Parliament Question: Implementation status of Mission Mausam
Lok Sabha reply outlines Mission Mausam’s observational, modelling, and last-mile warning systems under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- Mission Mausam is designed to integrate Earth system observations, modelling, decision support, and last-mile dissemination for weather and climate services.
- The India Meteorological Department is using district-level impact-based forecasts and risk-based warnings for cyclones, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, heatwaves, and cold waves.
- The New Bharat Forecasting System is being used for block and panchayat-level forecasts.
- The Ministry of Earth Sciences says observational infrastructure is being strengthened in Meerut and Hapur under Urban Meteorology and Mission Mausam through an India Meteorological Department and Government of Uttar Pradesh initiative.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences told the Lok Sabha that Mission Mausam is being used to build a more weather-ready and climate-smart India. The reply matters because it connects weather observation, modelling, forecasting, and last-mile warning delivery into one public-service framework.
The reply places Mission Mausam in the larger shift from routine forecasting to Earth system-based prediction, where observations, models, computing, and dissemination are designed together. It also links the mission to disaster preparedness, agriculture advisories, and urban meteorology.
What Mission Mausam seeks to do
UPSC can ask about Mission Mausam’s institutional base, its links with the India Meteorological Department, the use of Doppler Weather Radars, Numerical Weather Prediction, high-performance computing, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. A Mains answer can assess whether India’s weather services are moving from forecast generation to impact-based, last-mile, and state-linked warning systems.
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