IMD Doppler Weather Radar Network to Cover Entire Country by 2025

Earth Ministry informed that Country will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025 to predict extreme weather events more accurately.

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IMD Doppler Weather Radar Network Relevance

IMD Doppler Weather Radar Network is an important infrastructure development that will help in better prediction of weather system in India when completed.

IMD Doppler Weather Radar Network is important for UPSC Prelims Exam 2023 and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 3- Science and Technology).

IMD Doppler Weather Radar Network in News

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences said that Entire Country will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025 to predict extreme weather events more accurately.

IMD Doppler Weather Radar Network

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has taken pro-active steps to increase the Radar Network from mere 15 in 2013 to 37 in 2023 and will add 25 more in next 2-3 years.
IMD has augmented Doppler Weather Radar network in HP, Uttarakhand, Ladakh and J&K which will help further to predict extreme weather events more accurately.
The warning and advisory services are helping farmers and fishermen to improve their economy as found from a latest survey by National Centre for Applied Economic Research.
- For example, the investment in monsoon mission programme has resulted in return of 50 rupees for investment of each one rupee.
Climate Services are very important for short and long term planning and strategy development and IMD has already initiated these services in five major thrust areas of-
- Agriculture,
- Health,
- Water,
- Energy and
- Disaster Risk Reduction.

IMD and Weather Forecast in India

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)- Key Points

Background: IMD was created in the background of tropical cyclone hitting Calcutta in 1864, and the subsequent famines in 1866 and 1871 due to the failure of the monsoon.
About: IMD has the legacy of maintaining weather and climate records and is monitoring & predicting the weather since its inception 148 years ago on 15 January, 1875.

IMD Headquarter: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) headquarters situated at Pune with regional offices at Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, and Delhi.
Parent Ministry: IMD is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
Mandate: It is the principal government agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting, and seismology.

Significance: During 148 years of its existence, IMD has served the cause of safety and wellbeing of Indian population against weather related hazards and helped in the economic development of the country.
- It is one of the few departments of the government whose services touch almost every aspect of life and across all sectors of economy.

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