{"id":117031,"date":"2021-07-13T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=117031"},"modified":"2024-01-16T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T11:45:05","slug":"india-meteorological-department-imd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-meteorological-department-imd\/","title":{"rendered":"India Meteorological Department (IMD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IMD or the India Meteorological Department was <strong>established in 1875.<\/strong> It is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology in India.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an agency of the <strong>Ministry of Earth Sciences<\/strong> of the Government of India.<\/li>\n<li>IMD is also one of the six <strong>Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres<\/strong> of the World Meteorological Organization.\n<ul>\n<li>The Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) of <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-tropical-cyclones-are-formed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tropical Cyclones<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in New Delhi is responsible for naming the cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IMD Headquarters:<\/strong> New Delhi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>To take meteorological observations and to provide current and forecast meteorological information for optimum operation of weather-sensitive activities like agriculture, irrigation, shipping, aviation, offshore oil explorations, etc.<\/li>\n<li>To warn against severe weather phenomena like tropical cyclones, norwesters, duststorms, heavy rains and snow, cold and heat waves, etc., which cause destruction of life and property.<\/li>\n<li>IMD is mandated to provide meteorological statistics required for agriculture, water resource management, industries, oil exploration and other nation-building activities.<\/li>\n<li>To conduct and promote research in meteorology and allied disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMD or the India Meteorological Department was established in 1875. It is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology in India. It is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. IMD is also one of the six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres of the World Meteorological Organization. The Regional&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-meteorological-department-imd\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10314,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117031","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}