Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
FSSAI is an autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India The FSSAI is responsible for setting standards for food so that there is…
National Council of Educational Research and Training
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India established on 1 September 1961 It is registered as a literary, scientific…
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) is an autonomous research institute under India’s Ministry of Finance Based in New Delhi, India, the centre conducts research on public…
National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB)
India was the first country to launch the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) in 1976 The flagship Central government initiative emanated from the Trachoma Control Programme of 1963…
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is a government regulatory agency that controls the prices of pharmaceutical drugs in India It was formed on 29 August 1997 The NPPA regularly…
Higher Education Financing Agency
HEFA is aimed at boosting institutional infrastructure Especially state-of-the-art laboratories, in key institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Management, and the Indian Institutes of…
Bar Council of India
The Bar Council of India is a statutory body established under the section 4 of advocates Act 1961 that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India. Its members are elected from amongst the lawyers…
University Grants Commission-UGC
The University Grants Commission of India (UGC India) is a statutory body set up by the Indian Union government in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Human Resource Development, and is charged with coordination,…
How different is the proposed HECI from the present UGC?
The Centre has decided to establish a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) in the place of the University Grants Commission (UGC). A draft Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University…
Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
The ECGC Limited (Formerly Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd) is a company wholly owned by the Government of India based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1] It provides export credit insurance support to Indian exporters and is controlled by the Ministry…