FDI INFLOWS INCREASED
BY OVER 26% DURING AUGUST 2002
The India
Meteorological Department (IMD) is in the process of setting up
a number of more meteorological centres in the newly created states
as well as in others where it does not have a major presence.
It is also upgrading some of its centres as well as the observational
network in the north-eastern region.
A new MET centre
for Uttaranchal was recently set up in Dehradun and new centres
are being established at Raipur (Chhatisgarh), Ranchi (Jharkhand),
Simla (Himachal Pradesh), Gangtok (Sikkim) and Agartala (Tripura).
The Cherrapunji rain
gauge is being upgraded to a full-fledged meteorological observatory.
16 new part-time observatories are also coming up in different
parts of the north-eastern region in cooperation with the State
governments and other Agencies. A regional instrument and maintenance
centre is to be established at Guwahati for better up-keep of
the observatories in the region.
The IMD through the
internet provides, All-India daily weather report, weekly weather
report, daily monsoon report (during monsoon), weather charts,
latest satellite images, rainfall maps, earthquake reports, severe
weather warnings, climate normals and astronomical information.
