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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) launched the Panchayat Mausam Sewa Portal, providing weather services for farmers in multiple languages. They also introduced the National Framework of Climate Services (NFCS), aiming to reduce losses from extreme weather events.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) plans to use artificial intelligence and faster supercomputers to fine-tune its weather forecast models. The IMD is celebrating its 150th year and will launch 'Panchayat Mausam Seva' to provide weather forecasts to farmers in every village. The organization will also collaborate with academic institutions for joint development of tools to improve forecast accuracy.
Being an old organisation, IMD has had weather data since 1901 which has been digitised. AI is data science where we can utilise all this historical data to develop tools and methods for forecasting.
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The weather office will kick start its 150th-anniversary celebrations on Jan 15 with launch of ‘Panchayat Mausam Seva’ that aims to take weather forecasts to every farmer in every village