With the establishment of Survey of India by the East India Company in 1767, commenced the first modern scientific survey in India. This is the list of surveys conducted in India.
Government organisations Name Established Ministry Reference Survey of India 1767 Ministry of Science and Technology Geological Survey of India 1851 Ministry of Mines Archaeological Survey of India 1861 Ministry of Culture Botanical Survey of India 1890 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Zoological Survey of India 1916 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anthropological Survey of India 1945 Ministry of Culture Forest Survey of India 1981 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Fishery Survey of India 1985 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Other surveys Name Time period Conductor Great Trigonometrical Survey 1802 - 1806 East India Company Linguistic Survey of India 1894 - 1928 British Raj Economic Survey of India 1950 - present Ministry of Finance National Family Health Survey 1992 - present Ministry of Health and Family Welfare National Achievement Survey 2001 - present Ministry of Education All India Survey of Higher Education 2010 - present Ministry of Education National Food Survey 1992 - 2007 IMRB International India Human Development Survey 2005, 2012 University of Maryland People's Linguistic Survey of India 2010 - 2012 Bhasha Research and Publication Centre
See also
National Archives of India India Meteorological Department India Post Indian Railways Reserve Bank of India Central Public Works Department Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Indian Science Congress Association The Asiatic Society United Service Institution
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