The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has undertaken installation of Agro-Automatic Weather Stations (AWS).
This is to provide exact weather forecast to people with special focus on farmers.
Installation was done at District Agromet Units (DAMUs) located in Krishi Vigyan Kendras under Indian Council of Agriculture Research network.
Agro-AWS is being installed at 200 DAMUs to provide block level Agromet Advisory Services (AAS) under the scheme called Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS).