Procedure for Data Procurement

An account-login enrolment process is introduced for procuring meteorological data online through the 4.0 version of Data Supply Portal (DSP). The Enrolment is centrally managed at National Data Centre (NDC), O/o CRS, IMD Pune and the information is shared with data supply units of all RMCs / MCs.

All users need to create an account, which will be valid normally till 31st March 2023 or till the revision of data charges or procedures, whichever is earlier.

A registration will be complete after one-time submission of Identity Card and/or Certificate of Undertaking and/or Institution Letter (as per the category of the user).

Thereafter, user needs to fill the Data Request Form online and get the data directly on payment of charges (if any) and submission of receipt of payment.

After downloading the requested data, an acknowledgement may kindly be made and the case may be closed.

Categories

Category
Indicator 		Category Name Description Data Charges Documents Required at the time of Enrolment Documents Required at the time of procuring data.
[D] Department
  • All organisations / individuals under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India, comes under this category.
  • The data request should be made by the serving Scientist (Sc.`B’ and above) / Officer (Group `A’ / Group `B’ (Gazetted)).
  • The supply of data may be restricted to about 10,00,000 data records.
 Nil
(100% waived off)
  • Identity Card (should have date of birth)
  • Certificate of Undertaking (Not required for IMD officials)
  • Nil
[G] Central / State Government Organizations
  • All Central / State Government ministries / organisations / officials thereof except those under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), GoI, come under this category.
  • The data request should be made by the serving Scientist (Sc.`B’ and above) / Officer (Group `A’ / Group `B’ (Gazetted)).
  • The supply of data may be restricted to about 10,00,000 data records.
 Nil
(100% waived off)
  • Identity Card (should have date of birth)
  • Certificate of Undertaking on the Letter Head of the Organisation / Department / Institute
  • Nil
[I] Research and Educational Institutes
  • All Indian universities / departments / faculty / Research scholars (such as JRF, SRF, RA etc.) associated with any educational or research institutes come under this category.
  • The Enrolment will be centrally at NDC, O/o CRS, IMD Pune and the information will be shared with data supply units of all RMCs / MCs and they can also supply data to the enrolled universities / departments / institutes which comes under their state.
  • The supply of data may be restricted to about 10,00,000 data records.
 50% Concession applicable for every data request
  • Identity Card
  • Certificate of Undertaking on the Letter Head of the Institute / College / School, duly signed and stamped by the authorised signatory.
  • NTRP Payment Receipt
[S] Students
  • Students (up to post-graduation level) associated with any school / college attached to Indian University can get meteorological data for their academic assignments.
  • Students may also be allowed to copy the data personally from the publications available in the office, free of cost.
  • The supply of data may be restricted to about 10,00,000 data records.
 Nil
(100% waived off)
  • Identity Card
  • Certificate of Undertaking on the Letter Head of the Institute / College / School, duly signed and stamped by the authorised signatory.
  • Nil
[C] Commercial
  • Any private Institute / company / NGO / Retired MoES official / individual come under this category.
  • 100 % Data Charges applicable
  • However, DGM, IMD may allow concession, in very exceptional cases, for supply of small quantity of data, as and when considered necessary.
  • Identity Card
  • Certificate of Undertaking
  • If private agency is procuring data for projects assigned and funded by central / state government, a Authorisation Letter in the prescribed format [Enclosure – IV(C)] shall be submitted by the party duly signed by the concerned Government department.
  • NTRP Payment Receipt
[M] Media
  • Any media correspondent.
  • No charges for present weather data (including the extremes), for ongoing season / month.
  • 100 % Data Charges applicable (for historical data).
  • However, DGM IMD, Head CRS Pune, Head RMC/MC and In-charge of IMD Offices may waive-off the charges to the local media of their respective region.
  • The receipt of data from IMD must be acknowledged in every report / article printed / published / broadcasted. The relevant document should be shared.
  • Identity Card
  • Certificate of Undertaking
  • NTRP Payment Receipt (if applicable)
[F] Foreign
  • The data supply to the foreign parties will be handled by NDC, O/o CRS, Pune only and not by RMCs and MCs.
 100 % Data Charges applicable
  • Identity Card
  • Certificate of Undertaking
  • NEFT Payment Receipt
NOTE : All documents are required to be uploaded in PDF format only.

Document Formats

Certificate of Undertaking
(Format-A)

To be submitted by all the users enrolled and procuring meteorological data through the Data Supply Portal (DSP).
Authorisation Letter
(applicable only for users of DSP in 'C' category)

To be submitted by private agency and procuring data for projects assigned and funded by central / state government.

Weather Information / Data
for Insurance purpose

For procuring weather report or data for the purpose of insurance, etc., please contact respective Regional Centre of IMD

S.No. RMC CONTACT DETAILS
1 Chennai https://mausam.imd.gov.in/chennai/mcdata/data_supply.pdf/
2 Guwahati https://mausam.imd.gov.in/guwahati/datasupply.php
3 Kolkata https://mausam.imd.gov.in/kolkata/mcdata/datasupply.pdf
4 Mumbai https://mausam.imd.gov.in/mumbai/contact.php
5 Nagpur https://mausam.imd.gov.in/nagpur/contactus.php
6 New Delhi https://mausam.imd.gov.in/newdelhi/docs/data-procedure.pdf

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+91 (20) 25572-254, 255
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