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Lok Sabha Question No. 3028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Diversion of Brahmaputra
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3028

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## DIVERSION OF BRAHMAPUTRA

3028.  SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether China is considering digging a 1,000 km. long tunnel to divert the water of the Brahmaputra river from Tibet to its dry Xinjiang region and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether after construction, it will hit water flow in Brahmaputra which could cause drought in India's north east and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether in 2010, China had assured India that it had no plans to build upstream dams in Tibet after Delhi expressed its concern and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is a fact that China is going back from its assurances; and
- (e) if so, the details of the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (GEN. (DR.) V.K. SINGH (RETD.))

(a) to (e) Government   has   seen   media   reports   in   this   regard. Government has also noted that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a public statement rejected such media reports as untrue.

Government, in close cooperation with various State governments which are users of the waters of Brahmaputra River, continues to carefully monitor the water flow in the River for early detection of abnormality so that corrective and preventive measures are taken to safeguard livelihood of peoples of these States of Union of India.

As a lower riparian State with considerable established user rights to the waters of the trans-border rivers, Government has consistently conveyed its views and concerns to the Chinese authorities, including at the highest levels, and has urged them to ensure that the interests of downstream States are not harmed by any activities in upstream areas.

The Chinese side has conveyed to us on several occasions that they are only   undertaking   run-of-the-river   hydropower   projects   which   do   not   involve diversion of the waters of the Brahmaputra.

Various issues relating to trans-border rivers are discussed with China under  the   ambit   of   an   institutionalized   Expert   Level   Mechanism   which   was established in 2006, as well as through diplomatic channels. We intend to remain engaged with China on the issue of trans-border rivers to safeguard our interests. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 3027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Advanced Track Monitoring System
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: (SMT.) RATNA DE(NAG)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3027 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## ADVANCED TRACK MONITORING SYSTEM

3027. DR. RATNA DE(NAG):

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  Advanced  Track  Monitoring System in the Railways to avoid derailing of trains;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) &  (b):  Indian  Railways  has  Track  Recording  Cars  (TRC)  for measurement of track parameters for planning maintenance input to the  track.  The  advanced  TRCs  available  with  Indian  Railways  are capable of measuring rail wear also besides track parameters and vehicle ride parameters .

In  addition  to  TRC,  Oscillation  Monitoring  System  (OMS) are run at predefined periodicity for measurement of horizontal and vertical acceleration for need based maintenance input to the track.

(c ): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Amenities at Udaipur Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3026 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## AMENITIES AT UDAIPUR STATION

†3026. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  new  works  undertaken  for  passenger  amenities  at Udaipur City Railway Station during the last three years, work-wise; and (b) the details of funds spent for these works, work-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  &  (b):  The  following  works  have  been  taken  up  during  the  last  three years at Udaipur City Railway station:

-  Repair/renovation of drainage system between line No.1 & 2 at Ajmer & Udaipur City of platform and station.
-  Repairing and renovation of retiring rooms including toilets of retiring rooms of Ajmer and Udaipur.
-  Supply,  installation  and  commissioning  of  mechanized  laundry  at depot at Udaipur City.
-  Development of second entry at Udaipur with parking, waiting room & ticket room.
- 
- Extension of Foot Over Bridge towards second entry.

Station-wise/work-wise  details  of  funds  are  not  maintained.  These details are maintained Zonal Railway wise. Works of provision of passenger amenities at Railway stations are generally funded under Plan Head -'Passenger Amenities'. Expenditures of ` 35.58 Crores, ` 66.07  Crores  and ` 55.60  Crores  have  been  incurred  during  the  years 2014-15,  2015-16  and  2016-17  respectively  under  this  Plan  Head  over North Western Railway which covers Udaipur City Railway Station.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Suspension of Telecom Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3025 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  MARCH, 2018

## SUSPENSION OF TELECOM SERVICES

3025. DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the rules/norms laid down by the Government to be followed before temporarily suspending telecom services in any part of the country; and
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal pertaining to the suspension of any telecom services in any part of the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) & (b)   In  pursuance  to  the  provisions  contained  in  Section  5  of  the  Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the Department of Telecommunications has notified 'Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017' on 07.08.2017.  As  per  these  rules,  the  directions  for  temporary  suspension  of  telecom services  can  either  be  issued  by  the  Union  Home  Secretary  in  case  of  Central Government or the State Home Secretary in case of State Government, due to public emergency, or in the interest of public safety.

