Responsibilities include ensuring remunerative returns for farmers, supply of foodgrains at reasonable prices to consumers through the public distribution system, monitoring prices, ensuring availability of essential commodities etc

Comprises four departments: defence (deals with Integrated Defence Staff, formulates defence budget, policy etc), defence production, defence research & ex-servicemen's welfare; site has info on the armed forces etc

Ministry in charge of the government's finances; departments: economic affairs, expenditure, revenue, disinvestment; web site has statistics & data (economic survey, monthy economic report, national summary, central govt borrowings etc)

Responsibilities include matters of internal security, citizenship & naturalisation, census of population, police, law & order etc

Official web site of the Ministry of Railways; web site has information on the Indian rail network, reservation status, Internet booking, timetables, train enquiry etc

Ministry responsible for laying down policy guidelines & programmes for the development & regulation of the country's water resources

Responsible for the formulation of national policies & programmes for the development & regulation of civil aviation in India; located at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi

Has the overall responsibility of determining policies & strategies for the exploration & development of coal & lignite reserves in the country; PSUs under its control are Coal India Ltd, Neyveli Lignite Corporation etc

Primarily concerned with the administration of the Companies Act, 1956 and other allied acts, rules & regulations; web site has information on company acts & bills etc

Ministry whose activities include coordinating with central ministries on development schemes for the north-east, carrying out developmental works through the North Eastern Council (NCE) etc; located in Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi