{"id":134551,"date":"2021-09-16T15:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T10:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=134551"},"modified":"2021-09-16T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T10:21:42","slug":"geological-survey-of-india-gsi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/geological-survey-of-india-gsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Geological Survey of India (GSI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About Geological Survey of India (GSI):\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in 1851 primarily to find coal deposits for the Railways.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Functions of GSI:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Its main functions relate to creating and updating of national geoscientific information and mineral resource assessment. These objectives are achieved through ground surveys, air-borne and marine surveys, mineral prospecting and investigations, multi-disciplinary geoscientific, geo-technical\u00a0etc.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How GSI works?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0GSI uses latest computer-based technologies for dissemination of geoscientific information and spatial data, through\u00a0cooperation and collaboration with other stakeholders in the Geo-informatics sector.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Headquarters:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Its headquarters is\u00a0in Kolkata.\u00a0GSI an attached office to the Ministry\u00a0of\u00a0Mines has regional offices\u00a0in Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad and\u00a0Shillong. GSI also has\u00a0unit offices in almost all States of the country.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Geological Survey of India (GSI):\u00a0The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in 1851 primarily to find coal deposits for the Railways.\u00a0\u00a0 Functions of GSI:\u00a0Its main functions relate to creating and updating of national geoscientific information and mineral resource assessment. These objectives are achieved through ground surveys, air-borne and marine surveys, mineral prospecting&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/geological-survey-of-india-gsi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geological Survey of India (GSI)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"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-134551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134551","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\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}