Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Monsoons
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PM meets Pawar on rain distress in Central India
AMIT AGNIHOTRI The Prime Minister has asked Union Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar to monitor the situation on a daily basis Concerned over continuing rain distress in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, heartland of the green revolution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took stock of the situation in a meeting with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar
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ISRO to launch new satellite in May
Southwest monsoon may shed some of its mystery next time round when Indian Space Research Organisation
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Climate Change 2009: faster change and more serious risks
This document reviews and synthesises the science of climate change since the publication of the IPCC
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PM holds urgent meet to discuss rain woes
New Delhi: With an urgent review of the monsoon and crop situation taken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh revealing that its comfort zone is shrinking because of the adequate rains in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, government on Monday took precaution of cancelling export of 6 lakh tonnes of wheat and wheat products.
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PM reviews crop situation
NEW DELHI: With the overall rainfall continuing to be below normal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reviewed the crop situation and directed officials to be ready for any contingency. Dr. Singh met with senior officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Agriculture Ministry, just before leaving for a five-day visit to France and Egypt.
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Licences for wheat exports scrapped
In the first signs of worry over a possible drop in grain output due to a poor monsoon, the government has cancelled licences for limited export of wheat barely 10 days after these were issued.
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PM sets up EGoM on food security
With the deficient monsoon bringing to the forefront concerns about inadequate foodgrain production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to work on the modalities of the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA).
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PM takes monsoon stock, calls for contingency plan
With deficient rainfall in many parts of the country raising the spectre of a dip in agricultural production, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took stock of the monsoon situation and instructed officials to be ready with contingency measures to meet any eventuality.
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Pawar says monsoon prediction is good
Everything depends on rains in the next seven days, says India Meteorological Department A presentation on the progress of monsoon by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has made the government confident this year will be a good crop year, but everything depends on rains in the next seven days.
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IMD rains pains for Pawar
Farm ministry irked at IMD (which is under earth sciences ministry) making rain data public, as it has to do ground work to minimise the adverse impact of poor monsoon Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI