List of rules and regulations, information manuals and other categories of records followed by the Ministry in the discharge of their functions (section 4(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005

1. General Financial Rules, 1963,
2. CCS (Control, Classification and Appeal) Rules, 1965,
3. Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978, the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972,
4. CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972,
5. Fundamental Rules, 1922,
6. Supplementary Rules,
7. Leave Travel Concession Rules, 1988,
8. CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964,
9. HBA Rules,
10. Manual of Office Procedure read with the notes on office procedure
11. Completion of general instructions relating to the management of the CSS, CSSS and CSCS issued by the DoPT;
12. Handbook on Estt; matters issued by the DoPT,
13. Brochure on the preparation of select list and method for reporting of vacancy position for de-centralized grades of Central Secretariat Services,
14. Brochure on the reservation for the SCs, the STs in Government service
15. Record retention schedule issued by the Ministry of Finance
16. All India Services manual volumes I and II,
17. CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 1997,
18. Recruitment rules of the decentralized grades of the various Central Secretariat Services,
19. service books;
20. Confidential dossiers of officers and staff whose recruitment is controlled by the Ministry of Steel;
21. Registers showing the availability and disposal of funds sanctioned under the General Financial Rules, 1963;
22. Reservation rosters for monitoring the reservations for the SCs, the STs and the OBCs, etc.
23. Various registers mandated under the manual of office procedure, viz., the diary register, the dak register, the call book, the precedent book, the VIP references register, the Parliamentary assurances register, etc.
24. Incumbency statement month-wise; and
25. Vacancy statement.