administrative machinery in india

• Government of India

  • State Government(s)
  • Division (s)
  • District (s) - Zilla-Parishad
    • Block(s) - Tehsils
      • Village(s) - Gram Panchayat
    • Municipal Corporation(s) - Mahanagar-Palika
    • Municipality(s) - Nagar-Palika
      • Ward(s)
    • City Count(s) - Mahanagar-Palika

• Our Constitution provide for a centralized administrative system.

Ministry, Department, Boards and Commissions

Union Government Ministries/ Department

Structure of a Ministry

Ministry of Central Government has a three tier structure consisting of

• Political Head, who is a cabinet minister assisted by minister of state and deputy minister.

• Sometimes a minister of State may also be a political head of a ministry/department holding an independent charge.

• Secretariat organisation headed by a secretary who is a career civil servant.

• He is assisted by Joint secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, Undersecretaries and office establishment.

• Executive organization under a head of the department who is known by various designations like Director, Director General, Commissioner, Inspector General, Chief Controller etc…

• A ministry is primarily divided into departments

• Each department is divided into wings.

• Each wing is, in turn, divided into divisions,

• which are further divided into branches.

• Each branch is divided into sections.

• A section is the lowest level and smallest organizational unit of a ministry/ department.

• Department (Secretary)

• Wing (Additional/Joint Secretary)

• Division (Deputy Secretary)

• Branch (Under Secretary)

• Section (Section Officer)

Under the Government of India, Rules of Business, 1961, the ministries departments in the Government of India were classified into different levels.

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