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Geological Survey of India: Government of India organization
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, 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.

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Unbridled infrastructure buildup, not NTPC induced Joshimath subsidence: GSI

Widespread ground subsidence of January 2023 that damaged 65% of houses in the pilgrim town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district was induced by “unregulated infrastructure development in..
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NTPC gets 'clean chit' in Joshimath

In their report to the government, Geological Survey of India and National Institute of Hydrology have given a 'clean chit' to NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project in connection with water gushing..
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In Jaisalmer fossils, scientists find a new dinosaur species, name it after Thar desert

Scientists from IIT-Roorkee and Geological Survey of India (GSI) have discovered the oldest fossil remains of a long-necked, plant-eating dicraeosaurid dinosaur in Jaisalmer, suggesting that India was..
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5.9 million-tonne find in J&K makes India 7th largest resource of lithium in world

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has for the first time established availability of lithium-inferred resources of 5.9 million tonnes in Salal-Haimana area of Reasi in the Union Territory (UT) of..
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J-K: Two dozen structures developing cracks in Doda under close watch, authorities say not Joshimath-like situation

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India's largest gold reserves to be explored in THIS state

As per a Geological Survey of India (GSI) survey, around 222.88 million tonnes of the gold reserve are present in the Jamui district of Bihar.
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