Lok Sabha Question No. 3628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Weather Forecast Centre in Districts
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3628 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 02, 2019

## WEATHER FROECAST CENTRE IN DISTRICTS

## 3628. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of State-of-art weather forecast centres established in  various  districts  in  the  country  including  the  districts  in Maharashtra;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps/proposes  to  take steps  to  set  up  weather  forecast  centre  in  the  backward districts  of  the  country  including  in  Buldhana  district  of Maharashtra;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) Madam,  no  forecasting  centres  at  district level  are  under establishment  by  IMD.  However,  weather  forecast  based  agroadvisory service centres at district level are under establishment in phased manner for serving the farming community in the district.

The network of 530 District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs) is planned to be established in addition to the existing 130 Agro Met Field Units (AFMUs) to cover all the districts in a phased manner.  At present, the process of setting up of DAMUs at 200 Krishi Vigyan Kendras  (KVKs)  has  been  undertaken  in  partnership  with  the Indian council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).

The list of DAMUs under establishment is given in Annexure -I, which includes Buldhana and 10 other districts in the State of Maharashtra for providing agriculture advisory services.

(b-d) Does not arise.

## List of KVKs selected to establish DAMUs

## Annexure-I

| S.N o    | State No    | District       | KVK Name                      |
|----------|-------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra | 9           | Prakasam       | Prakasam (Darsi)              |
| 2        |             | East Godavari  | Kalavacharla                  |
| 3        |             | YSR Kaddappa   | KVK,Utukur                    |
| 4        |             | Viziagnagara m | KVK,Rastakuntubai             |
| 5        |             | Nellore        | KVK,AK Nagar                  |
| 6        |             | Kurnool        | KVK,Banavasivillage           |
| 7        |             | West Godavari  | KVK,Venkatramannagudem        |
| 8        |             | Krishna        | KVK, Garikapadu               |
| 9        |             | Srikakulam     | KVK,Ambadavasla               |
| 10       | Arunachal 3 | East Siang     | East Siang                    |
| 11       |             | Papumpare      | Papumpare                     |
| 12       |             | Tawang         | Tawang                        |
| 13 Assam | 9           | Dhemaji        | KVK, Dhemaji                  |
| 14       |             | Tinsukia       | Tinsukia                      |
| 15       |             | Kamrup         | Kamrup                        |
| 16       |             | Golaghat       | Golaghat                      |
| 17       |             | Cachar         | Cachar                        |
| 18       |             | Sibsagar       | KVK Nazira                    |
| 19       |             | Baksa          | KVK Dhepargau, Mauza, Kaurbha |
| 20       |             | Nalbari        | KVK Sariahtoli,               |
| 21       |             | Goalpara       | KVK Dudhoni                   |
| 22       | Bihar 12    | Buxar          | Lalgang (Buxar)               |
| 23       |             | Gaya           | Gaya                          |
| 24       |             | Purnea         | Purnea (Jalalgarh)            |
| 25       |             | East Champaran | Piprakothi,                   |
| 26       |             | Rohtas         | Bikramganj                    |
| 27       |             | Nalanda        | HarnautNalanda                |
| 28       |             | Saran          | Saran                         |
| 29       |             | Kisanganj      | KVK,Tahakurganj               |
| 30       |             | West Champaran | KVK,Madhopur                  |
| 31       |             | Banka          | KVK,Vijaynagar                |
| 32       |             | Munger         | KVK Shankarpur                |
| 33       |             | Araraia        | KVK Araria                    |

