List of departments and agencies of the Government of Kerala

Kerala Government Organizations include various departments, agencies, boards, commissions, societies, public sector undertakings, etc. In addition to government departments, the Government of Kerala carries out its functions through various other institutions such as commissions, autonomous bodies, cultural institutions, public enterprises, welfare fund boards, co-operative organisations, development authorities, and universities.

Departments

Secretariat department: Policy making and administrative department of the government. Each department is headed politically by the Cabinet Minister in charge, who is responsible for policy decisions and overall direction. Each secretariat department is headed administratively by an Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, or Secretary to Government — typically an officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. Each department includes Special or Additional Secretaries, Joint Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries, Section Officers, and other clerical staff. The Chief Secretary to Government coordinates the functioning of various departments in the Secretariat.

Directorate/Commissionerate/Agencies: Executive or field, operational department of the government. These field departments or line departments are headed by officers designated as Director, Commissioner, Director General, or similar titles. These posts may be held by generalist IAS officers or by domain specialists, depending on the nature of the department. Examples include the Transport Commissioner, Director General of Police & State Police Chief, Director General of Fire and Rescue Services, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Director of Health Services, Chief Engineer of PWD, Chief Engineer of Irrigation, Director General of Prosecution, and Controller of Legal Metrology, Inspector General of Registration. Secretariat Departments No. Department 1 Agricultural Development and Farmers Welfare Department 2 Animal Husbandry Department 3 Ayush Department 4 Backward Communities Development Department 5 Co-operation Department 6 Coastal Shipping & Inland Navigation Department 7 Consumer Affairs Department 8 Cultural Affairs Department 9 Dairy Development Department10Disaster Management Department11Elderly Welfare Department12Election Department 13 Electronics & Information Technology Department 14 Environment Department 15 Finance Department 16 Fisheries and Ports Department 17 Food and Civil Supplies Department 18 Forests and Wildlife Department 19 General Administration Department 20 General Education Department 21 Health & Family Welfare Department 22 Higher Education Department 23 Home Department 24 Housing Department 25 Industries and Commerce Department 26 Information and Public Relations Department 27 Labour and Skills Department 28 Law Department 29 Local Self Government Department 30 Minority Welfare Department 31 Non Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) Department 32 Parliamentary Affairs Department 33 Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department 34 Planning and Economic Affairs Department35Programme Implementation, Evaluation and Monitoring Department 36 Power Department37Public Procurement Advisory Department 38 Public Works Department 39 Revenue Department 40 Sainik Welfare Department 41 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Development Department 42 Science & Technology Department 43 Social Justice Department 44 Sports & Youth Affairs Department 45 Taxes Department 46 Tourism Department 47 Transport Department 48 Vigilance Department 49 Water Resources Department 50 Women & Child Development Department

