(a) whether the Government has constituted any Committee for preparation of
guidelines
for setting up of Automatic Weather Stations and Automatic Rain Gauge across the
country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the said Committee has submitted its draft report to the Government;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government has accepted the recommendations/suggestions made by
the Committee; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING
INDUSTRIES (SHRI TARIQ ANWAR)
(a) to (f): In compliance to one of the recommendations of evaluation study of Pilot
Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) conducted by Agricultural Finance
Corporation Ltd. in 2010, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation has constituted a
Committee for preparation of guidelines for setting up of Automatic Weather Stations
(AWSs) and Automatic Rain Gauges (ARGs) comprising Chairman-cum-Managing Director
of Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC) and representatives of Indian
Meteorological Department (IMD) & National Collaterals Management Services Ltd.
(NCMSL). Draft interim report has been submitted by the Committee has been circulated
among the concerned agencies/Departments including State Governments for their views
and comments.