Ministry of Defence (India)

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federal ministry of India government ministry

The Ministry of Defence (India) is the central government ministry responsible for formulating defence policy, overseeing the Indian Armed Forces, and managing national security and defence-related administration.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Ministry of Defence of India 2
Government of India on army-related military matters 1
Indian Ministry of Defence 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal ministry of India ⓘ
government ministry ⓘ
abbreviation United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: MoD
alsoKnownAs Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ministry of Defence
budgetFunction defence expenditure of India ⓘ
bureaucraticHead Defence Secretary of India ⓘ
cabinetMinister Minister of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Defence Minister of India
country India ⓘ
deputyMinister Minister of State for Defence ⓘ
formedOn 1947-08-15 ⓘ
hasPart Department of Defence ⓘ
Department of Defence Production ⓘ
Defence Research and Development Organisation ⓘ
surface form: Department of Defence Research and Development

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare ⓘ
Department of Military Affairs ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi

South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of India ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Delhi ⓘ
ministerialLevelHead Minister of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Defence Minister of India
officeHeldBy Minister of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Defence Minister of India
oversees Bharat Electronics Limited ⓘ
Border Roads Organisation ⓘ
Defence Research and Development Organisation ⓘ
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers ⓘ
Goa Shipyard Limited ⓘ
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Coast Guard ⓘ
Indian Navy ⓘ
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited ⓘ
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited ⓘ
Ordnance Factory Board ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of India ⓘ
partOf Government of India ⓘ
surface form: Union Government of India
precededBy War Office ⓘ
surface form: Department of War (British India)
responsibleFor Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
defence policy of India ⓘ
defence procurement in India ⓘ
defence-related administration in India ⓘ
military planning in India ⓘ
national security (India) ⓘ
veterans welfare in India ⓘ
sector defence sector of India ⓘ
website https://mod.gov.in ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief of the Army Staff (India) → advises → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of India on army-related military matters
Ministry of Defence (India) → alsoKnownAs → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy → budgetControlledBy → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun → controlledBy → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Defence, Government of India
Andaman and Nicobar Command → coordinatesWith → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Integrated Defence Staff
Department of Space (India) → coordinatesWith → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Indian Air Force → governingBody → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Defence of India
Indian Army → governingBody → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Indian Navy → governingBody → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Union Government → hasMinistry → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
subject surface form: Union Government of India
National Defence Academy (near Pune) → operatedBy → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Beating Retreat ceremony → organizedBy → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Prime Minister's Independence Day address → organizedBy → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Republic Day → paradeOrganizedBy → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic Day (India)
South Western Command (India) → parentOrganization → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
ANC → partOf → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Defence, India
Army Headquarters (India) → partOf → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Army Commanders’ Conference (India) → reportsTo → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Chief of the Army Staff (India) → reportsTo → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Indian Coast Guard → subordinateTo → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces → subordination → Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Defence of India