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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has decided to set up weather stations in 660 districts by which year
A
2018
B
2019
C
2020
D
2022
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“We plan to cover 660 districts by 2019, ” Ramesh added. “As and when district units are made functional at KVKs in gradual manner, issue of advisories to those very districts will begin, ” he added.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the year 1875, the Government of India established the India Meteorological Department, bringing all meteorological work in the country under a central authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian Meteorological Department was established in the year 1875 with its headquarters at Culcutta. The headquarter was shifted to Shimla in 1905, to Pune in 1928 and then to Delhi in 1944.

Detailed explanation-4: -Organisation Structure in IMD For the convenience of administrative and technical control, there are 6 Regional Meteorological Centres, each under a Deputy Director General with headquarters at Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Nagpur and Guwahati.

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