| Agency Name: | Ministry of Earth Sciences |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of India |
| Headquarters: | Prithvi Bhavan Lodi Road New Delhi |
| Coordinates: | 28.5911°N 77.2256°W |
| Budget: | (2022-23)[1] |
| Minister1 Name: | Suhana chowdary |
| Chief1 Position: | Dr. M. Ravichandran |
| Website: | www.moes.gov.in |
| Seal: | Government of India logo.svg |
| Seal Size: | 100px |
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]
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.
The Ministry's mandate is to look after Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean Science & Technology and Seismology in an integrated manner.
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister in the Department of Ocean Development | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rajiv Gandhi (Prime Minister) | 31 December 1984 | 2 December 1989 | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Self | ||||
| 2 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Prime Minister) | 2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Self | ||||
| 3 | Chandra Shekhar (Prime Minister) | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Self | ||||
| 4 | P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime Minister) | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | Self | ||||
| 5 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Self | ||||
| 6 | H. D. Deve Gowda (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | Self | ||||
| 7 | Inder Kumar Gujral (Prime Minister) | 21 April 1997 | 18 March 1998 | Gujral | Self | |||||
| (5) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister) | 19 March 1998 | 3 February 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||
| 8 | Murli Manohar Joshi | 3 February 1999 | 13 October 1999 | |||||||
| (5) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Prime Minister) | 13 October 1999 | 22 November 1999 | Vajpayee III | ||||||
| (8) | Murli Manohar Joshi | 22 November 1999 | 22 May 2004 | |||||||
| 9 | Kapil Sibal (MoS, I/C) | 23 May 2004 | 29 January 2006 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| Minister of Ocean Development | ||||||||||
| (9) | Kapil Sibal | 29 January 2006 | 12 July 2006 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| Minister of Earth Sciences | ||||||||||
| (9) | Kapil Sibal | 12 July 2006 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| 10 | Prithviraj Chavan (MoS, I/C) | 28 May 2009 | 10 November 2010 | Manmohan II | ||||||
| (9) | Kapil Sibal | 10 November 2010 | 19 January 2011 | |||||||
| 11 | Pawan Kumar Bansal | 19 January 2011 | 12 July 2011 | |||||||
| 12 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | 12 July 2011 | 10 August 2012 | |||||||
| 13 | Vayalar Ravi | 10 August 2012 | 28 October 2012 | |||||||
| 14 | S. Jaipal Reddy | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |||||||
| 15 | Jitendra Singh (MoS, I/C) | 27 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||||
| 16 | Harsh Vardhan | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | |||||||
| 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Modi II | ||||||||
| (15) | Jitendra Singh (MoS, I/C) | 7 July 2021 | 18 May 2023 | |||||||
| 17 | Kiren Rijiju | 18 May 2023 | 9 June 2024 | |||||||
| (15) | Jitendra Singh (MoS, I/C) | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III | ||||||
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| 1 | C. P. N. Singh | 15 February 1982 | 2 February 1983 | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||||
| 2 | Shivraj Patil | 29 January 1983 | 31 October 1984 | |||||||
| 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | |||||||
| 31 December 1984 | 22 October 1986 | Rajiv II | ||||||||
| 3 | K. R. Narayanan | 22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | |||||||
| 4 | M. G. K. Menon | 25 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | ||||
| 5 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | 2 July 1992 | 2 December 1993 | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||
| 6 | Eduardo Faleiro | 18 December 1993 | 16 May 1996 | |||||||
| Minister of State for Earth Sciences | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ashwani Kumar | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| 8 | Y. S. Chowdary | 9 November 2014 | 9 March 2018 | Telugu Desam Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||||
All institutions under ESSO are connected through National Knowledge Network and its Common User Group (CUG).
Adithya HPC located at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology is one of the largest computation facility in India.