GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4379
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 30TH MARCH, 2022
AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS
4379. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:
Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has established Automated Weather Stations which aims to provide accurate weather information to the people, especially farmers in the country; and
(b) if so, the State/location-wise number of such weather stations?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AND EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) Yes Sir. As on date, the Government has established a network of 918 Automatic Weather stations (inclusive of 198 Agro-AWS) and 1382 Automatic Rain Gauges (ARG) across the country.
The 198Agro-AWS have been installed at KrishiVigyanKendras (KVKs) in different agro-climatic zones of the country. The data from Agro-AWS are extensively being used to provide agro-meteorological advisories to the benefit of farmers.
(b) The state-wise details of AWS and ARGs installed across the country are given in Annexure.
Annexure
S. NO. STATE AWS+Agro-AWS Agro-AWS ARG
1 ANDAMAN_AND_NICOBAR 2 0 0
2 ANDHRA_PRADESH 32 9 61
3 ARUNACHAL_PRADESH 18 2 27
4 ASSAM 35 8 64
5 BIHAR 43 14 28
6 CHANDIGARH 2 0 0
7 CHHATTISGARH 28 9 33
8 DAMAN_AND_DIU 2 0 1
9 DELHI 12 1 1
10 GOA 4 2 5
11 GUJARAT 45 9 65
12 HARYANA 32 6 33
13 HIMACHAL_PRADESH 25 4 66
14 JAMMU_AND_KASHMIR 27 4 14
15 JHARKHAND 33 17 28
16 KARNATAKA 39 12 47
17 KERALA 32 3 30
18 LADAKH 4 0 0
19 LAKSHADWEEP 2 1 0
20 MADHYA_PRADESH 66 14 101
21 MAHARASHTRA 63 10 123
22 MANIPUR 11 1 8
23 MEGHALAYA 9 2 10
24 MIZORAM 9 1 16
25 NAGALAND 12 2 14
26 ODISHA 47 10 177
27 PUDUCHERRY 3 1 1
28 PUNJAB 30 5 31
29 RAJASTHAN 50 9 64
30 SIKKIM 5 2 4
31 TAMIL_NADU 48 10 80
32 TELANGANA 14 4 54
33 TRIPURA 5 1 8
34 UTTARAKHAND 28 3 21
35 UTTAR_PRADESH 68 16 132
36 WEST_BENGAL 33 6 35
TOTAL 918 198 1382
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