Indian government will spend 2,000 crore rupees for accurate weather forecast


The Union Cabinet approved Mission Mausam on September 11, 2024, with a budget outlay of 2,000 crores over two years, is an ambitious initiative of the Government of India. It aims to make India ‘Weather Ready’ and ‘Climate Smart’. The mission seeks to exponentially enhance the country’s weather and climate observations, understanding, modelling and forecasting, leading to better, more useful, accurate and timely services.

Mission Mausam has the goal of making Bharat a “Weather-ready and Climate-smart” nation, so as to mitigate the impact of climate change and extreme weather events and strengthen the resilience of the communities. Currently the Mission Mausam will be implemented during 2024-26.

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