The Delhi Govt has spent Rs 34 crore on a winter cloud seeding experiment in order to improve air quality. On Dec 5, 2024, the union Minister of State of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change had answered a question in the Rajya Sabha saying that 3 specialised agencies - the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCT, the Central Pollution Control Board, and the Indian Meteorological Department - had clearly advised AGAINST winter cloud seeding to improve air quality in Delhi. Then on Oct 31, 2025 - that is just day before yesterday - the well-known and prestigious Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at IIT Delhi issued a detailed report on the subject which makes it clear that winter cloud seeding will not help improve the atrocious air quality in Delhi in any significant manner. Winter cloud seeding certainly looks very dramatic and gives the impression that something is demonstrably being done by the Govt. But when the overwhelming scientific consensus raises so many doubts and serious questions on its efficacy, is it wise to lay so much store by it except as a headline-grabbing measure? Getting 'slight improvement in a limited area for a day or two' as is now being claimed is really a cruel joke.