India, April 1 -- To promote the use of modern technologies and to strengthen the early warning system for natural disasters, Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched a Multi-faceted transformative approach namely "Mission Mausam" for the period 2024-2026 with the goal of making India a "weather-ready and climate smart" nation.

Under the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) Early Warning Systems have been installed in the Coastal States, which have proved to be of great help in alert dissemination to the coastal community during recent cyclones.

'Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) based Integrated Alert System' has been initiated with an outlay of Rs. 354.83 Crore, for dissemination of geo targeted early warnings/alerts related ...