Automatic Weather Stations

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has undertaken installation of Agro-AWS at District Agromet Units (DAMUs) located in the Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) network. Agro-AWS is being installed at 200 DAMUs to augment block level Agromet Advisory Services (AAS) under Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) scheme.

Installations of Agro-AWS have already started. Hardware has been received at 175 districts (KVK-DAMU). Civil work has been completed in 103 districts.  Agro-AWS has been installed and data received at 13 Districts (KVK-DAMU) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana so far. Installation of Agro-AWS in the phase –I (200 KVK/DAMU) will be carried out during 2021.

 

Annexure I

List of 200 KVKs selected to establish DAMUs (including 115 Aspirational Dist.)
S. No	State	No.	District	KVK Name
1	Andhra Pradesh	9	Prakasam	KVK Prakasam (Darsai)
2			East Godavari	KVK Kalavacharla
3			*YSR Kaddappa	KVK Utukur
4			*Viziagnagaram	KVK, Rastakuntubai
5			Nellore	KVK AK Nagar
6			Kurnool	KVK Banavasivillage
7			West Godavari	KVK Venkatramannagudem
8			Krishna	KVK Garikapadu
9			Srikakulam	KVK Ambadavasla
10	Arunachal Pradesh	3	*Namsai	Dist Lohit
11			Papumpare	KVK Papumpare
12			Tawang	KVK Tawang
13	Assam	8	*Hailakandi	KVK Hailakandi, Chandpur
14			*Dhubri	KVK Dhubri, AAU, Bilasipara
15			*Barpeta	KVK Barpeta, Howly
16			Cachar	KVK Cachar
17			*Darrang	KVK Darrang, Mangaldoi
18			*Baksa	KVK Baksa
19			*Udalguri	KVK Udalguri, AAU, Lalpool
20			*Goalpara	KVK Goalpara,  Dudhoni, Goalpara, Assam
21	Bihar	14	*Khagaria	KVK Khagaria
22			*Gaya	KVK  Gaya
23			*Purnea	KVK Purnia (Jalalgarh)

 

24			East Champaran	KVK Piprakothi
25			*Begusarai	KVK Begusarai (Khodawanpur)
26			*Katihar	KVK Katihar (Tingachia)
27			*Sitamarhi	KVK Sitamarhi
28			*Sheikpura	KVK Shekhpura
29			*Nawada	KVK Kauakaul, Nawada
30			*Banka	KVK Vijaynagar
31			*Jamui	KVK Khadigram
32			*Araraia	KVK Araria
33			*Muzaffarpur	KVK Saraiya
34			*Aurangabad	KVK Aurangabad (Siris)
35	Chattisgarh	9	*Mahasamund	KVK Mahasamund
36			*Korba	KVK Korba
37			Jashpur	KVK Dumarbahar
38			*Narayanpur	KVK Narayanpur
39			*Bijapur	KVK  Bijapur
40			*Rajnanadgaon	KVK Rajnanadgaon
41			*Kanker	KVK Kanker
42			*Dantewada	KVK Dantewada
43			Korea	KVK Korea (Salka)
44	Goa	2	North Goa	KVK Goa
45			South Goa	KVK Panji
46	Gujarat	9	Panchmahal	KVK Panchmahal
47			*Dahod	KVK Dahod
48			Amreli	KVK Amreli

 

