Lok Sabha Question No. 307 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Establishment of DAMU
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *307 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 22 ND  MARCH, 2023

## ESTABLISHMENT OF DAMU

- *307. DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN: SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  established  District  Agro-Meteorological  Field  Units (DAMU) in each state which are responsible for preparing and disseminating district and sub-district level agro-met advisories;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the fund allocated to establish the DAMU network;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  information  on  the  number  of  Doppler  Weather Radars (DWR) installed to predict extreme weather events in the country including Chhattisgarh and Karnataka during the last five years;  and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN REPLY TO (a) to (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. *307 REGARDING 'ESTABLISHMENT OF DAMU' TO BE ANSWERED ON, MARCH 22, 2023

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir. District Agromet Units (DAMUs) have been established at Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR)  to  implement  block  level  Agrometeorological  Advisory  Services (AAS).  Till  date,  199  District  Agromet  Units  (DAMUs)  have  been  established  at KVKs across the country under ICAR network. These DAMUs prepare district and block level Agromet Advisories based on district and block level weather forecasts for their respective districts and communicate to the farmers on every Tuesday and Friday.  Block  level  weather  forecast  and  Agromet  Advisories  aid  the  farmers  in taking decision on day-to-day agricultural operations. The information on State-wise network of DAMU has been given in Annexure I.
- (c) The year-wise details of funds released to ICAR under GKMS for DAMU network is furnished below :
- (d) - (e) India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD)  has  installed  about  37  Doppler  Weather Radars (DWRs) in the country. The existing DWR network, wherein the States of Chhattisgarh and Karnataka are also catered in is provided in Annexure-II. During last five years 11 DWRs have been installed and the list is given below :

| S. No.   | Financial year   |   Amount released (in crores) |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1)       | 2022-23          |                         31    |
| 2)       | 2021-22          |                         11    |
| 3)       | 2020-21          |                          4    |
| 4)       | 2019-20          |                         14.07 |
| 5)       | 2018-19          |                          7.6  |

|   S. No. | Site Name                     | Date of Installation   |
|----------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand       | 30.08.2020             |
|        2 | Leh, Ladakh                   | 08.10.2020             |
|        3 | Kurfi, Himachal Pradesh       | 20.11.2020             |
|        4 | Jammu,J&K                     | 04.08.2021             |
|        5 | Ayanagar, New Delhi           | 25.09.2021             |
|        6 | Veravali, Maharashtra         | 22.12.2021             |
|        7 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu           | 22.12.2021             |
|        8 | Surkanda Devi, Uttarakhandd   | 11.03.2022             |
|        9 | Banihal Top,J&K               | 01.09.2022             |
|       10 | Jot, Himachal Pradesh         | 17.12.2022             |
|       11 | Murari Devi, Himachal Pradesh | 06.01.2023             |

## List of 199 DAMUs established

|   S. No. | State             | Number of DAMUs   | District       |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Pradesh           |                   | Prakasam       |
|        2 | Pradesh           |                   | East Godavari  |
|        3 | Pradesh           |                   | *YSR Kaddappa  |
|        4 | Pradesh           |                   | *Vizianagaram  |
|        5 | Pradesh           | 9                 | Nellore        |
|        6 | Pradesh           |                   | Kurnool        |
|        7 | Pradesh           |                   | West Godavari  |
|        8 | Pradesh           |                   | Krishna        |
|        9 | Pradesh           |                   | Srikakulam     |
|       10 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                 | *Namsai        |
|       11 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                 | Papumpare      |
|       12 |                   | 8                 | *Hailakandi    |
|       13 |                   | 8                 | *Dhubri        |
|       14 |                   | 8                 | *Barpeta       |
|       15 |                   | 8                 | Cachar         |
|       16 |                   | 8                 | *Darrang       |
|       17 |                   | 8                 | *Baksa         |
|       18 |                   | 8                 | *Udalguri      |
|       19 |                   | 8                 | *Goalpara      |
|       20 |                   | 13                | *Khagaria      |
|       21 |                   |                   | *Gaya          |
|       22 |                   |                   | *Purnea        |
|       23 |                   |                   | East Champaran |
|       24 |                   |                   | *Katihar       |
|       25 |                   |                   | *Sitamarhi     |
|       26 |                   |                   | *Sheikpura     |
|       27 |                   |                   | *Nawada        |
|       28 |                   |                   | *Banka         |
|       29 |                   |                   | *Jamui         |
|       30 |                   |                   | *Araria        |
|       31 |                   |                   | *Muzaffarpur   |
|       32 |                   |                   | *Aurangabad    |
|       33 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | *Mahasamund    |
|       34 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | *Korba         |
|       35 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | Jashpur        |
|       36 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | *Narayanpur    |
|       37 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | *Bijapur       |
|       38 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | *Rajnanadgaon  |
|       39 | Chhattisgarh      | 9                 | *Kanker        |

