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Launch the National Atmospheric Mission (Mausam)

Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024

Last updated 5 Jun 2026

We will launch a National Atmospheric Mission to be called Mausam to make Bharat “weather ready” and “climate smart”.

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Mission Mausam was approved by the Cabinet in September 2024 with an outlay of about Rs 2,000 crore to make India "weather-ready" and "climate-smart" - expanding the observation network (radars, radiosondes, wind profilers, ocean buoys), improving high-resolution forecasting and weather-modelling, and developing weather-modification/cloud-seeding research, led by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (IMD, IITM, NCMRWF). The mission has been launched and is in implementation. Partial (launched; capability build-out ongoing).

Promise Timeline

11 Sept 2024

Cabinet approves Mission Mausam (~Rs 2,000 crore) to strengthen weather/climate observation, forecasting and modelling.

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