GOI Employees 3,116,832 [Pay: ₹448 billion] (2008)
Ministry/Dept. | Employees | % | Pay (₹)in crores |
---|---|---|---|
Railways | 1,394,500 | 45% | 18,287 |
Home Affairs | 739,372 | 24% | 7,906 |
Defence (Civilian) | 364,718 | 12% | 6,553 |
Posts | 218,434 | 7.0% | 3,988 |
Revenue | 105,046 | 3.4% | 2,084 |
Indian Audit & Accounts | 48,385 | 1.6% | 1,043 |
Atomic Energy | 32,512 | 1.0% | 745 |
Health & Family Welfare | 26,668 | 561 | |
Urban Development | 22,890 | 424 | |
Space | 14,372 | 413 | |
Culture | 12,289 | 145 | |
Mines | 11,740 | 233 | |
Water Resources | 11,139 | 203 | |
Science & Technology | 8,774 | 152 | |
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions | 7,799 | 158 | |
Labour & Employment | 7,080 | 139 | |
External Affairs | 6,613 | 73 | |
Commerce | 6,522 | 147 | |
Earth Sciences | 6,439 | 123 | |
Agriculture and Cooperation | 6,318 | 92 | |
Information and Broadcasting | 5,405 | 91 | |
Statistics & Programme Implementation | 5,141 | 108 | |
Information Technology | 5,139 | 157 | |
Environment & Forests | 5,054 | 64 | |
Textiles | 4,430 | 84 | |
Animal Husbandry and Dairying | 3,903 | 61 | |
Industrial Policy & Promotion | 2,838 | 50 | |
Shipping | 2,424 | 41 | |
Law and Justice | 2,288 | 47 | |
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | 2,232 | 45 | |
Telecommunication | 2,187 | 56 | |
Union Public Service Commission | 1,732 | 34 | |
Road Transport & Highways | 1,693 | 35 | |
Corporate Affairs | 1,559 | 32 | |
Power | 1,548 | 42 | |
Food & Public Distribution | 1,356 | 26 | |
Higher Education | 1,296 | 31 | |
Financial Services | 1,230 | 25 | |
Planning Commission | 1,187 | 26 | |
Economic Affairs | 1,186 | 29 | |
Civil Aviation | 1,174 | 25 | |
Consumer Affairs | 1,041 | 23 | |
Expenditure | 892 | 18 | |
Social Justice & Empowerment | 650 | 14 | |
Women & Child Development | 589 | 12 | |
Tourism | 564 | 8 | |
Rural Development | 465 | 11 | |
Prime Minister's Office | 454 | 9 | |
Coal | 396 | 7 | |
Youth Affairs and Sports | 392 | 8 | |
New & Renewable Energy | 376 | 7 | |
School Education and Literacy | 358 | 4 | |
Steel | 334 | 8 | |
President's Secretariat | 300 | 5 | |
Petroleum and Natural Gas | 282 | 6 | |
Fertilizers | 280 | 6 | |
Chemicals and Petrochemicals | 279 | 7 | |
Cabinet Secretariat | 250 | 5 | |
Heavy Industry | 250 | 6 | |
Development of NE Region | 242 | 5 | |
Food Processing Industries | 225 | 5 | |
AYUSH | 219 | 5 | |
Minority Affairs | 208 | 4 | |
Bio-Technology | 197 | 5 | |
Tribal Affairs | 189 | 5 | |
Overseas Indian Affairs | 155 | 3 | |
Parliamentary Affairs | 153 | 3 | |
Public Enterprises | 95 | 2 | |
Land Resources | 93 | 2 | |
Panchayati Raj | 83 | 2 | |
Drinking Water Supply | 58 | 1 | |
Disinvestment | 53 | 1 | |
Vice President's Secretariat | 52 | 1 | |
Agricultural Research & Education | 46 | 1 |
OMGFacts
US 2008
Total Federal Personnel: 2,720,155
34% work for Independent Agencies, 27% for Postal Service, and 25% for the Department of Defense
It costs the US federal government about $259 billion annually in employee compensation
Source: US Office of Personnel Management
India has 638,596 villages, but only employs 465 in Rural Development & 83 in Panchayati Raj ministries. The Prime Minister's Office employs 454