| 34 Chattisgarh      | 9   | Jashpur            | Dumarbahar                               |
|---------------------|-----|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 35                  |     | Korea              | Korea (Salka)                            |
| 36                  |     | Balrampur          | Balrampur                                |
| 37                  |     | Narayanpur         | Narayanpur                               |
| 38                  |     | Bijapur            | Bijapur                                  |
| 39                  |     | Rajnanadgaon       | KVK Govt farm at Surguji                 |
| 40                  |     | Balodbazar         | KVK Bhapradiah Irrigation Colony         |
| 41                  |     | Surguja            | KVK Jaber,Balrampur                      |
| 42                  |     | Durg               | KVK Anjora                               |
| 43 Goa              | 2   | North Goa          | KVK Goa                                  |
| 44                  |     | South Goa          | KVK Panji                                |
| 45 Gujarat          | 10  | Panchmahal         | KVK Panchmahal                           |
| 46                  |     | Valsad             | KVK AMBHETI                              |
| 47                  |     | Surendranaga r     | KVK Nanakanthasar                        |
| 48                  |     | Tapi               | KVK RRRC,Vyara                           |
| 49                  |     | Dang               | KVK Waghai                               |
| 50                  |     | Narmada            | KVK Seed multiplication farm, Dediyapada |
| 51                  |     | Kheda              | KVK Dethali                              |
| 52                  |     | Sabarkantha        | KVK Khedabramha                          |
| 53                  |     | Jamnagar           | KVK Air force road                       |
| 54                  |     | Surat              | KVK CRC, Athwaline                       |
| 55 Haryana          | 7   | Sonipat            | KVK Jagdishpur,Sonipat                   |
| 56                  |     | Shikohpur,Gur gaon | Gurgaon                                  |
| 57                  |     | Karnal             | KVK NDRI                                 |
| 58                  |     | Ambala             | KVK Ambala                               |
| 59                  |     | Mahendragarh       | KVK Mahendragarh                         |
| 60                  |     | Kurukshetra        | KVK Urbanstate                           |
| 61                  |     | Yamunanagar        | KVK Damla                                |
| 62 Himachal Pradesh | 4   | Chamba             | Chamba (Saru Farm)                       |
| 63                  |     | Bilaspur           | KVK Bilaspur                             |
| 64                  |     | Kangra             | KVK Doonga Bazar                         |
| 65                  |     | Sirmaur            | KVK RRS,Dhulakuan                        |
| 66 J and K          | 4   | Budgam             | Budgam                                   |
| 67                  |     | Kathua             | Kathua                                   |
| 68                  |     | Poonch             | KVK Maize Breeding Res. SubStation       |
| 69                  |     | Udhampur           | KVK The Reasi                            |
| 70 Jharkhand        | 5   | Lohardaga          | KVK, Lohardaga BAU                       |

|   71 |                |    | West Singhbum   | KVK,BAUJagannathpur, West Singhbhum-           |
|------|----------------|----|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
|   72 |                |    | Dhanbad         | KVK Baliarpur Farm                             |
|   73 |                |    | Kunthi          | KVK Diyankel Village                           |
|   74 |                |    | Simdega         | KVK BanoSimdega                                |
|   75 | Karnataka      | 14 | Haveri          | Hanumanamatti                                  |
|   76 |                |    | Bangalore Rural | TubagereHobli,Doddaballapu r                   |
|   77 |                |    | Chikkamagalu ru | KVK, Handpost ,Mudigere                        |
|   78 |                |    | Mandya          | KVK, V.C.Farm, Mandya                          |
|   79 |                |    | Bellary         | KVK Hageri                                     |
|   80 |                |    | Hassan          | KVK Kandalii                                   |
|   81 |                |    | Kodagu          | KVK Gonikoppal                                 |
|   82 |                |    | Bagalkot        | KVK Agriculture Research Station,              |
|   83 |                |    | Koppal          | KVK ARS Campus,Kanakgiri Road                  |
|   84 |                |    | Gulbarga        | KVK Agriculture Research Station, Aland Road   |
|   85 |                |    | Tumkur          | KVK ZARS, Konehally                            |
|   86 |                |    | Ramnagaram      | KVK Chandurayanghalli                          |
|   87 |                |    | Chamrajnagar    | KVK Seed Farm, Hardanhally                     |
|   88 |                |    | Kolar           | KVK Tanka Farm                                 |
|   89 | Kerala         | 4  | Malappuram      | Malappuram                                     |
|   90 |                |    | Kollam          | Kolla                                          |
|   91 |                |    | Palghat         | KVK Pattambi                                   |
|   92 |                |    | Kasargod        | KVK CPCRI, Kundlu                              |
|   93 | Lakshadweep    | 1  | Akbar           | KVK,Lakshadweep                                |
|   94 | Madhya Pradesh | 16 | Ashoknagar      | Ashoknagar                                     |
|   95 |                |    | Rewa            | Rewa                                           |
|   96 |                |    | Dindori         | Dindori                                        |
|   97 |                |    | Neemuch         | Vikas Nagar, Neemuch                           |
|   98 |                |    | Mandla          |                                                |
|   99 |                |    | Sagar           | KVK Zonal Agriculture Research Station,Bamhori |
|  100 |                |    | Katni           | KVK KatangiKalaa, Padria                       |
|  101 |                |    | Damoh           | KVK Damoh                                      |
|  102 |                |    | Narsingpur      | KVK ShastriBhawan                              |
|  103 |                |    | Rajnagar        | KVK KothiBaghBiora                             |
|  104 |                |    | Shahdol         | KVK Technical School Campus, Rewa Road         |
|  105 |                |    | Balaghat        | KVK Badgaon                                    |

|   106 |             |    | Seoni                | KVK Block office compound   |
|-------|-------------|----|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|   107 |             |    | Betul                | KVK Betul Bazar             |
|   108 |             |    | Shivpuri             | KVK Faehpur                 |
|   109 |             |    | Chhatrapur           | KVK Nowgaon                 |
|   110 | Maharashtra | 11 | Nagpur               | Nagpur (Panjari Farm)       |
|   111 |             |    | Palghar              | Kosbad (Dahanu)             |
|   112 |             |    | Dhule                | Dhule                       |
|   113 |             |    | Solapur              | Mohol                       |
|   114 |             |    | Osmanabad            | Tuljapur                    |
|   115 |             |    | Aurangabad           | KVK,Paithan road            |
|   116 |             |    | Raigarh              | KVK Karjat                  |
|   117 |             |    | Bhandara             | KVK Sakoli                  |
|   118 |             |    | Wardha               | KVK Selsura                 |
|   119 |             |    | Buldana              | KVK Buldana                 |
|   120 |             |    | Gondia               | KVK Hiwara                  |
|   121 | Manipur     | 1  | Ukhrul               | Hungpung                    |
|   122 | Meghalaya   | 2  | West GaroHills       | Tura                        |
|   123 |             |    | West Khasi Hills     | Nongstoin                   |
|   124 | Mizoram     | 1  | Lengpui              | Mamit                       |
|   125 | Nagaland    | 2  | Mokokchung           | Mokokchung                  |
|   126 |             |    | Zunheboto            | Zunheboto                   |
|   127 | New Delhi   | 1  | South -West District | Ujwa                        |
|   128 | Orissa      | 10 | Cuttack              | Cuttack (SanthapurFarm)     |
|   129 |             |    | Rayagada             | KVK,Gunupur                 |
|   130 |             |    | Sundargarh I         | KVK,Kirei                   |
|   131 |             |    | Puri                 | KVK Villampara              |
|   132 |             |    | Jagatsinghpur        | KVK Nimkana                 |
|   133 |             |    | Boudh                | KVK Butupalli               |
|   134 |             |    | Nayagarh             | KVK Panipolia               |
|   135 |             |    | Ganjam               | KVK Benakuda                |
|   136 |             |    | Gajapati             | KVK R. Udayagiri            |
|   137 |             |    | Mayurbhanj           | KVK Shyamakuntha            |
|   138 | Puducherry  | 1  | Puducherry           | KVK Puducherry              |
|   139 | Punjab      | 5  | Ropar                | Ropar                       |
|   140 |             |    | Jalandhar            | Jalandhar (Nurmahal)        |
|   141 |             |    | Barnala              | KVK Handiya                 |
|   142 |             |    | Kapurthala           |                             |
|   143 |             |    | Nawanshahar          |                             |
|   144 | Rajasthan   | 10 | Chittorgarh          | Bojunda Farm, Chittorgarh   |
|   145 |             |    | Dungarpur            | Dungarpur                   |

