SMS Alert about Weather Conditions being Provided to Farmers
The
Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) of Earth System Science Organization
(ESSO)-India Meteorological Department (IMD) is rendered on twice weekly
basis in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs),
institutions of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), IITs
etc.
Giving this information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today the
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh
Vardhan said that district level weather forecast for next 5-days is
provided to farmers in respect of:
• Rainfall
• maximum temperature, minimum temperature
• wind speed, wind direction
• relative humidity and clouds
• weekly cumulative rainfall forecast
The GKMS of ESSO-IMD has been successful in providing the crop specific
advisories to the farmers through different print/visual/Radio/ IT based
media including short message service (SMS) and Interactive Voice
Response Service (IVRS) facilitating for appropriate field level
actions. Weather forecast based agro-meteorological advisories are
disseminated through Kisan portal launched by the Ministry of
Agriculture and also under public private partner. At present, the GKMS
products are disseminated through SMS and IVRS to 11.5 million farmers
in the country.
The SMS services are meant for any farmer across the country who
registers in Kisan Portal or through the designated SMS service
providers under public private partnership (PPP) mode.
ESSO-IMD also launched an SMS-based alert system for general public for
dissemination of weather and disaster-related (cyclone, severe weather
storms, heavy rains) information. Under this round-the-clock web-based
operational system, the ESSO-IMD will send SMS to individuals who would
register themselves at the weather forecaster's official website
(www.imd.gov.in) for this purpose. Besides giving information about
natural calamities, the system will also suggest what action needs to be
taken.
ESSO-IMD had a mobile application for Android based smart phone/tablets.
The mobile app by the name “Indian Weather” is downloadable from Google
play store, free of cost. Presently, the app provides current weather
and 4 days weather forecast across the country for 310 cities. The
mobile app. shall also be hosted for free download from the government
mobile appstore (https:/apps.mgov.gov.in/indwx.isp).
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