WINDS portal

September 21, 2023

The government recently unveiled a manual of the Weather Information Network Data Systems (WINDS)
- The portal was launched in July 2023 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
- It leverages advanced weather data analytics to provide stakeholders with actionable insights on weather for informed decision-making in agriculture.
This comprehensive manual also provides stakeholders with an in-depth understanding of the portal’s functionalities, data interpretation, and effective utilisation, empowering farmers, policymakers and various agricultural entities to make well-informed choices.
The portal also addressed the need of parametric crop insurance scheme of the ministry, in addition to non-scheme parametric insurance programmes for crop risk mitigation and disaster risk reduction and mitigation being run by the insurance industry.