## Annexure I

|   40 |                  |    | *Dantewada        |
|------|------------------|----|-------------------|
|   41 |                  |    | Korea             |
|   42 | Goa              | 1  | North Goa         |
|   43 |                  |    | Panchmahal        |
|   44 |                  |    | *Dahod            |
|   45 |                  |    | Amreli            |
|   46 |                  |    | Dang              |
|   47 | Gujarat          | 9  | *Narmada          |
|   48 |                  |    | Vadodara          |
|   49 |                  |    | Valsad            |
|   50 |                  |    | Jamnagar          |
|   51 |                  |    | Surat             |
|   52 |                  |    | Sonipat           |
|   53 |                  |    | Shikohpur,Gurgaon |
|   54 |                  |    | Karnal            |
|   55 |                  |    | Mahendragarh      |
|   56 |                  |    | Kurukshetra       |
|   57 |                  |    | Yamunanagar       |
|   58 | Haryana          | 13 | Ambala            |
|   59 |                  |    | Bhiwani           |
|   60 |                  |    | Fatehabad         |
|   61 |                  |    | Jhajjar           |
|   62 |                  |    | Jind              |
|   63 |                  |    | Panipat           |
|   64 |                  |    | Rohtak            |
|   65 |                  |    | Bilaspur          |
|   66 | Himachal Pradesh | 3  | Sundernagar       |
|   67 |                  |    | Sirmaur           |
|   68 |                  |    | *Baramula         |
|   69 |                  |    | Kathua            |
|   70 | J and K          | 4  | *Kupwara          |
|   71 |                  |    | Reasi             |
|   72 |                  |    | *Kunthi           |
|   73 |                  |    | *Godda            |
|   74 |                  |    | Deoghar           |
|   75 | Jharkhand        | 6  | *Ramgarh          |
|   76 |                  |    | *Hazaribag        |
|   77 |                  |    | *Gumla            |
|   78 |                  |    | Haveri            |
|   79 |                  |    | Mandya            |
|   80 | Karnataka        | 12 | Bellary           |
|   82 |                  |    | Kodagu            |
|   83 |                  |    | Bagalkot          |

| 84      |                |    | Koppal                      |
|---------|----------------|----|-----------------------------|
| 85      |                |    | *Yadgir                     |
| 86      |                |    | Tumkuru                     |
| 87      |                |    | Ramnagaram                  |
| 88      |                |    | Chamrajanagara              |
| 89      |                |    | Kolar                       |
| 90      |                |    | Malappuram                  |
| 91      | Kerala         | 3  | Palghat                     |
| 92      |                |    | Kollam                      |
| 93      | Lakshadweep    | 1  | Kiltan                      |
| 94      | Lakshadweep    |    | Ashoknagar                  |
| 95      | Lakshadweep    |    | *Singrauli                  |
| 96      | Lakshadweep    |    | Neemuch                     |
| 97      | Lakshadweep    |    | Rewa                        |
| 98      | Lakshadweep    |    | Katni                       |
| 99      | Lakshadweep    |    | *Damoh                      |
| 100     | Lakshadweep    |    | *Barwani                    |
| 101     | Madhya Pradesh | 14 | *Rajgarh                    |
| 102     | Lakshadweep    |    | Shahdol                     |
| 103     | Lakshadweep    |    | Balaghat                    |
| 104     | Lakshadweep    |    | *Guna                       |
| 105     | Lakshadweep    |    | *Khandwa                    |
| 106     | Lakshadweep    |    | Shivpuri                    |
| 107     | Lakshadweep    |    | *Chhatrapur                 |
| 108     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Nagpur                      |
| 109     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Palghar                     |
| 110     | Maharashtra    | 11 | *Nandurbar                  |
| 111     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Solapur                     |
| 112     | Maharashtra    | 11 | *Osmanabad                  |
| 113     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Aurangabad                  |
| 114     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Bhandara                    |
| 115     | Maharashtra    | 11 | *Gadchiroli                 |
| 116     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Buldana                     |
| 117     | Maharashtra    | 11 | Amaravati                   |
| 118     | Maharashtra    | 11 | *Wasim                      |
| 119     | Manipur        | 1  | *Chandel                    |
| 120     | Meghalaya      | 2  | West Garo Hills             |
| 121 122 | Mizoram        | 1  | West Khasi Hills *Mamit     |
| 123     | Nagaland       | 2  | Mokokchung                  |
| 124     | Nagaland       | 2  | *Kephire                    |
| 125     | New Delhi      | 1  | South -West District (Ujwa) |
| 126     |                |    | Cuttack                     |
| 127     | Odisha         | 8  | *Rayagada                   |

