<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">EGeological Survey of India</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>Geological Survey of India (GSI) under the Ministry of Mines,</strong> will be taking up 111 public -health and public good geoscience activities during 2023-24.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">For 2023-24 a total of 966 standard programmes have been finalized by GSI across five Missions.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The f<strong>ocus is on baseline data generation and mineral exploration programmes </strong>with special emphasis on <strong>strategic-critical and fertilizer minerals exploration.</strong></li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>About Geological Survey of India</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The GSI is a government organization in India, attached to<strong> the Ministry of Mines </strong>for conducting geological surveys and studies.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It is one of the premier organizations of earth science survey and research in the world.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The GSI was established in<strong> 1851</strong>.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in 1851 primarily to find <strong>coal deposits for the Railways.</strong></li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Headquarters:&nbsp;</h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Its headquarters is in <strong>Kolkata</strong>.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It has regional offices in <strong>Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Shillong.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">GSI also has unit offices in almost all States of the country.&nbsp;</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>Functions of GSI:&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Its main functions relate to creating and updating of national geoscientific information and mineral resource assessment.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">These objectives are achieved through ground surveys, <strong>air-borne and marine surveys, mineral prospecting and investigations, multi-disciplinary geoscientific, geo-technical etc.&nbsp;</strong></li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>﻿How does GSI work?&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">GSI uses the latest computer-based technologies for <strong>dissemination of geoscientific information and spatial data, through cooperation and collaboration with other stakeholders in the Geo-informatics sector.&nbsp;</strong></li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://sunyaias.in/notes/prelims-2023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>