PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Automatic Weather Stations

Posted On: 18 MAR 2026 3:04PM by PIB Delhi The Government has planned to install around 200 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), primarily Agro-AWS, across the country during 2026 under Mission Mausam Phase-II. These stations will strengthen agro-meteorological observations and improve weather-based advisories for the agriculture sector. The details are given in Annexure–I. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) currently operates 1008 Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs) across the country. The details of these observatories are provided in Annexure–II. In addition, IMD also utilizes real-time observations from several stations operated by other agencies, including State Governments, the energy sector, and the Central Water Commission (CWC), to supplement its meteorological observation network. At present, there is no proposal to install AWS alongside the existing departmental observatories. The locations for installation of AWS are identified based on observational requirements, spatial coverage gaps, and technical feasibility, with the objective of strengthening and expanding the meteorological observation network. This information was submitted by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences and Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, in Lok Sabha on 18th of March 2026. Annexure I Details of proposed 200 Agro AWS network S. NO. STATES/UTs Proposed Agro AWS for installation in 2026 1 ANDHRA PRADESH - 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 4 3 ASSAM 13 4 BIHAR 21 5 CHHATTISGARH 14 6 GOA - 7 GUJARAT 2 8 HARYANA 8 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH - 10 JHARKHAND - 11 KARNATAKA 8 12 KERALA 5 13 MADHYA PRADESH 17 14 MAHARASHTRA 11 15 MANIPUR 2 16 MEGHALAYA 2 17 MIZORAM 2 18 NAGALAND 2 19 ODISHA - 20 PUNJAB 4 21 RAJASTHAN 10 22 SIKKIM 2 23 TAMIL NADU 13 24 TELANGANA 9 25 TRIPURA 2 26 UTTARAKHAND 3 27 UTTAR PRADESH 36 28 WEST BENGAL 8 29 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR - 30 CHANDIGARH - 31 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI - 32 DAMAN AND DIU - 33 DELHI 1 34 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 1 35 LADAKH - 36 LAKSHADWEEP - 37 PUDUCHERRY - TOTAL 200 Annexure -II Details of 1008 IMD AWS network S. NO. STATES/UTs AWS 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 24 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 51 3 ASSAM 55 4 BIHAR 35 5 CHHATTISGARH 21 6 GOA 5 7 GUJARAT 41 8 HARYANA 30 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 24 10 JHARKHAND 22 11 KARNATAKA 31 12 KERALA 109 13 MADHYA PRADESH 51 14 MAHARASHTRA 65 15 MANIPUR 19 16 MEGHALAYA 11 17 MIZORAM 6 18 NAGALAND 9 19 ODISHA 35 20 PUNJAB 30 21 RAJASTHAN 35 22 SIKKIM 5 23 TAMIL NADU 51 24 TELANGANA 24 25 TRIPURA 11 26 UTTARAKHAND 25 27 UTTAR PRADESH 65 28 WEST BENGAL 47 29 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 12 30 CHANDIGARH 3 31 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 1 32 DAMAN AND DIU 2 33 DELHI 19 34 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 17 35 LADAKH 12 36 LAKSHADWEEP 2 37 PUDUCHERRY 3 TOTAL 1008 ***** NKR/JKP (Release ID: 2241702) Visitor Counter : 582 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी Ministry of Earth Sciences PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Automatic Weather Stations