Ministry of Home Affairs has informed that Union Home Secretary has not issued any such order for suspension of any telecom services in any part of the Country after the  issuance  of  Temporary  Suspension  of  Telecom  Services  (Public  Emergency  or Public Safety) Rules, 2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Cyber-Gram
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3024 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

Cyber-Gram

## 3024. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans of launching Minority Cyber-Gram in parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof
- (c) if not, the reasons for discontinuation of the scheme;
- (d) the current status of Cyber-Grams that exist across the country;
- (e) the objectives and the target beneficiaries of the yojana;
- (f) the total funds allocated by the Government for this programme; and
- (g) the total number of Cyber-Grams that have been opened across the country and are currently open and functioning?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (g):A pilot project for minority Cyber Gram was launched for digital literacy in a minority dominated village Chandauli, District Alwar, Rajasthan. The Ministry mainstreamed the Cyber Gram project with the Multi-sectoral Development Programmein the year 2014-15 as a special initiative. Under this initiative,students of minority communities are provided  hands on training in computers to enable them to acquire basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills; become digitally literate; actively participate in knowledge based activities; access financial, social and government services and use internet for  communications. The initiative covers students of Class VI to Class X belonging to notified minority communities(Muslims,  Sikhs,  Christians,  Buddhists,  Parsis  and  Jains )residing  in  minority  concentration areas indentified under Multi-sectoral Development Programme.(MsDP).  The project is being implemented through  Common  Service  Center  (CSC)  e-governance  India  Ltd-a  company  under  Department  of Electronics  and  Information  Technology  with  support  of  States/UTs.  The  funds  per  candidate  sanctioned under the programme is Rs.1555/- which is shared by Central Government and State.  As per Cybergram Project  Monitoring Unit (PMU) of CSC e-Governance Services  India Ltd( http://www.cybergramyojana.in), the present status of implementation of cybergram is as under:-

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| State         |   Approved unit (nos. of participants) |   Training completed (nos. of participants) |
|---------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |                                 173143 |                                       97124 |
| West Bengal   |                                 170005 |                                      213085 |
| Tripura       |                                  18109 |                                       18426 |
| Maharashtra   |                                  28000 |                                       15791 |
| Rajasthan     |                                  10400 |                                        9128 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Human Rights Training
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3023

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2018

## HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING

3023.  DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  human  rights  training  being  provided  to  the  armed  forces  of  all ranks;
- (b) whether the said norms are known and being implemented by the soldiers while operating in Jammu and Kashmir and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  there  are  cases  of  violation  of  rights  that  came  to  the  notice  of  the Government and if so, the details of the number of cases reported during the last three years and the current year so far; and
- (d) the action taken / proposed to be taken on these cases?

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- (a) Requisite sensitisation of all ranks and training at various levels on Human  Rights  issues  is  being  ensured  and  Human  Rights  training  is imparted  regularly  to  the  Armed  Forces  personnel.    In  addition,  Human Rights training forms an important part of the Pre-Induction training (PIT) of  the  troops  in  the  Corps  Battle  Schools,  before  deployment  in  Counter Insurgency  /  Counter  Terrorism  (CI/CT)  operations.    The  Human  Rights aspects  are  also  enshrined  in the Chief of  the  Army  Staff  (COAS) commandments,  which are  reiterated  to  all  the  troops  before  conduct  of any operation.

(b) Yes  Madam,  the  said  norms  are  known  to  all  and  have  been promulgated in the form of Do's and Dont's for conduct of operations and are part of COAS commandments. (c) & (d): There  were  17  cases  of alleged  Human  Rights  violations received in the last three years (2015-2017).  Of these 12 cases have been investigated  and  found  to  be  false.    The  balance  five  cases  are  under investigation. There  have  been  two  cases  of  alleged  Human  Rights  violation received in the current year.  Both are under investigation. There is zero tolerance to Human Rights violations and all allegations are thoroughly and swiftly investigated and strict action is taken if found guilty of Human Rights violations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Internet and 4G Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3022 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  MARCH, 2018

## INTERNET AND 4G SERVICES

3022. DR. P.K. BIJU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  schemes  formulated  by  the  Government  to  expand  internet services in the rural areas of Rajasthan and Kerala; and
- (b) the  names  of  cities  of  Rajasthan  and  Kerala  covered  under  4G  services  at present and the names of important cities and tourist places where 4G services would be made available by the end of this year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) BharatNet project is being implemented for providing broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats (approx. 2,50,000) in the Country including those in Rajasthan and Kerala. This project is targeted to be completed by March 2019. In Rajasthan, 23,505 km of Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) has been laid upto 04.03.2018 for connecting 8,152 Gram  Panchayats  (GPs),  out  of  which  8,137  GPs  have  been  made  Service  Ready. Similarly, in Kerala 830 km of OFC has been laid upto 04.03.2018 for connecting 1,129 GPs and all of these GPs have been made Service Ready.
- (b) All the District Head Quarters of Rajasthan (33 Districts) and Kerala (14 Districts) and all the important cities and major tourist places falling under them are covered by 4G Services.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3021 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Development and Beautification of Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHINTAMANI MALVIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## DEVELOPMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION OF STATIONS

†3021. PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  works  done  by  the  Government  to  improve  the condition of railway stations and their beautification during the financial
- year 2017-18;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  action  plan  for  the improvement  and  systematic  arrangements  of  the  railway  stations  of Madhya Pradesh during the financial year 2018-19; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a): Presently, Railway stations are beautified/modernized under 'Adarsh' Station Scheme. Various passenger amenities which inter-alia include  improvement  to  façade  of  the  station  building,  retiring  room, waiting room (with bathing facilities), separate waiting room for ladies, landscaping  of  circulating  area,  earmarked  parking,  signages,  Pay  & Use  toilets,  Foot  Over  Bridge,  ramps  at  entry  to  station,  separate parking for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Non-slippery walkway, 'May I  help  you'  booth,  trolley  path  etc.  are  proposed  to  be provided at Railway stations which are identified for development under this  scheme  as  per  the  respective  category  of  the  station.  So  far,  18 Railway  stations  have  been  developed  under  this  scheme  during  the financial year 2017-18.

