.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh declared that stopped 199 area agro-meteoreological devices. (File Photo) 2 minutes checked out Last Updated: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Our lawmakers on Saturday affirmed that 199 district agro-meteoreological units, which offered planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather advisory solutions, were actually turned off as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their task to warrant the choice.Congress general secretary in-charge interactions Jairam Ramesh shared a media report on X which declared that the farm weather condition advising workplaces were shut in March this year as the NITI Aayog "overstated" their role and sought privatisation." The India Meteorological Division closed down 199 district agro-meteoreological devices (DAMUs). These agromet units offered all planters at the block-level free-of-cost climate advising solutions, as well as critical details related to sowing, use of fertilizers, gathering and also saving plants," he said.Specialists recommend that while the budget plan outlay for these systems yearly was around Rs forty five crore, the perk was around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh explained.The closure was actually opposed by Union Priest Nitin Gadkari, and also through a number of vital stakeholders, including the Gujarat-based Association of Agrometeorologists, he asserted." RTI files currently expose that it was actually the NITI Aayog that recommended that district agromet companies be privatised and monetised. In fact, the Aayog misstated their part to warrant this choice, saying that the agromet units be stopped considering that data was actually now automated," he claimed." This is actually not true - agromet staff tailor-maked core projections for local make use of and also adapted information for various other advisories, including those related to the use of fertilizers," Ramesh stated in his post on X." The Aayog's deceptiveness and also its own absence of guts in withstanding the Authorities when dealt with the Government's unsatisfactory decision-making is actually illustrative of its own function over the final a decade as a simple drumbeater and also cheerleader for the non-biological PM," Ramesh stated, pounding the public plan think-tank.1st Released: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.