|   146 |               |    | Jhalawar        | Jhalawar                         |
|-------|---------------|----|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|   147 |               |    | Nagaur          | Athiyasan                        |
|   148 |               |    | Hanumangarh     | Hanumangarh                      |
|   149 |               |    | Jalore          | KVK Jalore                       |
|   150 |               |    | Sawaimadhop ur  | KVK Karmoda                      |
|   151 |               |    | Baran           | KVK Station Road                 |
|   152 |               |    | Bhilwara        |                                  |
|   153 |               |    | Tonk            | KVK BanasthaliVidyapeeth         |
|   154 | Sikkim        | 2  | East Sikkim     | KVK Ranipool                     |
|   155 |               |    | North Sikkim    | KVK Manga                        |
|   156 | Tamil Nadu    | 12 | Cuddalore       | KVK Vridhachalam                 |
|   157 |               |    | Dindigul        | KVK Gandhigram                   |
|   158 |               |    | Pudukkottai     | KVK Pudukkottai                  |
|   159 |               |    | Sivagangai      | KVK Kundrakudi                   |
|   160 |               |    | Virudhunagar    | KVK Neethinagar                  |
|   161 |               |    | Vellore         | KVK Virinjipuram                 |
|   162 |               |    | Salem           | KVK SandhiyurMallur              |
|   163 |               |    | Thirruvallur    | KVK Tirur                        |
|   164 |               |    | Kanchipuram     | KVK Kattankullathur              |
|   165 |               |    | Dharmapuri      | KVK State seed farm, Papparppaty |
|   166 |               |    | Kanyakumari     | KVK, Thirupathisaram             |
|   167 |               |    | Trichirapalli   | KVK Sirigumani                   |
|   168 | Telangana     | 5  | Adilabad        | Adilabad                         |
|   169 |               |    | Nalgonda        | Nalgonda (Kampasagar)            |
|   170 |               |    | Warangal        | Warangal (Mamnoor)               |
|   171 |               |    | Nizamabad       | Nizamabad (Rudur)                |
|   172 |               |    | Nalgonda        | KVK Kampasagra, TripuramMandal   |
|   173 | Tripura       | 1  | South Tripura   | South Tripura                    |
|   174 | Uttar Pradesh | 17 | Bhadohi         | Bhadohi                          |
|   175 |               |    | Jaunpur         | Jaunpur                          |
|   176 |               |    | Kannuaj         | Kannuaj (Anaughi)                |
|   177 |               |    | Gorakhpur       | Belipar                          |
|   178 |               |    | Basti           | Basti (Banjara Farm)             |
|   179 |               |    | Bijnour         | KVK,Nagina                       |
|   180 |               |    | Bulandsahar     | KVK, Bulandsahar                 |
|   181 |               |    | Etah            | KVK,Etah                         |
|   182 |               |    | Fatehpur        | KVK Tharion                      |
|   183 |               |    | Lakhimpurkhir i | KVK, Chandanchauki               |
|   184 |               |    | Chandauli       | KVK BichiyaAgri Farm             |
|   185 |               |    | Kushinagar      | KVK Veg Seed Prod Farm           |

|   186 |             |    | Azamgarh         | KVK Harbanspur               |
|-------|-------------|----|------------------|------------------------------|
|   187 |             |    | Mainpuri         | KVK RRS                      |
|   188 |             |    | Gazipur          | KVK P G College Ravindrapuri |
|   189 |             |    | Shajahnapur      | KVK Niyamatpur               |
|   190 |             |    | Baghpat          | KVK Meerut Road              |
|   191 | Uttarakhand | 4  | Almora           | Almora                       |
|   192 |             |    | Chamoli          | KVK Gawaldam                 |
|   193 |             |    | Nianital         | JalpaiguriJeolikot           |
|   194 |             |    | Pithouragarh     | JalpaiguriGainaAncoli        |
|   195 | West Bengal | 6  | Burdwan          | Burdwan                      |
|   196 |             |    | North 24Parganas | North 24 Parganas            |
|   197 |             |    | Hoogly           | KVK Hoogly                   |
|   198 |             |    | Birbhum          | KVK Birbhum                  |
|   199 |             |    | DakshinDinajp ur | KVK Majhian                  |
|   200 |             |    | Jalpaiguri       | KVK Jalpaiguri               |