Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) includes: (A) Department of Elementary Education and Literacy (B) Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education (C) Department of Women and Child Development (D) All the above

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Answer: D 

The Ministry of Human Resource Development is responsible for the development of human resources. The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School Education and Literacy, which deals with primary and secondary education, adult education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university education, technical education, scholarship etc. The erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of 26 September 1985. The ministry is headed by the cabinetranked Minister of HRD, a member of the Council of Ministers. The department is divided into eight bureaus, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus. University and Higher Education; Minorities Education, UGC, Education Research and Development Organisation (ERDO) Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla Technical Education All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Council of Architecture (COA) 4 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) (Allahabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kancheepuram) 3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs) 16 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) 5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) 13 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) [9] 30 Na tional Institutes of Technology (NITs) Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) Na tional Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers? Training & Research (NITTTRs)

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