Mission Mausam is envisaged to be a multi-faceted initiative to tremendously boost India's weather and climate-related science, research, and services

About ‘Mission Mausam’

• Focus Areas: Provide precise weather and climate data, including monsoon forecasts, air quality alerts, extreme event warnings, and manage fog, hail, and rain, etc , while building capacity and awareness.
• Key Components:
  • Deploy next-generation radars and satellite systems with advanced sensors.
  • Implement high-performance supercomputers and improve Earth system models.
  • Create GIS-based automated Decision Support System for real-time data dissemination.
• Implementing Agency: Three institutes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)- the India Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting will primarily implement it.

Significance of ‘Mission Mausam’

• Benefit numerous sectors, such as agriculture, disaster management, defence, environment, aviation, water resources, etc. 
• Empowers stakeholders to tackle extreme weather and climate change impacts more effectively.
• Establish a new benchmark for predicting weather with high precision.
• Improve data-driven decision  making in areas like  urban planning, road and rail transport, etc.