About the Scheme
Mission Mausam makes India weather-ready and climate-smart by upgrading weather surveillance, forecasting, and communication. Cabinet approved Sep 11, 2024. Budget: ₹2,000 crore (2024-26). Implementing agencies: IMD, IITM, NCMRWF. Goal: panchayat-level weather forecasts with hourly updates using AI/ML and next-generation Doppler radars. Phase II (2026-31) follows.
Target Beneficiaries: 1.4 billion Indians; agriculture sector; disaster management agencies; defence; aviation; energy industry
Key Features
- Implementing agencies: IMD + IITM Pune + NCMRWF — India's top weather science institutions
- New Doppler weather radars, Automatic Weather Stations, next-generation weather satellites
- Hourly forecast updates replacing 3-hour intervals; AI/ML data processing
- IMD Vision-2047 framework released alongside Mission Mausam
- Phase I: 2024-26 (₹2,000 crore); Phase II: 2026-31 for higher-resolution forecasting
- Target: 50% improvement in forecast accuracy by 2026
- Impact sectors: agriculture, disaster management, defence, aviation, energy, water