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Geological Survey of India
भारतीय भूवैज्ञानिक सर्वेक्षण

Central Headquarters. 27 JN Road, Kolkata.
Government agency overview
Formed4 March 1851; 173 years ago (4 March 1851)
TypeGeological survey
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersKolkata, West Bengal, India
Annual budget800 crore (US$100 million) (2019–20)[1]
Government agency executive
  • Shri Janardan Prasad
Parent Government agencyMinistry of Mines
Websitegsi.gov.in/

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is a scientific agency of India. It was founded in 1851, as a Government of India organization under the Ministry of Mines, one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey in India after the Survey of India (founded in 1767), for conducting geological surveys and studies of India, and also as the prime provider of basic earth science information to government, industry and general public, as well as the official participant in steel, coal, metals, cement, power industries and international geoscientific forums.

  1. ^ "Finance". Gsi.gov.in. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

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