IITM signs MoU with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) : Establishment of a long term monitoring station of Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON) over the Himalayan region

• MoU between IITM (Pune) and ARIES (Nainital/Devasthal) to set up a long-term Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON) station over the Himalayan region under the Mission Mausam umbrella of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
• Operationalises India's indigenous high-altitude climate-monitoring backbone, feeding GHG/SLCF and atmospheric chemistry data into national forecasting and climate-change assessment.
• Important for UPSC as a convergence point of climate science, S&T institutions, and India's NDC-relevant observation infrastructure.