49			Dang	KVK Waghai
50			*Narmada	KVK Seed multiplication farm, Dediyapada
51			Vadodra	KVK Vadodara
52			Valsad	KVK Valsad
53			Jamnagar	KVK Air force road
54			Surat	KVK CRC, Athwaline
55	Haryana	6	Sonipat	KVK Jagdishpur, Sonipat
56			Shikohpur	KVK  Gurgaon
57			Karnal	KVK NDRI
58			Mahendragarh	KVK  Mahendragarh
59			Kurukshetra	KVK Urbanstate
60			Yamunanagar	KVK Damla
61	Himachal Pradesh	4	*Chamba	KVK  Chamba (Saru Farm)
62			Bilaspur	KVK Bilaspur
63			Sundernagar	KVK Mandi
64			Sirmaur	KVK Sirmaur (Dhulakuan)
65	J and K	4	*Baramula	KVK Baramula (Kunzer, Tangmarg)
66			Kathua	KVK Kathua
67			*Kupwara	KVK Kupwara
68			Reasi	KVK Reasi
69	Jharkhand	17	*Lohardagga	KVK Lohardaga BAU
70			*West Singhbum	KVK BAU Jagannathpur
71			*Sahibganj	KVK Sahibganj
72			*Kunthi	KVK Diyankel Village

 

 

73			*Simdega	KVK Bano Simdega
74			*Pakur	KVK Pakur
75			*Godda	KVK Godda
76			Deoghar	KVK
77			*Chatra	KVK Chatra
78			*Palamu	KVK Palamu Daltanganj
79			*Bokaro	KVK Bokaro (Petabvar)
80			*Garhwa	KVK Garhwa
81			*Ramgarh	KVK Ramgarh
82			*Giridih	KVK Giridih Bengabad
83			*Hazaribag	KVK Hazaribag
84			*Latehar	KVK Latehar Balumath
85			*Gumla	KVK Gumla Bishnupur
86	Karnataka	12	Haveri	KVK Hanumanamatti
87			Mandya	KVK, V. C. Farm, Mandya
88			Bellary	KVK Hageri
89			Chikmagalur	KVK chikmagalur
90			Kodagu	KVK Gonikoppal
91			Bagalkot	KVK Agriculture Research Station,
92			Koppal	KVK ARS Campus, Kanakgiri Road
93			*Yadgir	KVK Kawadimatti
94			Tumkur	KVK ZARS, Konehally
95			Ramnagaram	KVK Chandurayanghalli
96			Chamrajnagar	KVK Seed Farm, Hardanhally
97			Kolar	KVK Tanka Farm

 

98	Kerala	3	Malappuram	KVK  Malappuram
99			Palghat	KVK Pattambi
100			Kollam	KVK Kollam
101	Lakshadweep	1	Kiltan	KVK, Lakshadweep
102	Madhya Pradesh	14	Ashoknagar	KVK Ashoknagar
103			*Singrauli	KVK Singrauli
104			Neemuch	KVK  Neemuch
105			Rewa	KVK Rewa
106			Katni	KVK Katni
107			*Damoh	KVK Damoh
108			*Barwani	KVK Badwani
109			*Rajgarh	KVK Rajgarh
110			Shahdol	KVK Shahdol
111			Balaghat	KVK Badgaon
112			*Guna	KVK Guna
113			*Khandwa	KVK Khandwa
114			Shivpuri	KVK Shivpuri
115			*Chhatrapur	KVK Chhattarpur (Nowgong)
116	Maharashtra	10	Nagpur	KVK  Nagpur
117			Palghar	KVK  Thane
118			*Nandurbar	KVK Nandurbar
119			Solapur	KVK  Solapur-II
120			*Osmanabad	KVK Osmanabad
121			Aurangabad	KVK Aurangabad-I
122			Bhandara	KVK Bhandara
123			*Gadchiroli	KVK Gadchiroli

 

124			Buldana	KVK Buldana-II
125			*Wasim	KVK Washim
126	Manipur	1	*Chandel	KVK Chandel
127	Meghalaya	2	*Ribhoi	KVK Ribhoi
128			West Khasi Hills	KVK Nongstoin
129	Mizoram	1	*Mamit	KVK Mamit
130	Nagaland	2	Mokokchung	KVK Mokokchung
131			*Kephire	KVK Kiphire
132	New Delhi	1	South–West District	KVK Ujwa
133	Odisha	10	Cuttack	KVK  Cuttack (Santhapur Farm)
134			*Rayagada	KVK, Gunupur
135			Mayurbhaj	KVK Mayurnhaj
136			*Balangir	KVK Nimkana
137			Jagatsinghpur	KVK Jagatsinghpur
138			Nayagarh	KVK Panipolia
139			Ganjam	KVK Benakuda
140			*Gajapati	KVK R. Udayagiri
141			Puri	KVK Puri
142			Angul	KVK Angul
143	Puducherry	1	Puducherry	KVK Puducherry
144	Punjab	5	Ropar	KVK Ropar
145			Jalandhar	KVK  Jalandhar (Nurmahal)
146			*Firozpur	KVK Ferozpur  (Malwal Farm)
147			*Moga	KVK Moga (Budh Singh Wala)
148			Barnala	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Barnala-148107

