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| Formed | 15 January 1875 |
| Type | Government agency |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹514.03 crore (US$62 million) (2022)[1] |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Earth Sciences |
| Website | mausam |
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of observation stations across India and Antarctica. Regional offices are at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Guwahati and New Delhi.
IMD is also one of the six Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres of the World Meteorological Organisation. It has the responsibility for forecasting, naming and distribution of warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean region, including the Malacca Straits, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
- ^ "Budget 2022: For the upcoming financial year, the MoES will receive a total of Rs 2,653.51 crore, with a hike in budgets mainly for the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the multi-crore and ambitious Deep Ocean Mission". The Indian Express. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.