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  • Sep 12, 2024
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Cabinet Approves ₹2,000 Crore Mission Mausam Initiative

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The Union Cabinet approved ‘Mission Mausam’ to enhance India’s weather forecasting, research, and climate resilience, focusing on advanced technologies and benefiting multiple sectors across the country.

Highlights of the initiative :

  • The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved ‘Mission Mausam‘ with a budget of ₹2,000 crore over two years.
  • The Ministry of Earth Sciences will oversee implementation, aimed at boosting India’s weather and climate research, forecasting, and resilience to climate change.
  • The mission will incorporate advanced technologies like  AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing for accurate weather predictions.

Key Focus Areas and Technologies

  • Mission Mausam will include next-generation radars, advanced satellite systems, and improved Earth system models.
  • It will enhance weather monitoring, cyclone alerts, monsoon forecasts, and extreme weather management (fog, hail, and rain).
  • A GIS-based automated Decision Support System will provide real-time data dissemination, aiding faster decision-making.

Sectoral Benefits and Implementation

  • The mission will benefit agriculture, disaster management, defence, aviation, water resources, tourism, shipping, and health sectors.
  • It will enhance data-driven decisions in urban planning, transport, and environmental monitoring.
  • Three key institutes—the India Meteorological Department, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting—will implement the mission, supported by other national and international agencies.

About Project ‘Mausam’:

  • Focuses on monsoon patterns, cultural routes, and maritime landscapes across the Indian Ocean.
  • Examines key processes that link coastal centres with their hinterlands.

Aims:

  • Understand how monsoon winds influenced interactions, knowledge exchange, and traditions across the Indian Ocean.
  • Macro level: Reconnect countries in the Indian Ocean world to enhance cultural understanding.
  • Micro level: Explore national cultures in their maritime context.
  • Activities: India aims to revive cultural and economic ties with 39 Indian Ocean countries.

Initiatives include a lecture series and an international conference in 2015.

Sources Referred:

PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express, Hindustan Times