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“Mausam Application” launched by GoI to Forecast Weather

Mausam Application
  • Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a mobile application named ‘Mausam’ that will not only provide city-wise weather forecasts and warnings but also provide information such as humidity, temperature, wind speed, direction for around 200 cities.
  • The application is jointly designed and developed by International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).