Ministry of Earth Sciences

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]

Ministry of Earth Sciences
Agency overview
Formed29 January 2006 (2006-01-29)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersPrithvi Bhavan
Lodi Road New Delhi
28°35′28″N 77°13′32″E
Annual budget₹2,653.51 crore (US$330 million) (2022-23)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Dr. M. Ravichandran
Websitewww.moes.gov.in

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
(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, 110 days
9 Kiren Rijiju 18 May 2023 Incumbent 160 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 Telugu Desam Party 9 November 2014 8 March 2018 3 years, 119 days

Institutions under the Earth System Science Organisation

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

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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