Line departments / Directorates / Commissionerates / Child Agencies

Sl. No. Department / Organisation Head of Department (HOD)HeadquartersParent dept.Website 1 Directorate of Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare DirectorThiruvanathapuramAgriculture 2 Animal Husbandry Department DirectorAnimal Husbandry 3 Directorate of Archeology DirectorCultural Affairs 4 Directorate of State Archives DirectorCultural Affairs 5 Directorate of Ayurveda Medical Education DirectorAYUSH 6 Directorate of Backward Classes Development DirectorBackward Classes Development 7 Chemical Examiner's Laboratory Department Chief Chemical ExaminerHome 8 Commissionerate of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs CommissionerFood, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs 9 Directorate of Coir Development Director of Coir DevelopmentIndustries 10 Directorate of Collegiate Education DirectorHigher Education 11 Co-operation Department Registrar of Co-operative SocietiesCo-operation 12 Directorate of Co-Operative Audit Director of Co-operative AuditCo-operation 13 Commissionerate for Entrance Examinations Commissioner for Entrance ExaminationsHigher Education 14 Directorate of Culture DirectorCultural Affairs 15 Directorate of Dairy Development DirectorDairy Development 16 Department of Homoeopathy Director of Homeopathy AYUSH 17 Drugs Control Department Drugs ControllerHealth and Family Welfare 18 Directorate of Economics and Statistics DirectorPlanning and Economic Affairs 19 Electrical Inspectorate Department Chief Electrical InspectorPower 20 Directorate of Environment and Climate Change DirectorEnvironment 21 Kerala Excise Department Excise CommissionerTaxes 22 Factories and Boilers Department DirectorLabour and Skills 23 Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Department Director General, Fire and Rescue Services, Civil Defence and Home GuardsHome 24 Directorate of Fisheries DirectorFisheries & Ports 25 Commissionerate of Food Safety CommissionerHealth and Family Welfare 26 Kerala Forest Department Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force (HoFF)Forests and Wildlife 27 Directorate of General Education Director of General EducationGeneral Education 28 Ground Water Department DirectorWater Resources 29 Directorate of Handlooms and Textiles Director 30 Harbour Engineering Department Chief Engineer 31 Directorate of Health Services Director of Health ServicesHealth & Family Welfare 32 Housing (Technical Cell) Department Housing CommissionerHousing 33 Hydrographic Survey Wing Chief Hydrographer 34 Indian Systems of Medicine Department DirectorAYUSH 35 Directorate of Industries and Commerce Director 36 Industrial Training Department Director of Training / State Apprenticeship Advisor 37 Information and Public Relations Department Director 38 Kerala State Insurance Department Director 39 Insurance Medical Services Department Director 40 Irrigation Department Chief Engineer, Irrigation & AdministrationWater Resources 41 Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (KIRTADS) Director 42 Kerala State Audit Department Director 43 Kerala State Lotteries Department Director of State Lotteries 44 Labour Commissionerate Labour Commissioner 45 Land Board Secretary, Land BoardRevenue 46 Land Revenue Commissionerate Commissioner of Land Revenue Revenue 47 Land Use Board Land Use CommissionerRevenue 48 Legal Metrology Department Controller 49 Principal Directorate, LSGD Principal DirectorLocal Self Government Department 50 Directorate of Medical Education Director of Medical EducationHealth and Family Welfare 51 Mining and Geology Department DirectorIndustries 52 Directorate of Minority Welfare DirectorMinority Welfare 53 Kerala Motor Vehicles Department Transport CommissionerTransport 54 Directorate of Museums and Zoos Director 55 National Service Scheme Additional Director General NCC 56 National Employment Service (Kerala) Director 57 National Savings Department Director 58 Kerala Police Department State Police Chief, Kerala Home 59 Printing Department Director of Printing 60 Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services Department Director General of Prisons and Correctional ServicesHome 61 Public Works Department Chief EngineerPublic Works 62 Registration Department Inspector General of Registration Taxes 63 Sainik Welfare Department DirectorSainik Welfare 64 Directorate of Scheduled Castes Development DirectorSC&ST Development 65 Directorate of Scheduled Tribes Development DirectorSC&ST Development 66 Directorate of Social Justice Director 67 Soil Survey and Soil Conservation Department Director 68 Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs Director 69 State Central Library State Librarian 70 State Goods and Services Tax Department CommissionerTaxes 71 Stationery Department Controller of Stationery 72 Directorate of Survey and Land Records DirectorRevenue 73 Directorate of Technical Education DirectorHigher Education 74 Tourism Department DirectorTourism 75 Treasuries Department DirectorFinance 76 Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Director of Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau Vigilance 77 State Water Transport Department DirectorTransport 78 Directorate of Women and Child Development DirectorWomen & Child Development79Directorate of ProsecutionDirector General of Prosecution (DGP)ErnakulamHome

Boards Reference: Sl.No Board Concerned Secretariat Department 1 Board of Control for Orphanages and other Charitable Homes Social Justice 2 Cochin Devaswom Board, Thrissur Devaswom 3 Co-operative Service Examination Board Co-operation 4 Guruvayur Devaswom Board Devaswom 5 Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Devaswom 6 Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board Industries 7 Kerala Livestock Development Board Ltd Animal Husbandry 8 Kerala Road Fund Board Public Works 9 Kerala State Biodiversity Board Environment 10 Kerala State Electricity Board Power 11 Kerala State Housing Board Housing 12 Kerala State Pollution Control Board Environment 13 Kerala State Social Welfare Board Social Justice 14 Kerala State Wakf Board Minority Welfare 15 Kerala State Youth Welfare Board Youth Affairs 16 Koodalmanikyam Devaswom, Irinjalakuda Devaswom 17 Land Use Board Planning & Economic Affairs 18 Malabar Devaswom Board, Kozhikode Devaswom 19 Minimum Wages Advisory Board Labour 20 Public Sector Restructuring and Internal Audit Board Industries 21 State Agricultural Prices Board Agriculture 22 State Medicinal Plants Board AYUSH 23 State Planning Board Planning & Economic Affairs 24 Travancore Devaswom Board Devaswom Commissions Reference: