Lok Sabha Question No. 113 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Automated Meteorological Centres
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA STARREDQUESTIONNO. *113

## TO BE ANSWEREDON FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019

## AUTOMATEDMETEOROLOGICALCENTRES

- *113. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: Will the Minister of EARTHSCIENCESbe pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up new automatic meteorological centres with the purpose of providing accurate weather forecast to the people in the country particularly to the farmers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and location-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FORMINISTRY OFSCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGYAND MINISTRY OF EARTHSCIENCES (DR. HARSHVARDHAN)

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENTREFERRED TO IN REPLYTO PARTS(A) TO (C) OFTHE LOK SABHASTARREDQUESTIONNO. *113 REGARDINGAUTOMATEDMETEOROLOGICALCENTRES TO BEANSWEREDONFRIDAY,28TH JUNE, 2019.

- (a) Yes Sir. The network of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)helps in monitoring real-time weather realized at district levels across the country. These data are also used as inputs to weather prediction models. There is a proposal to set up additional 200 AWS in Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) selected for establishing District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) by March 2020.
- (b) List of 200 KVKs where additional AWS is planned to be established by March 2020 is given in Annexure.
- (c) Does not arise.

## Annexure

## List of 200 KVK selected to establish District Agricultural Meteorological Units

|   S.No. | State             | No.   | District       | KVKName                                |
|---------|-------------------|-------|----------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 9     | Prakasam       | KVK Prakasam (Darsai)                  |
|       2 |                   |       | East Godavari  | KVK Kalavacharla                       |
|       3 |                   |       | *YSR Kaddappa  | KVK Utukur                             |
|       4 |                   |       | *Viziagnagaram | KVK,Rastakuntubai                      |
|       5 |                   |       | Nellore        | KV AKNagar                             |
|       6 |                   |       | Kumool         | KVK Banavasivillage                    |
|       7 |                   |       | West Godavari  | KVK Venkatramannagudem                 |
|       8 |                   |       | Krishna        | KVK Garikapadu                         |
|       9 |                   |       | Srikakulam     | KVK Ambadavasla                        |
|      10 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3     | *Namsai        | DistLohit                              |
|      11 |                   |       | Papumpare      | KVK Papumpare                          |
|      12 |                   |       | Tawang         | KVK Tawang                             |
|      13 | Assam             | 8     | *Railakandi    | KVK Hailakandi, Chandpur               |
|      14 |                   |       | *Dhubri        | KVK Dhubri, AAU, Bilasipara            |
|      15 |                   |       | *Barpeta       | KVK Barpeta, Howly                     |
|      16 |                   |       | Cachar         | KVK Cachar                             |
|      17 |                   |       | *Darrang       | KVK Darrang, Mangaldoi                 |
|      18 |                   |       | *Baksa         | KVKBaksa                               |
|      19 |                   |       | *Udalguri      | KVK Udalguri, AAU, Lalpool             |
|      20 |                   |       | *Goalpara      | KVK Goalpara, Dudhoni, Goalpara, Assam |
|      21 | Bihar             | 14    | *Khagaria      | KVK Khagaria                           |
|      22 |                   |       | *Gaya          | KVKGaya                                |
|      23 |                   |       | *Pumea         | .KVK Pumia (Jalalgarh)                 |
|      24 |                   |       | East Champaran | KVK Piprakothi                         |
|      25 |                   |       | *Begusarai     | KVK Begusarai (Khodawanpur)            |
|      26 |                   |       | *Katihar       | KVK Katihar (Tingachia)                |
|      27 |                   |       | *Sitamarhi     | KVK Sitamarhi                          |
|      28 |                   |       | *Sheikpura     | KVK Shekhpura                          |
|      29 |                   |       | *Nawada        | KVK Kauakaul,Nawada                    |
|      30 |                   |       | *Banka         | KVK Vijaynagar                         |
|      31 |                   |       | *Jamui         | KVK Khadigram                          |
|      32 |                   |       | *Araraia       | KVKAraria                              |
|      33 |                   |       | *Muzaffarpur   | KVK Saraiya                            |
|      34 |                   |       | *Aurangabad    | KVK Aurangabad (Siris)                 |
|      35 | Chattisgarh       | 9     | *Mahasamund    | KVK Mahasamund                         |

|   36. |                  |    | *Korba             | KVKKorba                                 |
|-------|------------------|----|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|    37 |                  |    | Jashpur            | KVK Dumarbahar                           |
|    38 |                  |    | *Narayanpur        | KVK Narayanpur                           |
|    39 |                  |    | *BUapur            | KVK Bijapur                              |
|    40 |                  |    | *Rajnanadgao n     | KVK Rajnanadgaon                         |
|    41 |                  |    | *Kanker            | KVKKanker                                |
|    42 |                  |    | *Dantewada         | KVK Dantewada                            |
|    43 |                  |    | Korea              | KVK Korea (Salka)                        |
|    44 | Goa              | 2  | North Goa          | KVKGoa                                   |
|    45 |                  |    | South Goa          | KVKPanji                                 |
|    46 | Gujarat          | 9  | Panchmahal         | KVK Panchmahal                           |
|    47 |                  |    | *Dahod             | KVKDahod                                 |
|    48 |                  |    | Amreli             | KVKAmreli                                |
|    49 |                  |    | Dang               | KVK Waghai                               |
|    50 |                  |    | *Narmada           | KVK Seed multiplication farm, Dediyapada |
|    51 |                  |    | Vadodra            | KVK Vadodara                             |
|    52 |                  |    | Valsad             |                                          |
|    53 |                  |    | Jamnagar           | KVK Air force road                       |
|    54 |                  |    | Surat              | KVK CRC, Athwaline                       |
|    55 | Harvana          | 6  | Sonipat            | KVK Jagdishpur, Sonipat                  |
|    56 |                  |    | Shikohpur,Gu rgaon | KVK Gurgaon                              |
|    57 |                  |    | Kamal              | KVKNDRI                                  |
|    58 |                  |    | Mahendragarh       | KVK Mahendragarh                         |
|    59 |                  |    | Kurukshetra        | KVK Urbanstate                           |
|    60 |                  |    | Yamunanagar        | KVKDamla                                 |
|    61 | Himachal Pradesh | 4  | *Chamba            | KVK Chamba (Saru Farm)                   |
|    62 |                  |    | Bilaspur           | KVK Bilaspur                             |
|    63 |                  |    | Sundemagar         |                                          |
|    64 |                  |    | Sirmaur            | KVK Sirmaur(Dhulakuan)                   |
|    65 | JandK            | 4  | *Baramula          | KVK Baramula (Kunzer, Tangmarg)          |
|    66 |                  |    | Kathua             | KVKKathua                                |
|    67 |                  |    | *Kupwara           | KVKKupwara                               |
|    68 |                  |    | Reasi              | KVKReasi                                 |
|    69 | Jharkhand        | 17 | *Lohardagga        | KVK Lohardaga BAD                        |
|    70 |                  |    | *West Singhbum     | KVK BAD Jagannathpur                     |

|   71. |                |    | *Sahibganj   | KVK Sahibganj                     |
|-------|----------------|----|--------------|-----------------------------------|
|    72 |                |    | *Kunthi      | KVK Diyankel Village              |
|    73 |                |    | *Simdega     | KVK BanoSimdega                   |
|    74 |                |    | *Pakur       | KVKPakur                          |
|    75 |                |    | *Godda       | KVKGodda                          |
|    76 |                |    | Deoghar      |                                   |
|    77 |                |    | *Chatra      | KVK Chatra                        |
|    78 |                |    | *Palamu      | KVK PalamuDaltanganj              |
|    79 |                |    | *Bokaro      | KVK Bokaro (Petabvar)             |
|    80 |                |    | *Garhwa      | KVKGarhwa                         |
|    81 |                |    | *Ramgarh     | KVKRamgarh                        |
|    82 |                |    | *Giridih     | KVK GiridihBengabad               |
|    83 |                |    | *Hazaribag   | KVK Hazaribag                     |
|    84 |                |    | *Latehar     | KVK LateharBalumath               |
|    85 |                |    | *Gumla       | KVK GumlaBishnupur                |
|    86 | Karnataka      | 12 | Haveri       | KVK Hanumanamatti                 |
|    87 |                |    | Mandya       | KVK, V.C.Farm, Mandya             |
|    88 |                |    | Bellary      | KVK Hageri                        |
|    89 |                |    | Chikmangalur |                                   |
|    90 |                |    | Kodagu       | KVK Gonikoppal                    |
|    91 |                |    | Bagalkot     | KVK Agriculture Research Station, |
|    92 |                |    | Koppal       | KVK ARS Campus, Kanakgiri Road    |
|    93 |                |    | *Yadgir      | KVK Kawadimatti                   |
|    94 |                |    | Tumkur       | KVK ZARS, Konehally               |
|    95 |                |    | Ramnagaram   | KVK Chandurayanghalli             |
|    96 |                |    | Chamrajnagar | KVK Seed Farm, Hardanhally        |
|    97 |                |    | Kolar        | KVK Tanka Farm                    |
|    98 | Kerala         | 3  | Malappuram   | KVK Malappuram                    |
|    99 |                |    | Palghat      | KVK Pattambi                      |
|   100 |                |    | Kollam       |                                   |
|   101 | Lakshadweep    | 1  | Kiltan       | KVK, Lakshadweep                  |
|   102 | Madhya Pradesh | 14 | Ashoknagar   | KVK Ashoknagar                    |
|   103 |                |    | *Singrauli   | KVK Singrauli                     |
|   104 |                |    | Neemuch      | KVK Neemuch                       |
|   105 |                |    | Rewa         | KVKRewa                           |

