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This Organisation provides scientific and industrial
research of value for India's sustained growth, strategic
needs and nurturing of national human resource in science
and technology.
It is responsible for formulation and maintenance of
statistical standards, work pertaining to national accounts,
industrial statistics, consumer price indexes for urban
non-manual employees conduct of economic census and survey,
training in official statistics, coordination of statistical
activities undertaken within the country and liaisoning with
international agencies in statistical matters.
It is the national apex body for assessment, monitoring and
control of water and air pollution. It advises the Central
Government on all matters concerning the prevention and
control of air, water and noise pollution.
It was set up under the Cinematograph Act, 1952. Film can be
publicly exhibited in India only after they have been
certified by the Central Board of Film Certificate.
It was constituted as the national apex organisation in
1970. The main activities of the Board include macro-level
hydrogeological investigations, deep exploratory drilling
coupled with remote sensing studies, geophysical studies and
pumping test to study the subsurface hydrogeological
features and nation-wide monitoring of the behavior of
water table and water quality through a network of 15,843
hydrograph stations.
With its headquarters at Kolkata, it was set up as a public
sector undertaking in May 1967. It is mainly engaged in
transportation of goods by inland waterways in the Ganga,
Bhagirathi, Hooghly, Sunderbans and Brahmaputra rivers.
It is an autonomous body and is responsible for the
enforcement of quality control and compulsory pure-shipment
inspection of various exportable commodities covered under
the export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963.
There are at present ten Export Promotion Councils under the
administrative control of the Department of Commerce. The
Export Promotion Councils perform both advisory and
executive functions.
FIIA aims at facilitating quick translation of Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) approvals into implementation,
provide a proactive one-step after care service to foreign
investors by helping them to obtain necessary approvals,
sort out operational problems and meet with various
Government agencies to find the solution to the
problems of investors.
Established in 1851 it is a premier national scientific
survey and research organisation and is also the principal
provider of basic earth science information to the
Government industry and general public as well as responsive
participant in international geo-scientific era.
It was constituted as an autonomous organisation responsible
for the planning, organising, implementation and
coordination of medical research in country.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act,
1999, notified on Dec. 29, 1999 provides for the
establishment of a statutory Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority to protect the interest of holders of
insurance policies and to regulate, promote and ensure
orderly growth of the insurance industry.
It is an autonomous apex body at national level, which
promotes science and technology programmes in the area of
agriculture research, education and extension education.
Its main function is promotion of conservation of minerals,
regulating the impact of mining on environment and
scientific development of all the minerals resources of the
country except coal, petroleums natural gas, atomic and
minor minerals.
It came into existence on Oct. 27, 1986 as a statutory Body
for development, maintenance, management and regulation of
national waterways in the country and to act as advisor to
the Central and State Governments on matters relating to
Inland water transport.
It was established on Sept. 1, 1956 to spread the message of
Life Insurance in the country and mobilise peoples savings
for Nation building activities.
It was established as a statutory body under the provisions
of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1993. The main functions
of the Council are maintenance of uniform standard of
medical education both at the undergraduate and the
post-graduate levels, maintenance of Indian Medical
Registrar, reciprocity with foreign countries in the matter
of mutual recognition of medical qualifications continuing
medical education and granting of provisional/permanent
registration of doctors with recognised medical
qualifications.
It was set up in 1966 to promote safety consciousness among
workers to prevent accidents, minimise dangers and mitigate
human suffering, arrange programmes, lectures and
conferences on safety, conduct educational campaigns to
arouse consciousness among employers and workers and collect
educational and information data.
It is set up in September 1961. With headquarters at New
Delhi, it assists and advises the Central and State
Governments on academic matters related to school education.
It was set up in April 2001 by bifurcating the National
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Financial Development
Corporation. It provides grants for skill development
programme for STs.
It was set up on Jan. 13, 1992 with the objective of
providing concessional finance to the members of backward
classes living below the poverty line for their
socio-economic development by extending them loans for
income generating schemes.
It was set up in 1950 and reorganised in 1970. The
activities of NSSO are guided by a governing council
with the requisite independence and autonomy in matters
relating to collection, processing and publication of NSS
data.
It was restructured in 1980. Its primary objective is to
foster excellence in cinema and to develop state of the art
technology in audio-visual and related fields.
It was set up in March 1983. It is an apex body to evolve
national policies for development and uses of water
resources in conformity with the highest national interest.
Established in Jan. 1982 has been implemented several
schemes and programmes on promotion of entrepreneurship and
creation of sustainable employment through the application
of Science and Technology. The Board has also been
organising skill development programmes in various trades.
It concentrates its attention in a number of areas to
integrate resource map with other relevant socio-economic
data and represent them in spatial forms, useful for
developmental planning. NATMO is trying to develope the new
technology of reverse printing for NATMO maps on
experimental basis.
It was established in 1953 as a commercial company for
promotion of inventive activity in the country and
translating Research and Development results into marketable
industrial products, processes and services. The
corporation, a Public Sector Enterprise is playing a
catalyst role in commercial applications of indigenous and
foreign R & D results by transfer of technology from
laboratories to industries. It also guides and assists
entrepreneurs in realising their technical business plans.
It was constituted in 1992 with the task of
promoting afforestation, their plantation, ecological
restoration and eco-development activities in the country
with special attention to degraded forest areas and lands
adjoining the forest areas, national parks, sanctuaries and
other protected areas.
It
was set up to provide economic and development activities
for the benefit of backward sections among the minorities,
preference being given to occupational groups and women
among minorities.
It was incorporated on Jan. 24, 1997 as a company, not for
profit wholly owned by Government of India. Its aims to
promote economic empowerment of the persons with
disabilities through financing self employment ventures.
It is an autonomous Organisation
under the Department of Women and Child Development,
Ministry of Human Resource Development. The objects of the
Institute are to develop and promote voluntary action in
social development; take a comprehensive view of child
development and develop and promote in pursuance of the
National Policy for children.
It was constituted by the Government in September 1990 to
review the progress of implementation of the National Water
Policy and to report to the National Water Resources Council
for initiating effective measures for systematic development
of the country's water resources.
It has been established is 1966 for
the purpose of preserving the freedom of the press and of
maintaining and improving the standards of newspapers and
news agencies in India.
It is a statutory body. It
is responsible for regulating training policies and programmes for various categories of professional in the
area of disability. Its functions include ( i )
Standardisation and regularisation of training courses at
different levels, ( ii ) recognition of
institutions/universities for their training courses within
and outside the country on a reciprocal basis.
It was
set up in 1984, functions as an apex body in the formulation
of policies and coordination of institutional activities
both at the centre and the state level, for sustained and organised growth of small scale Industries.
Survey of India, the national survey
and mapping organisation under the Ministry of Science and
Technology was set-up in 1767. The primary responsibility of
SOI is to maintain topographical map coverage on 1 : 250 K,
1 : 50 K and 1 : 25 K scales.
It was established by the
Government in Jan. 1984. It is now the nodal agency in the
country for broad basing sports and for training of sports
persons to achieve excellence in national and international
sports.
It was constituted in
Sept. 1996. The Board provides financial assistance to
industrial concerns and other agencies for attempting
development and commercial application of indigenous
technology or adapting important technology for wider
domestic application.
It was set up on Jan.
14, 1997 under the Environmental Protection Act, 1986 and
was given the mandate of regulation and control of the
development and management of groundwater resources in the
country.
With
headquarters at Nagpur, it was established in 1958. The
Board under takes training programmes, which cover
workers from organised, unorganised, rural and informal
sectors.
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
