Weather information and Network Data System (WINDS)

WINDS is a programmatic initiative to strengthen weather data infrastructure in the country and to provide good quality weather datasets from a single digital platform. WINDS will enable large-scale use of weather variables in Agriculture.

WINDS will set up a robust mechanism to integrate weather data, pooled from different weather observation systems in the country, into a single national-level WINDS portal. This digitally integrated platform for hosting long-term, hyperlocal, quality checked and reliable weather data will synergise the efforts and the data collected by different stakeholders for larger usage in risk mitigation strategies of the Governments and ensure seamless and near real-time dissemination of services.

WINDS is a national initiative that will integrate the existing infrastructure and expertise available with IMD, various State Governments and public/private technical organizations. In this connection, this document will act as a guide and manual for the concerned ‘Stakeholders’ implementing WINDS, i.e., the Centre, the States/UTs, IMD etc. Installing an AWS at the Block/Tehsil/Taluk level and ARG at Gram Panchayat (GP) level is proposed. An institutional mechanism for the implementation of WINDS, involving the WINDS Implementation Partners (WIPs), Quality Assurance Partners (QAPs), Dispute resolution system etc. is proposed in this document.