Lok Sabha Question No. 44 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Automatic Weather Stations
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## LOKSABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. *44

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,2019

## AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS

- *44 SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up new Automatic Weather Stations with an objective to provide accurate weather information to people, particularly farmers in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and location-wise and location-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

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

STATEMENT LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *44 REGARDING'AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS' FORANSWER ON 06 TH FEBRUARY, 2019.

- (a) Yes Madam. The network of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) helps in monitoring real-time severe 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 AWSin Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) selected for establishing District Agro-Met Units (DAMUs). At the city scale also, efforts are being made to increase the density of AWSto 300 by March 2020.
- (b) List of 200 KVKs where additional AWS is planned to be established by March 2020 is given in Annexure.
- (c) Doesnot 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 AK Nagar                            |
|       6 |                   |       | Kumool         | KVK Banavasivillage                    |
|       7 |                   |       | West Godavari  | KVK Venkatramannagudern                |
|       8 |                   |       | Krishna        | KVK Garikapadu                         |
|       9 |                   |       | Srikakulam     | KVK Arnbadavasla                       |
|      10 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3     | *Namsai        | DistLohit                              |
|      11 |                   |       | Papurnpare     | KVK Papurnpare                         |
|      12 |                   |       | Tawang         | KVK Tawang                             |
|      13 | Assam             | 8     | *Hailakandi    | KVK Hailakandi, Chandpur               |
|      14 |                   |       | *Dhubri        | KVK Dhubri, AAU, Bilasipara            |
|      15 |                   |       | *Barpeta       | KVK Barpeta, Howly                     |
|      16 |                   |       | Cachar         | KVKCachar                              |
|      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 |                   |       | *Jarnui        | 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 |                  |     | *Bijapur           | KVK Bijapur                              |
|    40 |                  |     | *Rajnanadgaon      | 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 |                  |     | Jarnnagar          | KVK Air force road                       |
|    54 |                  |     | Surat              | KVK CRC, Athwaline                       |
|    55 | Haryana          | 6   | Sonipat            | KVK Jagdishpur,Sonipat                   |
|    56 |                  |     | Shikohpur,Gurgao n | KVKGurgaon                               |
|    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 BAU                        |
|    70 |                  |     | *West Singhbum     | KVK BAU Jagannathpur                     |
|    71 |                  |     | *Sahibganj         | KVK Sahibganj                            |

| 72.   |                |    | *Kunthi      | KVK Diyankel Village              |
|-------|----------------|----|--------------|-----------------------------------|
| 73.   |                |    | *Simdega     | KVK BanoSimdega                   |
| 74.   |                |    | *Pakur       | KVKPakur                          |
| 7S.   |                |    | *Godda       | KVKGodda                          |
| 76.   |                |    | Deoghar      |                                   |
| 77.   |                |    | *Chatra      | KVKChatra                         |
| 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               |
| 8S.   |                |    | *Gumla       | KVK GumlaBishnupur                |
| 86.   | Karnataka      | 12 | Haveri       | KVK Hanumanamatti                 |
| 87.   |                |    | Mandya       | KVK, V.C.Farm, Mandya             |
| 88.   |                |    | Bellary      | KVKHageri                         |
| 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               |
| 9S.   |                |    | Rarnnagaram  | KVK Chandurayanghalli             |
| 96.   |                |    | Chamrajnagar | KVK Seed Farm, Hardanhally        |
| 97.   |                |    | Kolar        | KVK Tanka Farm                    |
| 98.   | Kerala         | 3  | Malappuram   | KVKMalappuram                     |
| 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                       |
| lOS.  |                |    | Rewa         | KVKRewa                           |
| 106.  |                |    | Katni        | KVKKatni                          |
| 107.  |                |    | *Damoh       | KVKDamoh                          |
| 108.  |                |    | *Barwani     | KVKBadwani                        |
| 109.  |                |    | *Rajgarh     | KVKRajgarh                        |

|   110. |             |    | Shahdol             | KVK Shahdol                         |
|--------|-------------|----|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|    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                           |
|    118 |             |    | *Nandurbar          | KVK Nandurbar                       |
|    119 |             |    | Solapur             | KVKSolapur- 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                           |
|    128 |             |    | West Khasi Hills    | KVK Nongstoin                       |
|    129 | Mizoram     | 1  | *Mamit              | KVKMamit                            |
|    130 | Nagaland    | 2  | Mokokchung          | KVK Mokokchung                      |
|    131 |             |    | *Kephire            | KVK Kiphire                         |
|    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 |             |    | 1 agatsinghpur      |                                     |
|    138 |             |    | 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             | KrishiVigyan Kendra, Barnala-148107 |
|    149 | Rajasthan   | 9  | Chittorgarh         | KVK, Chittorgarh                    |

|   150. |               |    | Dungarpur      | KVK Dungarpur                             |
|--------|---------------|----|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|    151 |               |    | *Karauli       | KVK Karauli                               |
|    152 |               |    | *Jaisalmer     | KVKJaisalmer-I                            |
|    153 |               |    | Hanumangarh    | KVK Sangaria, Hanumangarh- I              |
|    154 |               |    | Jalore         | KVK Jalore                                |
|    155 |               |    | *Dholpur       | KVK Dholpur                               |
|    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          | KrishiVigyan 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        | KVKDhaiai                                 |
|    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 Ravindrl!Q_uri,Ghazi2_ur  |

|   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                            |