Organization:Ministry of Earth Sciences

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Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of Earth Sciences.jpg
Agency overview
Formed29 January 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01-29)
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₹2,653.51 crore (US$370 million) (2022-23)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Kiren Rijiju
Agency executive
  • Dr. M. Ravichandran
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, Pune (IITM),[4] the 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 Kiren Rijiju.

Functions

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

List of ministers

# Portrait Name Tenure Prime Minister Party
1 Kapil Sibal.jpg Kapil Sibal
(Ocean Development) 		29 January 2006 22 May 2009 3 years, 113 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
2 Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg Prithviraj Chavan
(Independent Charge) 		28 May 2009 10 November 2010 1 year, 166 days
(1) Kapil Sibal.jpg Kapil Sibal 10 November 2010 19 January 2011 70 days
3 The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal inaugurating the New Block of Civil Hospital at Manimajra, in Chandigarh on April 07, 2013.jpg Pawan Kumar Bansal 19 January 2011 12 July 2011 174 days
4 Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg Vilasrao Deshmukh 12 July 2011 10 August 2012 1 year, 29 days
5 Vayalar Ravi-crop.jpg Vayalar Ravi 10 August 2012 28 October 2012 79 days
6 A delegation of Congress MP’s from Andhra Pradesh Calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on October 27, 2007 (1) (cropped).jpg S. Jaipal Reddy 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 210 days
7 Jitendra Singh.jpg Jitendra Singh
(Independent Charge) 		26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
8 Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg Harsh Vardhan 9 November 2014 7 July 2021 6 years, 240 days
(7) Jitendra Singh.jpg Jitendra Singh
(Independent Charge) 		7 July 2021 18 May 2023 3 years, 11 days
9 Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg Kiren Rijiju 18 May 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 61 days

List of ministers of state

Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
Y. S. Chowdary Set1-3 (cropped).jpg Telugu Desam Party 9 November 2014 8 March 2018 3 years, 119 days

Institutions under the Earth System Science Organisation

  • 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 Polar 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

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

Computation Facility

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

See also

  • Ministry of Science and Technology (India)

References

  1. ↑ "Budget data". 2019. http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf. 
  2. ↑ "India Meteorological Department". http://www.imd.gov.in. 
  3. ↑ "National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)". http://www.ncmrwf.gov.in. 
  4. ↑ "Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology". http://www.tropmet.res.in. ,
  5. ↑ Earth Sciences Ministry is the new name The Hindu, May 11, 2006.
  6. ↑ "About us". https://moes.gov.in/content/about-ministry-0. 
  7. ↑ "Ministry of-ocean-development-gets-a-new-name". https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/ministry-of-ocean-development-gets-a-new-name-7888. 

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