Ministry of Earth Sciences

Short description: Indian government agency

Ministry of Earth Sciences

Agency overview
Formed| 29 January 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01-29)
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 / 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

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, Pune (IITM),[4] the Earth Risk Evaluation Centre (EREC) and the Ministry of Ocean Development.[5]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Functions
* 3 List of ministers
* 4 List of ministers of state
* 5 Institutions under the Earth System Science Organisation
* 6 Networking
* 7 Computation Facility
* 8 See also
* 9 References
* 10 External links

## 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

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1  |  | Kapil Sibal
(Ocean Development) | 29 January 2006  | 22 May 2009  | 3 years, 113 days  | Manmohan Singh  | Indian National Congress |
2  |  | Prithviraj Chavan
(Independent Charge) | 28 May 2009  | 10 November 2010  | 1 year, 166 days
(1)  |  | Kapil Sibal  | 10 November 2010  | 19 January 2011  | 70 days
3  |  | Pawan Kumar Bansal  | 19 January 2011  | 12 July 2011  | 174 days
4  |  | Vilasrao Deshmukh  | 12 July 2011  | 10 August 2012  | 1 year, 29 days
5  |  | Vayalar Ravi  | 10 August 2012  | 28 October 2012  | 79 days
6  |  | S. Jaipal Reddy  | 28 October 2012  | 26 May 2014  | 1 year, 210 days
7  |  | Jitendra Singh
(Independent Charge) | 26 May 2014  | 9 November 2014  | 167 days  | Narendra Modi  | Bharatiya Janata Party |
8  |  | Harsh Vardhan  | 9 November 2014  | 7 July 2021  | 6 years, 240 days
(7)  |  | Jitendra Singh
(Independent Charge) | 7 July 2021  | 18 May 2023  | 2 years, 299 days
9  |  | Kiren Rijiju  | 18 May 2023  | Incumbent | 349 days

## List of ministers of state

Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences  Minister of state  | Portrait  | Political party  | Term  | Years

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Y. S. Chowdary  |  | 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.

## 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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