(b)  &  (c):  At  present,  stations  are  taken  up  for  development  under 'Adarsh'  Station  Scheme  and  44  stations  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh,  have  been  identified  for  development  under  this  scheme. Upgradation of stations on Indian Railways, including those in the State of Madhya Pradesh is a continuous and on-going process. Works in this regard are undertaken for improvement of passenger amenities depending upon need, volume of passenger traffic and inter-se priority subject to availability of funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: GDP Growth
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3019

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2018

## GDP GROWTH

## 3019. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of the country during the last one year on quarterly basis;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to change the base year to 2017-18 for the calculation of the GDP growth rate; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a): As per Second Advance estimates of National Income, 2017-18 and  Quarterly  estimates  of  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP)  for  the third Quarter (Q3) of 2017-18 released on 28 th  February, 2018 by the Central  Statistical  Office  (CSO),  quarterly  growth  rates  of    GDP during last one year at constant (2011-12) prices and current prices measured in terms of growth over the same quarter of the previous year, are given below:

| Growth Rate of GDP (%)   | Growth Rate of GDP (%)   | Growth Rate of GDP (%)   | Growth Rate of GDP (%)    | Growth Rate of GDP (%)       |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|                          | January 2017- March 2017 | April 2017- June 2017    | July 2017- September 2017 | October 2017 - December 2017 |
| At 2011-12 prices        | 6.1                      | 5.7                      | 6.5                       | 7.2                          |
| At Current prices        | 10.7                     | 9.2                      | 10.0                      | 11.9                         |

(b): Yes, Madam. (c):  In  the  base  revision  exercise,  new  data  sources  and  updated data  in  respect  of  existing  sources,  which  reflect  the  structural changes  in the economy,  are identified alongwith appropriate methodological improvements in line with the relevant international standards.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: New Modified Symbols
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3018 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## NEW MODIFIED SYMBOLS

3018. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  is  planning  to  bring  about  changes  in  its brand  image  and  logo  with  new  and  modified  symbols  to  sync  with contemporary symbols;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether TTEs are being provided with POS machines to collect on the spot charges and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) No such proposal is under consideration.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c)  At  present,  POS  machines  are  not  being  provided  to  ticket checking staff.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Small Arms
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3014

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2018

## SMALL  ARMS

3014.  SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of small arms produced and supplied by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to the military;
- (b) whether  OFB  is  able  to meet  the requirement  of our armed  forces both quantitatively and qualitatively;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (d): Ordnance  Factory  Board  (OFB)  has  produced  and  supplied 27.08 lakh  (approx.)  of  Small  Arms  of  various  types  to  the  Indian  Armed Forces.  OFB  supplies  small  arms  to  our  Armed  Forces  conforming  to relevant General Staff Qualitative Requirement (GSQR) of small arms and after getting it duly cleared by Director General Quality Assurance (DGQA), a  dedicated  quality  inspecting  agency  of  the  Indian  Army  for  its  quality. The present capacity of OFB is to manufacture approximately 1 lakh small arms  per  year.    However,  in  view  of  the  operational  urgency  of  Indian Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AON)  for  procuring  7.62mm  Assault  Rifle,  Close  Quarter  Battle  Carbine and 7.62mm LMG under Fast Track Procedure (FTP).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Modernisation of IMD
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3013 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

## MODERNIZATION OF IMD

## 3013. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of modernization programme of India Meteorological Department (IMD);
- (b) whether the targets of automation of Weather Observation System in the country have been achieved; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) On  2007,  Union  Cabinet  approved  the  implementation  of  modernization for Indian Meteorological Department to improve the weather forecasting services in India. Under this programme observational system of IMD has been strengthened by istalling Radars, Automatic Weather Stations and rain gauges.

Further  densification  of  the  observation  network  is  underway  through implementation of (1) Atmospheric Observations Network, (2) Upgradation of Forecast System, (3) Weather & Climate Services, and (4) Commissioning  of  Polarimetric  Doppler  Weather  Radars  during  2017-20 and beyond.

- (b)-(c)Augmentation of observational systems is a continuing process. Automation of Weather Observation Systems is being undertaken through implementation  of  various  schemes  in  IMD.  Following  milestones  have been achieved in this direction :
-  Augmentation of Doppler Weather Radar Network from 14 in 2012 to 24.
-  The GPS based Radiosonde systems were introduced at 10 locations in 2009. The network further expanded from 10 in 2012 to 39 stations and
- became 43 stations in 2015.
-  Surface  observational  network  was  augmented  by  increasing  the number  of Automatic Weather  Stations (AWS)  from 550 to 675 (including  127  Agro  AWS)  and  by  introducing  1330  Automatic  Rain Gauges (ARGs) into the network.
-  High Wind Speed Recorder network expanded to 20 stations for better monitoring & prediction of tropical cyclones.

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