NewzVille Desk
In a significant push toward building a climate-resilient and scientifically empowered India, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today unveiled a set of new scientific tools and digital services developed by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). Marking the 19th Foundation Day of the Ministry at an event held in the national capital, the Minister said the past decade had seen a remarkable turnaround in the Ministry’s visibility, outreach, and real-time impact on people’s lives.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said that science and innovation were not just central to ecological sustainability but would also play a pivotal role in India’s economic rise in the coming decades. “We are now at a stage where even a casual user can access live weather alerts, cyclone warnings, air quality updates, and ocean forecasts on their mobile phones.”
“This is the result of a Government that works in mission mode and a Ministry that has turned itself into a citizen-service institution,” he said.
During the celebrations, the Minister formally launched 14 major products and initiatives developed by various institutes under the MoES.
These included rainfall monitoring and crop-weather calendars, advanced weather forecasting systems like the Bharat Forecast System – Extended Range Prediction (BharatFS-ERP), high-resolution rainfall datasets, updated wave atlases and seabed charts, air quality forecasting systems, marine biodiversity reports, and seismic microzonation studies of four Indian cities.
A new documentary titled Life Saving Impact, produced by the India Meteorological Department, was also released.