|   128 |                  |    | Mayurbhanj     |
|-------|------------------|----|----------------|
|   129 |                  |    | *Balangir      |
|   130 |                  |    | Nayagarh       |
|   131 |                  |    | Ganjam         |
|   132 |                  |    | *Gajapati      |
|   133 |                  |    | Angul          |
|   134 | Puducherry       | 1  | Puducherry     |
|   135 | Punjab           | 5  | Ropar          |
|   136 | Punjab           | 5  | Jalandhar      |
|   137 | Punjab           | 5  | *Firozpur      |
|   138 | Punjab           | 5  | *Moga          |
|   139 | Punjab           | 5  | Barnala        |
|   140 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | Chittorgarh    |
|   141 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | Dungarpur      |
|   142 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | *Karauli       |
|   143 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | *Jaisalmer     |
|   144 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | Hanumangarh    |
|   145 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | Jalore         |
|   146 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | *Dholpur       |
|   147 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | *Baran         |
|   148 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | *Sirohi        |
|   149 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | Pali           |
|   150 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 10 | East Sikkim    |
|   151 | Rajasthan Sikkim | 2  | *West Sikkim   |
|   152 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Cuddalore      |
|   153 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Pudukkottai    |
|   154 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | *Ramanathpuram |
|   155 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | *Virudhunagar  |
|   156 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Vellore        |
|   157 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Thirruvallur   |
|   158 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Kancheepuram   |
|   159 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Dharmapuri     |
|   160 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Salem          |
|   161 | Tamil Nadu       | 10 | Tiruchirapalli |
|   162 | Telangana        | 8  | *Adilabad      |
|   163 | Telangana        | 8  | Nalgonda       |
|   164 | Telangana        | 8  | *Warangal      |
|   165 | Telangana        | 8  | *Khammam       |
|   166 | Telangana        | 8  | Badradri       |
|   167 | Telangana        | 8  | Mancherial     |
|   168 | Telangana        | 8  | Nagarkurnool   |
|   169 | Telangana        | 8  | Nizamabad      |
|   170 | Tripura          | 1  | *Dhalai        |
|   171 | Uttar Pradesh    | 20 | Bhadohi        |

|   172 |    | *Sonebhadra      |
|-------|----|------------------|
|   173 |    | Kannuaj          |
|   174 |    | Gorakhpur        |
|   175 |    | *Fatehpur        |
|   176 |    | Bulandsahar      |
|   177 |    | *Chitrakot       |
|   178 |    | Jaunpur          |
|   179 |    | Kushinagar       |
|   180 |    | Azamgarh         |
|   181 |    | *Siddarthnagar   |
|   182 |    | Gazipur          |
|   183 |    | Shajahnapur      |
|   184 |    | Baghpat          |
|   185 |    | *Balrampur       |
|   186 |    | *Chandauli       |
|   187 |    | Mainpuri         |
|   188 |    | Agra             |
|   189 |    | Etah             |
|   190 |    | Lucknow          |
|   191 | 2  | Almora           |
|   192 | 2  | Pithoragarh      |
|   193 |    | *Mursidabad      |
|   194 |    | North 24Parganas |
|   195 |    | Jalpaiguri       |
|   196 |    | *Birbhum         |
|   197 |    | Purulia          |
|   198 |    | *Maldah          |
|   199 |    | Barddhaman       |

* Aspirational Districts

## Annexure-II

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