Ministry of Earth Sciences

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Ministry of Earth Sciences
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Agency overview
Formed29 January 2006
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersPrithvi Bhavan
Lodi Road New Delhi
28°35′28″N 77°13′32″E / 28.59111°N 77.22556°E / 28.59111; 77.22556
Annual budget₹1,800 crore (US$250 million) (2018-19 est.)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Dr Jitendra Singh
Agency executive
  • Minister of Earth Sciences (India)
Websitewww.moes.gov.in

The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed on 29 January 2006 from a merger of the India Meteorological Department (IMD),[2] the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF),[3] the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune,[4] and Earth Risk Evaluation Centre (EREC), and the Ministry of Ocean Development.[5]

History[]

In 1981; the Government of India created a Department of Ocean development (DoD) as a part of Cabinet Secretariat, which was kept directly under the charge of Prime Minister of India. In 1982 it became a separate department and it started carrying out its activities in the field of ocean development. In 2006; it was made a separate Ministry called Ministry of Ocean development. In July 2006 itself the Ministry was again reorganised and the new Ministry of Earth Sciences came into being with various institutions under its ambit. The Government via a resolution in 2006 brought Indian Metrological Department, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and National centre for medium range weather forecasting and research (NCMRWF) into its administrative control. The resolution also set up an Earth commission just like Atomic energy commission and Space commission.[6][7] Currently, the ministry is headed by Dr Jitendra Singh.

Functions[]

The Ministry's mandate is to look after Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean Science & Technology and Seismology in an integrated manner.

List of Ministers[]

Name Tenure Political Party Prime Minister
Kapil Sibal
(Ocean Development) 		29 January 2006 22 May 2009 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance) 		Manmohan Singh
Prithviraj Chavan
(MoS, Independent Charge) 		28 May 2009 10 November 2010
Kapil Sibal 10 November 2010 19 January 2011
Pawan Kumar Bansal 19 January 2011 12 July 2011
Vilasrao Deshmukh 12 July 2011 10 August 2012
Vayalar Ravi 10 August 2012 28 October 2012
S. Jaipal Reddy 28 October 2012 26 May 2014
Jitendra Singh
(MoS, Independent Charge) 		26 May 2014 12 November 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Narendra Modi
Dr. Harsh Vardhan 12 November 2014 07 July 2021
Jitendra Singh
(MoS, Independent Charge) 		07 July 2021 Incumbent

List of Ministers of State[]

Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences hide
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term
Y. S. Chowdary Set1-3.jpg Telugu Desam Party 9 November 2014 8 March 2018 1215 days

Institutions under the Earth System Science Organisation[]

Networking[]

All institutions under are connected through National Knowledge Network and its (CUG).

Computation Facility[]

located at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology is one of the largest computation facility in India.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ "India Meteorological Department". www.imd.gov.in.
  3. ^ "National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)". www.ncmrwf.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology". www.tropmet.res.in.
  5. ^ Earth Sciences Ministry is the new name The Hindu, May 11, 2006.
  6. ^ "About us". Ministry of Earth Science. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Ministry of-ocean-development-gets-a-new-name". Down to Earth. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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