{"id":14992,"date":"2026-10-16T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14992"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:13:18","slug":"winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/winds\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Information Network and Data System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Weather Information Network and Data System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ambitious Weather Information Network and Data System project by an Agriculture Ministry body to install automatic rain gauges and automatic weather stations in States is proceeding at a crawl due to shortage of land.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Weather Information Network and Data System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a national initiative under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pradhan-mantri-fasal-bima-yojana-pmfby\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to strengthen <\/span><b>weather data infrastructure across India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a programme to set up <\/span><b>a nationwide network of weather sensors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>supply hyper-local weather data.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It employs <\/span><b>Automatic Weather Stations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Automatic Rain Gauges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to collect hyperlocal weather data at the <\/span><b>Block and Gram Panchayat levels.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>integrates weather data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pooled <\/span><b>from IMD, State Governments, and public\/private technical organisations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a single, unified national-level WINDS portal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is mainly to aid in computing insurance estimates and payouts under the <\/span><b>Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is run by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and executed through the <\/span><b>Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of WINDS<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It harnesses advanced weather data analytics to provide stakeholders with actionable insight to make informed weather decisions on agriculture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WINDS will <\/span><b>provide farmers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with critical <\/span><b>weather-related information and data.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WINDS initiative prioritizes the establishment of a robust network of meteorological stations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of this effort is to create a <\/span><b>large network of weather stations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that spans the whole nation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal is to close the knowledge gap and empower decision-makers, farmers, and stakeholders at the grassroots level.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/land-shortage-cripples-agriculture-ministry-weather-network\/article71588890.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather Information Network and Data System is a national initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to strengthen weather data infrastructure across 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