India, May 26 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh today dedicated one of the world's first indigenously developed high-resolution weather forecast systems - the Bharat Forecast System - at a launch ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan today.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said, as India celebrates the rise of her economy to Rank 4 and looks forward to move up to Rank 1, our forecast precision aims to supplement the economic growth by reducing potential losses and simultaneously adding potential gains.
Developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, the cutting-edge system enhances India's weather prediction resolution from 12 km to 6 k...