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another Minister or Deputy Minister to perform such functionsas may be specifically assigned to him.(iii)The Transaction of Business Rules seek to define the authority,responsibility and obligations of each department in the matterof disposal of business allotted to it. While providing that thebusiness allotted to a department will be disposed off by, orunder the direction of, the Minster-In-Charge, these rules alsospecify :(a) cases or classes of cases to be submitted to thePresident, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet or its committees forprior approval;(b) the circumstances in which the department primarilyconcerned with the business under disposal will have toconsult other departments concerned and secure theirconcurrence before taking final decision.37.4 Department-(i)A department is responsible for the formulation of the policiesof the Government within its sphere of responsibility and alsofor the execution and review of those policies.(ii)For the efficient disposal of business allotted to it, adepartment is divided into wings, divisions, branches andsections.(iii)A department is normally headed by a Secretary to theGovernment of India who acts as the Administrative Head ofthe Department and Principal Adviser of the Minister on allmatters of policy and Administration within the department.(iv)Where the volume of work in a department exceeds themanageable charge of a Secretary, one or more wings may beestablished with a Secretary/Special Secretary/AdditionalSecretary/Joint Secretary in charge of each wing. Such afunctionary is normally vested with the maximum measure ofindependent functioning and responsibility in respect of thebusiness falling within his wing subject, however, to the overallresponsibility of the Secretary for the Administration of thedepartment as a whole.(v)A section is generally the lowest organisational unit in adepartment with a well-defined area of work.It normallyPage 248 of 248