Parts of the Indian Peninsula, particularly the northeast and east, have registered a sharp increase of lightning over the past two decades, while the spike is minimal over the central part of the country and moderate over the rest.  

The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, an autonomous research and development institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has established a lightning location network strategically installed at 83 places in the country to detect and locate lightning strikes with utmost accuracy, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology and Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha on August 6.