National Center for Polar and Ocean Research, an autonomous institute working under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has successfully implemented the Polar Science and Cryosphere Research Scheme.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Swachh Survekshan 2022 which is the seventh consecutive edition of the world's largest urban sanitation survey.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of the World Health Organization Global Center for Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar, Gujarat.
World Meteorological Day is being celebrated every year on 23 March to commemorate the coming into force of the Convention for the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 23 March 1950.