{"id":8736,"date":"2026-03-02T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8736"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:36:10","slug":"india-meteorological-department-imd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/india-meteorological-department-imd\/","title":{"rendered":"India Meteorological Department (IMD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>India Meteorological Department (IMD) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An above-normal number of heatwave days are expected over most parts of the country between March and May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its monthly forecast.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About India Meteorological Department (IMD)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Established <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>1875<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, IMD is the<\/span><b> National Meteorological Service <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the country and the <\/span><b>principal government agenc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y in all matters relating to<\/span><b> meteorology and allied subjects.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It functions under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Earth Sciences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MoES).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMD is <\/span><b>headquartered <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>Delhi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>operates hundreds of observation stations across India and Antarctica.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Director General of Meteorology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the Head of the IMD.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>6 Regional Meteorological Centres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, each under a Deputy Director General, with headquarters at <\/span><b>Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Nagpur, and Guwahati.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>IMD Mandate:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><b>take meteorological observations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to <\/span><b>provide current and forecast meteorological information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for weather-sensitive activities like agriculture, shipping, aviation, offshore oil explorations, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><b>warn against severe weather phenomena <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like tropical cyclones, norwesters, duststorms, heavy rains and snow, cold and heat waves,,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><b>provide meteorological statistics required for agriculture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>water resource management,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> industries, oil exploration, and other nation-building activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><b>conduct and promote research <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in meteorology and allied disciplines.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMD is also<\/span><b> one of the six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-meteorological-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Meteorological Organization (WMO)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> responsible for forecasting, naming, and distributing warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including the Straits of Malacca, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/above-normal-heatwave-most-parts-india-march-may-imd\/article70688002.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India Meteorological Department (IMD) is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology and allied subjects. 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