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 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, Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries, Section Officers, and other clerical staff. The Chief Secretary coordinates the functioning of various departments in the Secretariat.[1]

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.[2]

Secretariat Departments

No. Department [3]
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 Department
10 Electronics & Information Technology Department
11 Environment Department
12 Finance Department
13 Fisheries Department
14 Food and Civil Supplies Department
15 Forests and Wildlife Department
16 General Administration Department
17 General Education Department
18 Health & Family Welfare Department
19 Higher Education Department
20 Home Department
21 Housing Department
22 Industries and Commerce Department
23 Information and Public Relations Department
24 Labour and Skills Department
25 Law Department
26 Local Self Government Department
27 Minority Welfare Department
28 Non Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) Department
29 Parliamentary Affairs Department
30 Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department
31 Planning and Economic Affairs Department
32 Power Department
33 Public Works Department
34 Revenue Department
35 Sainik Welfare Department
36 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Development Department
37 Science & Technology Department
38 Social Justice Department
39 Sports & Youth Affairs Department
40 Stores Purchase Department
41 Taxes Department
42 Tourism Department
43 Transport Department
44 Vigilance Department
45 Water Resources Department
46 Women & Child Development Department

Line departments / Directorates / Commissionerates / Child Agencies

Department / Directorate / Commissionerate[4][5] Headquarters Head of department (Designation) Parent Secretariat Department Website
Archaeology Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Cultural Affairs Department Official website
Ayurveda Medical Education Directorate Thiruvananthapuram Director AYUSH Department Official website
Civil Supplies Commissionerate Thiruvananthapuram Commissioner of Civil Supplies Food & Civil Supplies Department Official website
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations Thiruvananthapuram Commissioner Higher Education Department Official website
Commissionerate of State Goods and Services Tax Thiruvananthapuram Commissioner of State Tax Taxes Department Official website
Commissionerate of Land Revenue Thiruvananthapuram Land Revenue Commissioner Revenue Department
Coastal Shipping & Inland Navigation Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Coastal Shipping & Inland Navigation Department Official website
Directorate of Backward Communities Development Thiruvananthapuram Director Backward Communities Development Department Official website
Directorate of Coir Development Thiruvananthapuram Director Industries and Commerce Department (Coir Division) Official website
Directorate of Collegiate Education Thiruvananthapuram Director Higher Education Department Official website
Directorate of Culture Thiruvananthapuram Director Cultural Affairs Department Official website
Directorate of Employment & Training Thiruvananthapuram Director Labour & Skills Department Official website
Directorate of Environment & Climate Change Thiruvananthapuram Director Environment & Climate Change Department Official website
Directorate of Factories & Boilers Thiruvananthapuram Director Labour & Skills Department Official website
Directorate of General Education Thiruvananthapuram Director General Education Department Official website
Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles Thiruvananthapuram Director Industries & Commerce Department Official website
Directorate of Health Services Thiruvananthapuram Director Health & Family Welfare Department Official website
Directorate of Industries & Commerce Thiruvananthapuram Director Industries & Commerce Department Official website
Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine Thiruvananthapuram Director AYUSH Department Official website
Directorate of Medical Education Thiruvananthapuram Director Health & Family Welfare Department Official website
Directorate of Minority Welfare Thiruvananthapuram Director Minority Welfare Department Official website
Directorate of Panchayats Thiruvananthapuram Director (Rural) Local Self‑Government Department Official website
Directorate of Prosecution Ernakulam Director General of Prosecution Home Department Official website
Public Works (PWD)

(Roads, Administration, Bridges, National Highway)

