Ministry of Earth Sciences launches mobile App "Mausam” for IMD
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- Ministry of Earth Sciences launched the mobile App "Mausam” for India Meteorological Department on its Foundation Day celebrations.
- Users can access observed weather, forecasts, radar images and be proactively warned of impending weather events.
Source: AIR
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Ministry of Earth Sciences
- The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed in the year 2006 from a merger of the India Meteorological Department, the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, and Earth Risk Evaluation Centre, and the Ministry of Ocean Development.
- Departments: India Meteorological Department
- Headquarters: Prithvi Bhavan, Lodi Road New Delhi
- Founded: 2006
- Officeholders: Harsh Vardhan (Minister)
India Meteorological Department
- The India Meteorological Department is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
- It is the principal organization responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- Founder: Government of India
- Founded: 1875
- Agency executive: Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology
- Parent organization: Ministry of Earth Sciences