Cloud Seeding for India : An Effective Weapon to Fight the Droughts and to Promote Economic Prosperity of the Nation

Contents: 1. Need for cloud seeding. 2. Origin and development - sky water project. 3. Vagaries of monsoons and rainfall. 4. Hydrological cycle. 5. Clouds and their characteristics. 6. Cold cloud seeding. 7. Warm cloud seeding. 8. Cloud seeding in foreign countries. 9. Economically cheaper hydro power and agriculture. 10. Social issues and frequently asked questions. 11. Low cost ground generators used by experts and farmers. 12. Guidelines for cloud seeding in Texas (USA). 13. Cloud seeding to strengthen southern water grid (Godavari-Krishna-Pennar-Cauvery link). 14. International agencies promote cloud seeding. 15. Action plan for cloud seeding by AP state. Government experts. Appendices: 1. Author\'s letter to president of India. 2. Reply by IMD on cloud seeding. 3. Dr. K.L. Rao\'s suggestions on cloud seeding. 4. Rainy days in select regions. 5. How readers estimate daily rainfall. 6. Shanxi province plans for 100 TMC extra rainfall per year. 7. Thailand uses 45 aeroplanes for cloud seeding. 8. Modelling. 9. Concept of saturation in cold clouds. 10. Cloud seeding for control of hail storms. 11. Australia: ground generators with a tracer. 12. Rain bearing potential of shallow warm clouds. 13. With lower reflectivity, DBZ values. 14. Cloud seeding experiments in India. 15. Cloud seeding to improve ground water. References.