Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) is an amalgamation of numerous Opium Agencies that were set up more than 200 years ago for controlling licit cultivation and marketing of opium in India.

The Department is responsible for matters relating to livestock production, preservation, protection from disease and improvement of stocks and dairy development, and also for matters relating to the Delhi Milk Scheme and the National Dairy Development Board. It also looks after all matters pertaining to fishing and fisheries, inland and marine.

Department of Fertilizers comes under the ambit of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. This Department was earlier used to be named as Department of Chemicals & Fertilizers. The genesis of the Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers can traced to the erstwhile Ministry of Production in the fifties.

Department of Information Technology is the nodal section for handling all vigilance matters of the DIT and the societies, public sector undertakings under its administrative control.

Ministry of Agriculture comprises of three Departments viz. Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Department of Agricultural Research & Education/ICAR and Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying.

Ministry of Agro & Rural Industries (ARI) was set up in September, 2001 with the objective of integrating efforts for the development of agro and rural industries and creating more employment opportunities in the rural areas based on the local raw materials, skills and technology.

To maintain a competitive civil aviation environment which ensures safety and security in accordance with international standards, promotes efficient, cost-effective and orderly growth of air transport and contributes to social and economic development of the country.

The Ministry of Coal has the overall responsibility of determining policies and strategies in respect of exploration and development of coal and lignite reserves.

The Department of Commerce, in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is headed by a Secretary. This Department formulates policies in the sphere of foreign trade, especially the import and export policy of the country.

The Ministry functions to ensure food security in India and to support the Consumer Movement. Department of Food and Public Distribution.