Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi to discuss weather early-warning systems, lavender cultivation and a proposed sky observatory.
The State has three Doppler Weather Radars — at Kufri, Jot and Murari Devi — with two more planned in Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur, taking the total to five; site selection faces beam-blockage issues.
Under Phase III of the CSIR Aroma Mission, CSIR-IIIM Jammu has extended lavender cultivation to Upper Bhamla in Tehsil Baldwara, Mandi district, with 20,000 cuttings planted and about 150 farmers associated; a high-altitude sky observatory in Spiti is being explored with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
GS Paper 3 > Science and Technology > Indigenous Scientific Institutions and Applications
Consider the following States: 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Kerala 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Tripura How many of the above are generally known as tea-producing States?
Answer: All four States
Which state has the maximum percentage of working female population as per Census 2011?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
A radar that uses the Doppler shift in returned signals to measure the movement of rain and wind, enabling short-range warnings of storms and cloudbursts.
The lavender cultivation drive under the CSIR Aroma Mission, pioneered by CSIR-IIIM Jammu, that turned aromatic crops into a farm livelihood.