INDIA , Weather forecast systems under the National Monsoon Mission (NMM) will be extended up to the block level across the country by 2019, Union Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan said "We have recently launched the Rs 400 crore National Monsoon Mission to provide more accurate monsoon forecast to all concerned up to the block level," the minister told reporters here on Friday night. Vardhan, who reached here on Thursday night to attend a programme in connection with the celebration of three years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, said the NMM was a revolutionary step in weather forecasting and it would help the farmers, policy makers, administrators and all concerned alike. He said: "To make weather forecasting with higher accuracy in the mountainous northeastern region, most modern Doppler weather radars have been installed in Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, Mohanbari in Dibrugarh (Assam) and Agartala (Tripura). Weathe...