Context:
GSI is set to celebrate its 175th year of geoscientific legacy.
Geological Survey of India:
- One of the oldest scientific organizations in the country
- Set up in 1851 by Sir Thomas Oldham, primarily to find coal deposits for the Railways.
- Mandate – Geological mapping, mineral exploration, disaster studies, and geoscientific research
- Headquarter – Kolkata
- 6 regional offices located at Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Shillong and Kolkata.
- Every state has a state unit.
- Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Mines.
- Role of GSI –
- Providing objective, impartial and up-to-date geological expertise, with a focus on policy-making decisions
- Systematic documentation of all geological processes, both surface and subsurface, of India and its offshore areas.
- Creation and updation of national geoscientific information and mineral resource assessment.
Source: TH
Previous Year Question
About three-fourths of world’s cobalt, a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for electric motor vehicles, is produced by
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2023 Prelims]
(a) Argentina
(b) Botswana
(c) the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(d) Kazakhstan
Answer: (c)