 

149	Rajasthan	9	Chittorgarh	KVK, Chittorgarh
150			Dungarpur	KVK Dungarpur
151			*Karauli	KVK Karauli
152			*Jaisalmer	KVK  Jaisalmer-I
153			Hanumangarh	KVK Sangaria, Hanumangarh-I
154			Jalore	KVK Jalore
155			*Dholpur	KVK Dholpur
156			*Baran	KVK Anta, Baran
157			*Sirohi	KVK Sirohi
158	Sikkim	2	East Sikkim	KVK Ranipool
159			*West Sikkim	KVK Manga
160	Tamil Nadu	10	Cuddalore	KVK Vridhachalam
161			Pudukkottai	KVK Pudukkottai
162			*Ramanathpuram	KVK Ramnathpuram
163			*Virudhunagar	KVK Aruppukottai
164			Vellore	KVK Virinjipuram
165			Thirruvallur	KVK Tirur
166			Kancheepuram	KVK Kattupakkam
167			Dharmapuri	KVK Papparapatty
168			Salem	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Salem
169			Tiruchirapalli	KVK Sirugamani
170	Telangana	4	*Adilabad	KVK Adilabad
171			Nalgonda	KVK  Nalgonda (Kampasagar)
172			*Warangal	KVK  Warangal (Mamnoor)
173			*Khammam	KVK Khammam (Wyra)

 

174	Tripura	1	*Dhalai	KVK Dhalai
175	Uttar Pradesh	17	Bhadohi	KVK Bhadohi
176			*Sonebhadra	KVK Tissuhi, Sonbhadra
177			Kannuaj	KVK Kannuaj (Anaughi), Kannauj
178			Gorakhpur	KVK Belipar, Gorakhpur
179			*Fatehpur	KVK Tharion, Fatehpur
180			Bulandsahar	KVK, Bulandsahar, Bulandshahar
181			*Chitrakot	KVK Ganivan (Via-Pahari), Chitrakoot
182			Jaunpur	KVK Jaunpur
183			Kushinagar	KVK Veg Seed Prod Farm, Kushinagar
184			Azamgarh	KVK Harbanspur, Azamgarh
185			*Siddarthnagar	KVK Sohna, Siddharthanagar
186			Gazipur	KVK P G College Ravindrapuri, Ghazipur
187			Shajahnapur	KVK Niyamatpur, Shahajahanpur
188			Baghpat	KVK Meerut Road, Baghpat
189			*Balrampur	KVK Near Motipur Harhawa, Balrampur
190			*Chandauli	KVK Bichiya Agril. Farm, Chandauli
191			Mainpuri	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mainpuri-205001
192	Uttarakhand	3	Almora	KVK  Almora
193			Nainital	KVK Nainital (Jeolikot)
194			Pithoragarh	KVK Pithoragarh (Gaina Ancoli)
195	West Bengal	6	*Mursidabad	KVK Murshidabad
196			North 24Parganas	KVK Ashoknagar  North 24 Parganas

 

197			Jalpaiguri	KVK Jalpaiguri
198			*Birbhum	Rathindra KVK, Santiniketan, Bolpur
199			Purlia	KVK Purlia
200			*Maldah	KVK Ratua, Malda

* Aspirational Districts

This was stated by Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in Rajya Sabha today.