PARLIAMENT QUESTION: UPGRADATION IN OBSERVATION NETWORK

• Parliament reply by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) (29 Jan 2026) detailing the decadal (2014–2025) upgradation of India Meteorological Department's (IMD) weather observation network and Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) coverage.
• Anchored in Mission Mausam, MoES's flagship scheme to make India "Weather-ready and Climate-Smart".
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (S&T, Disaster Management) — convergence of S&T, climate adaptation, disaster early warning and governance.