Bharat Forecast System boosts extreme rainfall prediction accuracy by 30%: Jitendra Singh

August 8, 2025 11:21 AM

Bharat Forecast System boosts extreme rainfall prediction accuracy by 30%: Jitendra Singh

India’s newly developed Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) has enhanced the country’s capability to predict extreme rainfall events, improving accuracy by 30% compared to the previous operational model, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. BharatFS, developed indigenously by Indian scientists, is powered by the advanced Triangular Cubic Octahedral (TCo) dynamical grid, enabling real...

Jitendra Singh launches indigenous Bharat Forecast System with 6-km resolution

May 27, 2025 9:56 AM

Jitendra Singh launches indigenous Bharat Forecast System with 6-km resolution

Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh on Monday launched the Bharat Forecast System — one of the world’s first indigenously developed high-resolution weather forecast models — at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.   Developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, the Bharat Forecast System marks a significant technological milestone, enhancing India's weather prediction resolution from 12 km to 6 km. With this, India can now provide more a...