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    List of National Bodies and their related Ministries

    Jul 24, 2019, 17:16 IST

    The Constitution of India has the provision of the some constitutional and non- constitutional bodies. The list of constitutional bodies includes Election Commission, UPSC, National Commission for SCc and STs. Some national bodies like Finance Commission, Central Information Commission and Central Administrative Tribunal falls under the Ministry of Finance.

    National Bodies in India
    National Bodies in India

    A democratic country like India is run with the help of some constitutional and non constitutional bodies. These national commission or bodies follows the order of a specific ministry. Like Central Vigilance Commission falls under the Ministry of Personnel while National Commission for women follows the order of Ministry of Women and Child Development.

    To understand the topic thoroughly let’ s have a look on the constitutional and non constitutional bodies in India.

    List of Constitutional Bodies is;

    1. National Commission for Schedule Castes

    2. National Commission for Schedule Tribes

    3. Comptroller and Auditor General of India

    4. State Public Service Commission

    5. Election Commission of India

    6. Attorney General of India

    7. Advocate General of the State

    8. Finance Commission of India

    9. Union Public Service Commission

    10. Special Officer For Linguistic Minorities

    List of Non Constitutional Bodies is

    1. Niti Aayog

    2. National Development Council

    3. National Human Rights Commission

    4. State Human Rights Commission

    5. Central Information Commission

    6. State Information Commission

    7. Central Vigilance Commission

    8. Central Bureau of Investigation

    9. Lokpal and Lokayuktas

    Let’s have a look on the national bodies and their respective ministries.

    Commission/body

    Falls under

    1. Finance Commission

    Ministry of Finance

    2. Central Information Commission

    Ministry of Personnel

    3. Central Administrative Tribunal

    Ministry of Personnel

    4. Union Public Service Commission

    Ministry of Personnel

    5. Staff Selection Commission

    Ministry of Personnel

    6. Central Vigilance Commission

    Ministry of Personnel

    7. Central Bureau Of Investigation

    Ministry of Personnel

    8. Inter-State Council

    Ministry of Home Affairs

    9. Zonal Councils

    Ministry of Home Affairs

    10National Investigation Agency

    Ministry of Home Affairs

    11. National Human Right Commission  

    Ministry of Home Affairs

    12. Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities

    Ministry of Minority Affairs

    13. National Commission For Minorities

    Ministry of Minority Affairs

    14. National Commission for SCs

    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    15. National Commission For Backward Classes

    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    16. Central Commissioner For Disabled Persons

    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    17. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

    Ministry Of Women And Child Development

    18. Central Social Welfare Board

    Ministry of Women and Child Development

    19. National commission for women

    Ministry of Women and Child Development

    20. National Commission for STs

    Ministry Of Tribal Affairs

    21. North Eastern Council

    Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region

    So this was the important list of national bodies/ commission and their respective ministries. This list is very import for all the competitive exams to be held in India.

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