Indian Meteorological Department

Indian Meteorological Department which comes under Ministry of Earth Sciences has the primary responsibility of providing weather forecast, meteorolgical and Seismology information and warning for the people of India.

1. Regional Meteorological Centers - 6 Places
2. Meteorological centers - 13 Places
3. Agriculture Meteorological center - Pune
4. Surface Instrument Division - Pune
5. Upper Air Instrument Division - New Delhi
6. Cyclone Warning System - Vishakapatnam
7. Positional Astronomy Center
8. Meteorological Training Institute, Pune

Apart from these 7 type of divisions, IMD is also having Regional Specialized Meteorological center for Tropical cyclones North Indian Ocean. RSMC


1. Regional Meteorological Centers :

These are located in North - Delhi, South - Chennai, West - Mumbai, East - Kolkata, Center - Nagpur, North East - Guwahati.

2. Other Meteorological Centers :

1. Hyderabad, 2. Trivandrum 3. Bangalore. 4. Ahmedabad. 5. Bhopal 6. Ahmedabad 7. Lucknow 8. Gangtok 9. Goa 10. Raipur 11. Shimla 12. Bhubaneshwar 13. Chandigarh

7. Positional Astronomy Center :

Authority to decide on religious festivals and National calender of India. It also releases Panjang in 14 different languages

8. RSMC : Its a intergovernmental agency having panel members from Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakisthan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Oman, Thailand.


Sample Questions from IMD

1. Which agency decides the date of Deepavali for 2018 ?

a. Home Ministry
b. World astronomical Center, Newyork
c. Positional Astronomy Center, Kolkata
d. Authorised Horoscope scholars of India

2. Which countries are part of Regional Specialized Meteorological center for Tropical Cyclones

1. Bangladesh
2. Nepal
3. Thailand
4. Pakisthan

a) 1,2   b) 1,3,4 c) 1,2,3 d) 1,2,3,4