List of surveys in India
# List of surveys in India

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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
