government of India • Prime Minister (List • Office) • Deputy Prime Minister • Council of Ministers

Current|

| Key|

* Defence
* External Affairs
* Finance
* Home Affairs

|

Economy & Industry|

* Chemicals and Fertilizers
* Civil Aviation
* Commerce and Industry
* Communications
* Co-operation
* Corporate Affairs
* Electronics and Information Technology
* Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
* Information and Broadcasting
* Labour and Employment
* Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
* Mines
* Steel
* Textiles
* Tourism

Infrastructure|

* Development of North Eastern Region
* Jal Shakti
* Ports, Shipping and Waterways
* Railways
* Road Transport and Highways
* Rural Development
* Housing and Urban Affairs

Food|

* Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
* Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
* Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
* Food Processing Industries

Energy & Climate Change|

* Coal
* Environment, Forest and Climate Change
* New and Renewable Energy
* Petroleum and Natural Gas
* Power

Science, Education & Health|

* AYUSH
* Earth Sciences
* Education
* Health and Family Welfare
* Science and Technology
* Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

General Administration|

* Culture
* Law and Justice
* Minority Affairs
* Panchayati Raj
* Parliamentary Affairs
* Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
* Planning
* Social Justice and Empowerment
* Statistics and Programme Implementation
* Tribal Affairs
* Women and Child Development
* Youth Affairs and Sports

Defunct|

* Communications and Information Technology
* Information Technology
* Overseas Indian Affairs
* Surface Transport
* Drinking Water and Sanitation
* Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
* Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

Ministers|

* Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
* Communications
* Defence
* Education
* External Affairs
* Finance
* Home Affairs
* Housing and Urban Affairs
* Law and Justice
* Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
* Railways
* Road Transport and Highways

Secretaries|

* Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
* Cabinet
* Defence
* Finance
* Foreign
* Home
* Personnel

Departments|

| Current|

* Atomic Energy
* Biotechnology
* Economic Affairs
* Higher Education
* Official Language
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
* Space
* Technical Education
* Telecommunications

|

Defunct|

* Criminal Intelligence
* Thagi and Dakaiti

Authority control databases |

* ISNI
* VIAF

|

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template