The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed on 29 January 2006 from a merger of the

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(IMD), the

National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) is a national agency for weather forecasting under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, (transferred from its former parent Ministry of Science and Technology), Government of India. It is ...

(NCMRWF), the

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(IITM),

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, the Earth Risk Evaluation Centre (EREC), and the Ministry of Ocean Development.

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

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. 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,

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. 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

List of Ministers of State

Institutions under the Earth System Science Organisation

* National Centre for Coastal Research *

National Centre for Seismology The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) is an office of India's Ministry of Earth Sciences. The office monitors earthquakes and conducts seismological research. Specifically, it provides earthquake surveillance and hazard reports to governmental a ...

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is an autonomous organization of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, located in Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. ESSO-INCOIS was established as an autonomous body ...

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, (NCPOR) formerly known as the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. It is an autonomous Insti ...

National Institute of Ocean Technology The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences in India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and is headed by a director. The institute is bas ...

* 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

All institutions under

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are connected through

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and its Common User Group (CUG).

Computation Facility

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located at

is one of the largest computation facility in India.

References

External links

Official Ministry of Earth Sciences website

Dod.nic.in: Ministry of Earth Sciences

National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR)

National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR)

Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE)

National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)

India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
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