♦ Union Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh launched the Bharat Forecast System (BFS) on 26 May 2025.

♦ This is the world’s highest-resolution numerical weather prediction model with a spatial resolution of 6 kilometers.

♦ The system has improved the prediction skill by up to 67 percent. 

♦ BFS has been developed indigenous to India by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. 

♦ The BFS will be the only global numerical weather prediction system in the world deployed at such a high resolution, representing a major advancement in India's forecasting capabilities.

♦ The numerical global forecast models run by the European, British and US weather offices have a resolution between 9 km and 14 km.