3. Attached or Subordinate Offices

Each Department may have one or more attached or subordinate offices. For instance, Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) as an attached office. The role of these offices is:

♤ Attached offices are generally responsible for providing executive direction required in the implementation of the policies laid down by the department to which they are attached. They also serve as repository of technical information and advise the department on technical aspects of question dealt with by them.

♤ Subordinate offices generally function as field establishments or as agencies responsible for the detailed execution of the policies of government. They function under the direction of an attached office, or where the volume of executive direction involved is not considerable, directly under a department.