Thiruvananthapuram Chief Engineer Public Works Department Official website
Commissionerate of Rural Development Thiruvananthapuram Commissioner Local Self‑Government Department Official website
Directorate of Social Welfare Thiruvananthapuram Director Social Justice Department Official website
Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs Thiruvananthapuram Director Sports & Youth Affairs Department Official website
Directorate of Survey & Land Records Thiruvananthapuram Director Revenue Department Official website
Drugs Control Department Thiruvananthapuram Drugs Controller Health & Family Welfare Department Official website
Electrical Inspectorate Department Thiruvananthapuram Chief Electrical Inspector Power Department Official website
Excise Commissionerate Thiruvananthapuram Excise Commissioner Taxes (Excise) Department Official website
Fisheries & Ports Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Fisheries & Ports Department Official website
Forest & Wildlife Department Thiruvananthapuram Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force Forest & Wildlife Department Official website
Housing Commissionerate Thiruvananthapuram Housing Commissioner Housing Department Official website
Kerala Police Department Thiruvananthapuram DGP & State Police Chief, Kerala Home Department [1]
Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Thiruvananthapurqm Director General of Fire and Rescue Services, Homeguards and Civil defence Home Department
Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services Thiruvananthapuram Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Home Department
Labour Commissionerate Thiruvananthapuram Labour Commissioner Labour & Skills Department Official website
Legal Metrology Department Thiruvananthapuram Controller of Legal Metrology Consumer Affairs Department Official website
Lotteries Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Finance Department Official website
Mining & Geology Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Industries & Commerce Department Official website
Motor Vehicles Department Thiruvananthapuram Transport Commissioner Transport Department Official website
NORKA (Non‑Resident Keralites Affairs) Department Thiruvananthapuram Chief Executive Officer Non Resident Keralites Affairs Department Official website
Public Works Department Thiruvananthapuram Chief Engineer Public Works Department Official website
Registration Department Thiruvananthapuram Inspector General of Registration Registration Department Official website
Sainik Welfare Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Sainik Welfare Department Official website
Scheduled Castes Development Department Thiruvananthapuram Director SC/ST Development Department Official website
Scheduled Tribes Development Department Thiruvananthapuram Director SC/ST Development Department Official website
Social Justice Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Social Justice Department Official website
Sports & Youth Affairs Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Sports & Youth Affairs Department Official website
Stores Purchase Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Stores Purchase Department Official website
State Water Transport Department Thiruvanathapuram Director Transport Department
State Insurance Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Finance Department
State Audit Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Finance Department
Tourism Department Thiruvananthapuram Director of Tourism Tourism Department Official website
Treasuries Department Thiruvanathapuram Director Finance Department
Urban Affairs Department Thiruvananthapuram Director (Urban) Local Self Government Department Official website
Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau Thiruvananthapuram Director of Vigilance Vigilance Department (Home Secretariat) Official website
Zoological & Museums Department Thiruvananthapuram Director Cultural Affairs Department Official website

Boards

Reference: [6]

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: [7]

Commissions and Tribunals under the Government of Kerala
Sl. No Name Type
1 Admission Supervisory Committee For Medical Education in Kerala Statutory
2 Administrative Reforms Commission Advisory
3 Kerala Public Service Commission Constitutional
4 State Finance Commission Constitutional
5 Kerala State Farmer's Debt Relief Commission Statutory
6 State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Quasi-judicial
7 Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes Statutory
8 Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KeSCPCR) Statutory
9 Kerala State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Statutory
10 Kerala State Human Rights Commission Statutory
11 State Information Commission Statutory
12 Kerala Women's Commission Statutory
13 Official Language (Legislative) Commission Advisory
14 Kerala Lok Ayukta Statutory
15 State Co-operative Election Commission Statutory
16 State Commissionerate for Persons with Disabilities Statutory
17 State Election Commission Constitutional
18 Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission Statutory
19 Kerala State Fishermen Debt Relief Commission Statutory
20 Kerala State Law Reforms Commission Advisory
21 Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) Statutory
22 Kerala State Youth Commission Statutory
23 Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge Judicial
24 Non-Resident Indians' (Keralites) Commission Advisory
25 Industrial Tribunal and Judge Judicial
26 Advisory Board, Kerala Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act Statutory
27 Kerala Value Added Tax/Agricultural Income Tax and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal Judicial
28 University Appellate Tribunal for Kerala, Calicut and Mahatma Gandhi Universities Judicial
29 Kerala State Commission for Minorities Statutory
30 Kerala Administrative Tribunal Statutory
31 Tribunal for Local Self Government Institutions Judicial
32 Kerala State Electricity Ombudsman Quasi-judicial
33 Ombudsman for Local Self Government Institutions Quasi-judicial
34 Kerala State Commission for Economically Backward Classes among Forward Communities Advisory
35 Munnar Special Tribunal Judicial
36 Kerala State Pay Revision Commission Advisory
37 Art and Heritage Commission, Kerala Advisory
38 Kerala Co-operative Ombudsman Quasi-judicial
39 Kerala State Statistical Commission Advisory
40 Kerala State Food Commission Statutory
41 State Level Jail Advisory Committee Advisory

