Bharat Forecast System Weather Model

Statement 1 is correct; the 'Bharat Forecast System' is a newly introduced, high-resolution numerical weather prediction model designed to deliver hyper-local, decentralized meteorological forecasts down to the specific Panchayat cluster level to aid rural risk management. Statement 2 is incorrect because the model was primarily engineered and scaled by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, in coordination with the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rather than being developed by IIT Delhi.