India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), had conducted a research study named Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) during 2018-2019. The CAIPEEX study was carried out using specially hired cloud seeding and research aircraft over the rain shadow region of the Indian peninsula. The study has drawn guidelines for conducting cloud seeding over the rain shadow region.
IITM has developed the knowledge and expertise in the subject. The research and technology capabilities are being developed at IITM under the Mission Mausam Weather_MoD vertical. This includes the developmen...