Published 20:45 IST, September 11th 2024
What is 'Mission Mausam', Modi Govt's New Project To Boost India's Weather Services
With an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore, the government has approved 'Mission Mausam' to boost India's weather and climate-related services.
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New Delhi: The Modi Cabinet on Wednesday approved 'Mission Mausam' to create a more weather-ready and climate-smart Bharat with an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore over two years. In another move, the Cabinet also approved health coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above irrespective of income under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
What are benefits of ‘Mission Mausam’?
- A multi-faced and transformative initiative to tremendously boost India’s weather and climate-related science, research and services.
- Will help better equip stakeholders, including citizens and last-mile users, in tackling extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change.
- Mission focus to include improving observations and understanding for providing highly accurate and timely weather and climate information across temporal and spatial scales.
Who will implement Mausam Mission?
The Mission to be implemented by 3 institutes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences:
- India Meteorological Department
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
- National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting.
Updated 20:45 IST, September 11th 2024