Ministry of Earth Sciences

Ministry of Earth Sciences
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Agency overview
Formed	29 January 2006
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Prithvi Bhavan; Lodi Road New Delhi; 28°35′28″N 77°13′32″E / 28.59111°N 77.22556°E
Annual budget	₹1,800 crore (US$250 million) (2018-19 est.)
Minister responsible	Dr Jitendra Singh;
Agency executive	Minister of Earth Sciences (India);
Website	www.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[edit]

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[edit]

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

List of Ministers[edit]

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[edit]

Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
Minister of state	Portrait	Political party		Term		Years
Y. S. Chowdary		Telugu Desam Party		9 November 2014	8 March 2018	3 years, 119 days

Institutions under the Earth System Science Organisation[edit]

National Centre for Coastal Research
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
India Meteorological Department
National Centre for Seismology
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research
National Institute of Ocean Technology
Earthquake Risk Evaluation Centre (under the Atmospheric Sciences and Seismology sector)
Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (under the Ocean Science & Technology sector)
National Center for Earth System Sciences

Networking[edit]

All institutions under ESSO are connected through National Knowledge Network and its Common User Group (CUG).

Computation Facility[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

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[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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