{"id":3298,"date":"2025-03-02T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T06:03:35","slug":"geological-survey-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/geological-survey-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Geological Survey of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Geological Survey of India Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Geological Survey of India (GSI), one of the oldest scientific organizations in the country, is set to celebrate its 175th year of geoscientific legacy.<\/p>\n<h2>About Geological Survey of India<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It was set up in <strong>1851 by Sir Thomas Oldham, primarily<\/strong> to find <strong>coal deposits<\/strong> for the Railways.<\/li>\n<li>Over the years, it has grown into a <strong>repository of geo-science information<\/strong> required in various fields in the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role Of Geological Survey of India:<\/strong> It includes providing objective, <strong>impartial and up-to-date geological expertise<\/strong> and geoscientific information of all kinds, with a focus on policy-making decisions, and commercial and socio-economic needs.<\/li>\n<li>It also emphasises systematic documentation of all geological processes, both surface and subsurface, of India and its offshore areas.<\/li>\n<li>The organisation carries out this work through geological, geophysical, &amp; geochemical surveys using the latest and most cost-effective techniques and methodologies.<\/li>\n<li>The main functions of the GSI relate to the <strong>creation and updation of national geoscientific information<\/strong> and mineral resource assessment.<\/li>\n<li>It has played a pioneering role in <strong>geological mapping, mineral exploration<\/strong>, disaster studies, and geoscientific research, significantly contributing to India\u2019s industrial and economic growth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarter<\/strong>: It is headquartered in<strong> Kolkata<\/strong> and has six regional offices located at Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Shillong and Kolkata. Every state has a state unit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> Presently, GSI is an attached office to the <strong>Ministry of Mines.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Geological Survey of India FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Q1:<\/strong> Where is the headquarters of the Geological Survey of India located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Kolkata<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> Which ministry is the Geological Survey of India under?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2106867&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geological Survey of India was set up in 1851 by Sir Thomas Oldham, primarily to find coal deposits for the Railways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}