PARLIAMENT QUESTION: WEATHER MONITORING AND CLIMATE RESEARCH STATION

Posted On: 01 APR 2026 11:37AM by PIB Delhi The Government has adopted advanced, state-of-the-art techniques, including high-resolution weather and climate models, satellite-based observation systems, and Artificial Intelligence-enabled forecasting tools, to improve the accuracy of monitoring and prediction of climate change and associated extreme weather events. Currently, MoES has a robust weather observation network comprising manual observatories, Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs), Agro-AWS, upper-air observatories, Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs), and satellites to monitor climate change and extreme weather events across the country. The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is in continuous endeavour of augmenting the observational network, including weather monitoring stations (AWS, ARGs, Agro-AWS, DWRs, and Satellites) and climate research and development infrastructure, towards achieving better accuracy in weather forecasting, as well as to strengthen timely early warning systems. Mission Mausam has been launched by the Ministry with the objective of making Bharat a "weather-ready and climate-smart" nation. At present, the State of Haryana has 8 departmental and non-departmental observatories for recording daily surface observation data, along with 7 Automatic Weather Stations. In addition, the State is also covered by three Doppler Weather Radars located at New Delhi, Patiala, and Jaipur. The drought-prone Bhiwani&ndash;Mahendragarh region has been considered for such facilities. The India Meteorological Department has already installed one Agro-Automatic Weather Station at Mahendragarh in 2022. This information was submitted by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences and Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 1st April 2026. ***** NKR/JKP (Release ID: 2247520) Visitor Counter : 388 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी Ministry of Earth Sciences PARLIAMENT QUESTION: WEATHER MONITORING AND CLIMATE RESEARCH STATION Posted On: 01 APR 2026 11:37AM by PIB Delhi The Government has adopted advanced, state-of-the-art techniques, including high-resolution weather and climate models, satellite-based observation systems, and Artificial Intelligence-enabled forecasting tools, to improve the accuracy of monitoring and prediction of climate change and associated extreme weather events. Currently, MoES has a robust weather observation network comprising manual observatories, Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs), Agro-AWS, upper-air observatories, Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs), and satellites to monitor climate change and extreme weather events across the country. The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is in continuous endeavour of augmenting the observational network, including weather monitoring stations (AWS, ARGs, Agro-AWS, DWRs, and Satellites) and climate research and development infrastructure, towards achieving better accuracy in weather forecasting, as well as to strengthen timely early warning systems. Mission Mausam has been launched by the Ministry with the objective of making Bharat a "weather-ready and climate-smart" nation. At present, the State of Haryana has 8 departmental and non-departmental observatories for recording daily surface observation data, along with 7 Automatic Weather Stations. In addition, the State is also covered by three Doppler Weather Radars located at New Delhi, Patiala, and Jaipur. The drought-prone Bhiwani&ndash;Mahendragarh region has been considered for such facilities. The India Meteorological Department has already installed one Agro-Automatic Weather Station at Mahendragarh in 2022. This information was submitted by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences and Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 1st April 2026. ***** NKR/JKP (Release ID: 2247520) <span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">The Government has adopted advanced, state-of-the-art techniques, including high-resolution weather and climate models, satellite-based observation systems, and Artificial Intelligence-enabled forecasting tools, to improve the accuracy of monitoring and prediction of climate change and associated extreme weather events. Currently, MoES has a robust weather observation network comprising manual observatories, Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs), Agro-AWS, upper-air observatories, Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs), and satellites to monitor climate change and extreme weather events across the country.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:-12.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is in continuous endeavour of augmenting the observational network, including weather monitoring stations (AWS, ARGs, Agro-AWS, DWRs, and Satellites) and climate research and development infrastructure, towards achieving better accuracy in weather forecasting, as well as to strengthen timely early warning systems. Mission Mausam has been launched by the Ministry with the objective of making Bharat a "weather-ready and climate-smart" nation.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:-12.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">At present, the State of Haryana has 8 departmental and non-departmental observatories for recording daily surface observation data, along with 7 Automatic Weather Stations. In addition, the State is also covered by three Doppler Weather Radars located at New Delhi, Patiala, and Jaipur.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:-12.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">The drought-prone Bhiwani&ndash;Mahendragarh region has been considered for such facilities. The India Meteorological Department has already installed one Agro-Automatic Weather Station at Mahendragarh in 2022.&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:-12.2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">This information was submitted by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences and Science &amp; Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 1st April 2026.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:-12.2pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">*****</span></span></p> <p><strong>NKR/JKP&nbsp;</strong></p> " /> var mPlayer = document.getElementById("background_music"); var mPlayAction = document.getElementById("playbutton"); var isPlaying = false; function playAudio() { mPlayer.play(); isPlaying = true; document.getElementById('stopA').style.display = "block"; document.getElementById('playA').style.display = "none"; 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