.Our lawmakers innovator Jairam Ramesh declared that closed down 199 area agro-meteoreological devices. (Documents Image) 2 minutes checked out Final Upgraded: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Congress on Sunday affirmed that 199 area agro-meteoreological systems, which gave planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather advisory solutions, were actually stopped as the NITI Aayog "misstated" their role to warrant the decision.Congress overall assistant in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a media report on X which stated that the ranch weather condition consultatory workplaces were actually shut in March this year as the NITI Aayog "misstated" their task and also sought privatisation." The India Meteorological Department turned off 199 district agro-meteoreological systems (DAMUs). These agromet units offered all farmers at the block-level free-of-cost weather advising services, and also essential information related to sowing, use fertilizers, harvesting and also holding crops," he claimed.Pros propose that while the spending plan expense for these units annually was actually around Rs 45 crore, the advantage was around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh explained.The closure was opposed by Union Preacher Nitin Gadkari, and also through many crucial stakeholders, including the Gujarat-based Affiliation of Agrometeorologists, he stated." RTI documents right now uncover that it was the NITI Aayog that proposed that district agromet services be privatised and monetised. As a matter of fact, the Aayog misrepresented their duty to validate this decision, asserting that the agromet units be actually turned off because information was currently automated," he claimed." This is not true - agromet personnel customised core foresights for local usage as well as adapted data for other advisories, such as those pertaining to the use of fertilizers," Ramesh stated in his blog post on X." The Aayog's deceptiveness and its own absence of nerve in withstanding the Government when dealt with the Authorities's unsatisfactory decision-making is actually illuminative of its own part over the last ten years as a mere drumbeater and also cheerleader for the non-biological PM," Ramesh mentioned, knocking everyone plan think-tank.Initial Released: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.