NEW DELHI: Union science and technology minister Harsh Vardhan would not mind renaming the ministry of earth sciences (Prithvi Vigyan Mantralaya) as the 'Bharat Mata Mantralaya'.Taking a cue from one of the presenters at a function to mark the 144th foundation day of the India Meteorological Department IMD ) here on Tuesday, Vardhan-who is the minister of earth sciences (MoES) as well - said if the MoES secretary (M Rajeevan) agreed, there would be no harm ("koi burai nahin hai") in calling the ministry as 'Bharat Mata Mantralaya'."Isme koi sochne ki baat nahin hai...koi pretension karne ki bhi baat nahin hai (There is no need to think about it...there is no need to have any pretension)," said the minister while expressing his happiness over the use of 'Bharat Mata Mantralaya' by one of the presenters in her introductory remarks at the function.Endorsing the remark, Vardhan argued that MoES and its scientists, afterall, work for protection of earth which is indeed 'Bharat Mata' for "all of us".The minister, in fact, even used 'Bharat Mata Mantralaya' while referring to the ministry during his remaining speech at the function, attended by many scientists including former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar and IMD chief K J Ramesh.His remarks came while he was speaking about his ministry's move to popularise science through two initiatives, DD Science and India Science, launched in association with the public broadcaster Doordarshan DD Science is an one-hour slot on Doordarshan National channel, which will be telecast Monday to Saturday from 5 pm to 6 pm. 'India Science', on the other hand, is an internet-based 24x7 channel, which is available on any internet-enabled device, and will also offer live, scheduled play and video-on-demand services.The minister said all activities of both these communication initiatives, aimed at popularising science and taking information on its benefits to people, would be operated from the MoES headquarters. The IMD, which is a national weather forecaster of India, comes under the MoES.On the occasion, M Rajeevan said though the IMD has one of the best weather forecast systems in the world, its outreach (dissemination of info system) is still "very very bad".Keeping this in mind, the ministry has planned many changes in the IMD's weather info dissemination system by July. It will launch new website of the department and come out with a comprehensive Mobile application (App) which would help general public in getting all weather-related info on real-time basis.