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Who does what

Institutions A–Z.

The bodies that run, regulate, judge and audit — in India and around the world. What each one does, when it was set up, and our stories about it.

70institutions
All IndiaInternational Government & parliamentRegulatorsLaw & justiceElections & auditScience & spaceMoney & bankingInternational bodiesAlliances & groups

Government & parliament7

National Statistics OfficeSince 2019 · New DelhiNITI AayogSince 1 January 2015 · New DelhiParliament of IndiaSince 1952 (first sitting) · Sansad Bhavan, New DelhiPrasar BharatiSince 23 November 1997 · New DelhiPress Information BureauSince 1919 · New DelhiUnion Public Service CommissionSince 1 October 1926 · Dholpur House, New DelhiUnique Identification Authority of IndiaSince 2009 (statutory from 2016) · New Delhi

Regulators8

Bureau of Indian StandardsSince 1987 (as ISI, 1947) · New DelhiCompetition Commission of IndiaSince 14 October 2003 · New DelhiFood Safety and Standards Authority of IndiaSince 2008 · New DelhiInsurance Regulatory and Development Authority of IndiaSince 1999 · HyderabadPension Fund Regulatory and Development AuthoritySince 2003 (statutory from 2014) · New DelhiPress Council of IndiaSince 1966 (reconstituted 1979) · New DelhiSecurities and Exchange Board of IndiaSince 1988 (statutory powers from 1992) · MumbaiTelecom Regulatory Authority of IndiaSince 20 February 1997 · New Delhi

Law & justice10

Central Bureau of InvestigationSince 1 April 1963 · New DelhiDirectorate of EnforcementSince 1 May 1956 · New DelhiInternational Court of JusticeSince 1945 (first sat in 1946) · The HagueInternational Criminal CourtSince 1 July 2002 · The HagueInterpolSince 1923 · LyonLokpal of IndiaSince 2019 (first members appointed) · New DelhiNational Green TribunalSince 18 October 2010 · New DelhiNational Human Rights CommissionSince 12 October 1993 · New DelhiNational Investigation AgencySince 2009 · New DelhiSupreme Court of IndiaSince 28 January 1950 · New Delhi

Elections & audit2

Comptroller and Auditor General of IndiaSince 1950 (constitutional office) · New DelhiElection Commission of IndiaSince 25 January 1950 · New Delhi

Science & space10

Defence Research and Development OrganisationSince 1958 · New DelhiIndia Meteorological DepartmentSince 1875 · New DelhiIndian Council of Medical ResearchSince 1911 (renamed 1949) · New DelhiIndian Space Research OrganisationSince 15 August 1969 · BengaluruIntergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeSince 1988 · GenevaInternational Atomic Energy AgencySince 29 July 1957 · ViennaNASASince 1 October 1958 · Washington, DCUN Environment ProgrammeSince 1972 · NairobiUN Framework Convention on Climate ChangeSince 1992 (in force from 1994) · Bonn (secretariat)World Meteorological OrganizationSince 23 March 1950 · Geneva

Money & banking10

Asian Development BankSince 1966 · ManilaBSESince 1875 · Dalal Street, MumbaiEuropean Central BankSince 1 June 1998 · FrankfurtFederal ReserveSince 23 December 1913 · Washington, DCInternational Monetary FundSince 1944 (Bretton Woods conference) · Washington, DCNational Stock Exchange of IndiaSince 1992 · MumbaiNew Development BankSince 2015 · ShanghaiReserve Bank of IndiaSince 1 April 1935 · MumbaiState Bank of IndiaSince 1 July 1955 · MumbaiWorld BankSince 1944 (Bretton Woods conference) · Washington, DC

International bodies12

FIFASince 21 May 1904 · ZurichFood and Agriculture OrganizationSince 16 October 1945 · RomeInternational Cricket CouncilSince 1909 · DubaiInternational Labour OrganizationSince 1919 · GenevaInternational Olympic CommitteeSince 23 June 1894 · LausanneUNESCOSince 16 November 1945 · ParisUNHCR, the UN Refugee AgencySince 14 December 1950 · GenevaUNICEFSince 11 December 1946 · New YorkUnited NationsSince 24 October 1945 · New YorkUnited Nations Security CouncilSince 1945 (first met in 1946) · New YorkWorld Health OrganizationSince 7 April 1948 · GenevaWorld Trade OrganizationSince 1 January 1995 · Geneva

Alliances & groups11

African UnionSince 2002 · Addis AbabaAssociation of Southeast Asian NationsSince 8 August 1967 · JakartaBRICSSince 2009 (first leaders’ summit) · No permanent headquartersCommonwealth of NationsSince 1949 (London Declaration) · LondonEuropean UnionSince 1 November 1993 (Maastricht Treaty) · BrusselsGroup of SevenSince 1975 (first summit) · No permanent headquartersGroup of TwentySince 1999 (leaders’ summits since 2008) · No permanent headquartersNATOSince 4 April 1949 · BrusselsOPECSince 14 September 1960 · ViennaShanghai Cooperation OrganisationSince 15 June 2001 · BeijingSouth Asian Association for Regional CooperationSince 8 December 1985 · Kathmandu