Which of the following statements with regard to India’s indigenous new high resolution weather model, the ‘Bharat Forecast System,’ is/are correct?
- 1.Its objective is to generate forecasts at the Panchayats cluster level.
- 2.It was developed by IIT Delhi.
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Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) 1 only
The Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) runs at 6 km resolution, fine enough to give forecasts at the panchayat or cluster-of-panchayats level, so Statement 1 is correct. It was developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, not by IIT Delhi.
- ✓ 1. The Ministry of Earth Sciences says BharatFS operates at 6 km resolution (against 12 km earlier) and would help provide monsoon rainfall forecasts at the panchayat or cluster-of-panchayats level.
- ✗ 2. The model's grid structure and development were carried out by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, not IIT Delhi.
Remember · BharatFS: MoES model built at IITM Pune, 6 km resolution (earlier global model 12 km), aimed at block and panchayat-level forecasts; operational since May 2025.
Sources
- Ministry of Earth Sciences, Parliament Question: Weather forecasting (Bharat Forecast System, 6 km resolution) ↗ “It presently operates in real-time at a very high spatial resolution of 6 km compared to the previous 12 km resolution of the global forecasting system. It also hasthe capability to provide predictions of rainfall events upto 10 days, covering the short and medium range. Thus, it would help to provide monsoon rainfall forecast at the panchayat/cluster of panchayats level”
- Ministry of Earth Sciences (PIB), Parliament Question: Bharat Forecast System, 21 August 2025 ↗ “The TCO grid structure and its development in the BharatFS model were carried out by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune.”
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