| 106.   |             |    | Katni               | KVKKatni                     |
|--------|-------------|----|---------------------|------------------------------|
| 107.   |             |    | *Damoh              | KVKDamoh                     |
| lOS.   |             |    | *Barwani            | KVKBadwani                   |
| 109.   |             |    | *Rajgarh            | KVKRajgarh                   |
| 110.   |             |    | Shahdo!             | KVKShahdo!                   |
| 111.   |             |    | Balaghat            | KVKBadgaon                   |
| 112.   |             |    | *Guna               | KVKGuna                      |
| 113.   |             |    | *Khandwa            | KVKKhandwa                   |
| 114.   |             |    | Shivpuri            | KVK Shivpuri                 |
| 115.   |             |    | *Chhatrapur         | KVK Chhattarpur (Nowgong)    |
| 116.   | Maharashtra | 10 | Nagpur              | KVK Nagpur                   |
| 117.   |             |    | Palghar             | KVK Thane                    |
| lIS.   |             |    | *Nandurbar          | KVK Nandurbar                |
| 119.   |             |    | Solapur             | KVK Solapur-II               |
| 120.   |             |    | *Osmanabad          | KVK Osmanabad                |
| 121.   |             |    | Aurangabad          | KVK Aurangabad-I             |
| 122.   |             |    | Bhandara            | KVK Bhandara                 |
| 123.   |             |    | *Gadchiroli         | KVK Gadchiroli               |
| 124.   |             |    | Buldana             | KVK Buldana-II               |
| 125.   |             |    | *Wasim              | KVK Washim                   |
| 126.   | Manipur     | 1  | *Chandel            | KVKChandel                   |
| 127.   | Meghalaya   | 2  | *Ribhoi             | KVKRibhoi                    |
| 12S.   |             |    | West Khasi Hills    | KVK Nongstoin                |
| 129.   | Mizoram     | 1  | *Mamit              | KVKMamit                     |
| 130.   | Nagaland    | 2  | Mokokchung          | KVK Mokokchung               |
| 131.   |             |    | *Kephire            | KVKKiphire                   |
| 132.   | New Delhi   | 1  | South-West District | KVK Ujwa                     |
| 133.   | Odisha      | 10 | Cuttack             | KVK Cuttack (Santhapur Farm) |
| 134.   |             |    | *Rayagada           | KVK, Gunupur                 |
| 135.   |             |    | Mayurbhanj          |                              |
| 136.   |             |    | *Balangir           | KVKNimkana                   |
| 137.   |             |    | Jagatsinghpur       |                              |
| 13S.   |             |    | Nayagarh            | KVK Panipolia                |
| 139.   |             |    | Ganjam              | KVK Benakuda                 |
| 140.   |             |    | *Gajapati           | KVK R. Udayagiri             |
| 141.   |             |    | Puri                |                              |

|   142. |               |    | Angul          |                                            |
|--------|---------------|----|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
|    143 | Puducherry    | 1  | Puducherry     | KVK Puducherry                             |
|    144 | Punjab        | 5  | Ropar          | KVKRopar                                   |
|    145 |               |    | Jalandhar      | KVK Jalandhar (Nurmahal)                   |
|    146 |               |    | *Firozpur      | KVK Ferozpur (Malwal Farm)                 |
|    147 |               |    | *Moga          | KVKMoga (Budh Singh Wala)                  |
|    148 |               |    | Barnala        | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Barnala-148107       |
|    149 | Rajasthan     | 9  | Chittorgarh    | KVK, Chittorgarh                           |
|    150 |               |    | Dungarpur      | KVK Dungarpur                              |
|    151 |               |    | *Karauli       | KVKKarauli                                 |
|    152 |               |    | *laisalmer     | KVK Jaisalmer-I                            |
|    153 |               |    | Hanumangarh    | KVK Sangaria, Hanumangarh-I                |
|    154 |               |    | Jalore         | KVK Jalore                                 |
|    155 |               |    | *Dholpur       | KVKDholpur                                 |
|    156 |               |    | *Baran         | KVK Anta, Baran                            |
|    157 |               |    | *Sirohi        | KVK Sirohi                                 |
|    158 | Sikkim        | 2  | East Sikkim    | KVK Ranipool                               |
|    159 |               |    | *West Sikkim   | KVKManga                                   |
|    160 | Tamil Nadu    | 10 | Cuddalore      | KVK Vridhachalam                           |
|    161 |               |    | Pudukkottai    | KVK Pudukkottai                            |
|    162 |               |    | *Ramanathpuram | KVK Ramnathpuram                           |
|    163 |               |    | *Virudhunagar  | KVK Aruppukottai                           |
|    164 |               |    | Vellore        | KVK Virinjipuram                           |
|    165 |               |    | Thirruvallur   | KVK Tirur                                  |
|    166 |               |    | Kancheepuram   | KVK Kattupakkam                            |
|    167 |               |    | Dharmapuri     | KVK Papparapatty                           |
|    168 |               |    | Salem          | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Distt. Salem-636 203 |
|    169 |               |    | Tiruchirapalli | KVK Sirugamani                             |
|    170 | Telangana     | 4  | *Adilabad      | KVK Adilabad                               |
|    171 |               |    | Nalgonda       | KVKNalgonda (Kampasagar)                   |
|    172 |               |    | *Warangal      | KVK Warangal (Mamnoor)                     |
|    173 |               |    | *Khammam       | KVK Khammam (Wyra)                         |
|    174 | Tripura       | 1  | *Dhalai        | KVK Dhalai                                 |
|    175 | Uttar Pradesh | 17 | Bhadohi        | KVKBhadohi                                 |
|    176 |               |    | *Sonebhadra    | KVK Tissuhi, Sonbhadra                     |
|    177 |               |    | Kannuaj        | KVK Kannuaj (Anaughi), Kannauj             |

|   178. |             |    | Gorakhpur        | KVKBelipar, Gorakhpur                       |
|--------|-------------|----|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|    179 |             |    | *Fatehpur        | KVK Tharion, Fatehpur                       |
|    180 |             |    | Bulandsahar      | KVK, Bulandsahar, Bulandshahar              |
|    181 |             |    | *Chitrakot       | KVK Ganivan (Via-Pahari), Chitrakoot        |
|    182 |             |    | Jaunpur          | KVKJaunpur                                  |
|    183 |             |    | Kushinagar       | KVK Veg Seed Prod Farm, Kushinagar          |
|    184 |             |    | Azamgarh         | KVK Harbanspur, Azamgarh                    |
|    185 |             |    | *Siddarthnagar   | KVK Sohna, Siddharthanagar                  |
|    186 |             |    | Gazipur          | KVK P G College Ravindrapuri, Ghazipur      |
|    187 |             |    | Shajahnapur      | KVK Niyamatpur, Shahajahanpur               |
|    188 |             |    | Baghpat          | KVK Meerut Road, Baghpat                    |
|    189 |             |    | *Balrampur       | KVK Near MotipurHarhawa, Balrampur          |
|    190 |             |    | *Chandauli       | KVK BichiyaAgril. Farm, Chandauli           |
|    191 |             |    | Mainpuri         | KrishiVigyan Kendra, Distt. Mainpuri-205001 |
|    192 | Uttarakhand | 3  | Almora           |                                             |
|    193 |             |    | Nainital         | KVK Nainital(Jeolikot)                      |
|    194 |             |    | Pithoragarh      | KVK Pithoragarh(GainaAncoli)                |
|    195 | West Bengal | 6  | *Mursidabad      | KVK Murshidabad                             |
|    196 |             |    | North 24Parganas | KVK Ashoknagar North 24 Parganas            |
|    197 |             |    | Jalpaiguri       |                                             |
|    198 |             |    | *Birbhum         | RathindraKVK,Santiniketan ,Bolpur           |
|    199 |             |    | Purulia          |                                             |
|    200 |             |    | *Maldah          | KVK Ratua, MaIda                            |