Developmental authorities

Autonomous bodies, cultural and other institutions

Reference:[8]

Welfare fund boards

References:[9]

Welfare Fund Boards of Kerala
Sl. No Board
1 Kerala Abkari Workers Welfare Fund Board
2 Kerala Agricultural Workers Welfare Fund Board
3 Kerala Bamboo, Kattuvally, Vettuva, Ezhuvela, Mullukallu and Similar Workers Welfare Fund Board
4 Kerala Beedi and Cigar Workers Welfare Fund Board
5 Kerala Coir Workers Welfare Fund Board
6 Kerala Construction Workers Welfare Fund Board
7 Kerala Cultural Workers Welfare Fund Board
8 Kerala Domestic Workers Welfare Fund Board
9 Kerala Drivers Welfare Fund Board
10 Kerala Handloom Workers Welfare Fund Board
11 Kerala Lottery Agents and Sellers Welfare Fund Board
12 Kerala Maternity Benefit Fund Board
13 Kerala Motor Transport Workers Welfare Fund Board
14 Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers Welfare Fund Board
15 Kerala Small Plantation Workers Welfare Fund Board
16 Kerala Tailoring Workers Welfare Fund Board
17 Kerala Toddy Workers Welfare Fund Board
18 Kerala Traditional Industries Workers Welfare Fund Board
19 Kerala Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Board
20 Kerala Welfare Fund Board for Anganwadi Workers and Helpers

Universities

References: [10]

Universities in Kerala
Sl. No University Parent secretariat department
1 APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) Higher Education Department
2 Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) Higher Education Department
3 Kannur University (KU) Higher Education Department
4 Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) Agriculture Development & Farmers' Welfare Department
5 Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) Health & Family Welfare Department
6 Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) Higher Education Department
7 Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) Higher Education Department
8 University of Calicut (UoC) Higher Education Department
9 University of Kerala (UoK) Higher Education Department
10 Digital University (DUK) Electronics & IT Department
11 Fisheries University (KUFOS) Fisheries Department
12 Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) Animal Husbandry Department
13 Kerala Kalamandalam (KK) Culture Department
14 Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University (MU) Higher Education Department
15 Sree Narayana Guru Open University Higher Education Department
16 Central University of Kerala Ministry of Education (Government of India)
17 National University of Advanced Legal Studies Higher Education Department
18 Aligarh Muslim University Centre, Malappuram Ministry of Education (Government of India)

Public sector undertakings (PSUs)

Main article: Public sector undertakings in Kerala

Societies

List of Societies under Government of Kerala
Sl. No Name Abbreviation
1 Kerala Ayurvedic Studies & Research Society –
2 Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society KATPS
3 Kerala Books and Publications Society KBPS
4 Kerala Health Research and Welfare Society KHRWS
5 Kerala State AIDS Control Society KSACS
6 Kerala Rural Employment and Welfare Society –
7 Kerala State Cashew Workers’ Apex Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. CAPEX
8 Kerala State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Ltd. No. H. 232 HANTEX
9 Thenmala Ecotourism Promotion Society TEPS

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala". Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala".
  4. ^ "Directorates of Government of Kerala".
  5. ^ kerala.gov.in https://kerala.gov.in/subsubdetail/MTAxOTEzMDk2LjU2/NjUxNDAzMjkuNzY=. Retrieved 5 August 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "List of boards under Government of Kerala | Govt. Of Kerala Official".
  7. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Official Web Portal - Government of Kerala". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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