The vagaries of monsoon are becoming a greater threat for continuing farming in India. The larger section of Indian farmers are marginal and small farmers with an average land holding of 0.74 hectares. These farmers are resource poor in nature and are trapped in the vicious cycle of indebtedness due to crop failure as a result of monsoon failure. To address this, the farmers and the stakeholders in agriculture should understand the concept of climate smart farming and the strategies for combating the climatic aberrations. This article gives the insight on climate smart farming and the practices to be followed for curtailing the determinantal effects of weather parameters on agriculture.