.Congress forerunner Jairam Ramesh declared that shut down 199 area agro-meteoreological systems. (Report Photo) 2 minutes reviewed Final Updated: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Our lawmakers on Saturday affirmed that 199 area agro-meteoreological systems, which offered farmers at the block-level free-of-cost weather consultatory services, were shut down as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their task to validate the decision.Congress basic assistant in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a media report on X which professed that the farm weather condition consultatory offices were actually closed in March this year as the NITI Aayog "misstated" their job as well as looked for privatisation." The India Meteorological Department shut down 199 district agro-meteoreological units (DAMUs). These agromet devices gave all planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advisory solutions, and also crucial info pertaining to sowing, use of fertilizers, gathering and also storing plants," he pointed out.Pros recommend that while the budget outlay for these units each year was actually around Rs forty five crore, the advantage was actually around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh pointed out.The closure was resisted through Union Priest Nitin Gadkari, and also through numerous essential stakeholders, featuring the Gujarat-based Organization of Agrometeorologists, he professed." RTI documentations right now disclose that it was actually the NITI Aayog that recommended that area agromet services be privatised as well as monetised. As a matter of fact, the Aayog overstated their function to warrant this selection, asserting that the agromet devices be actually turned off due to the fact that data was actually now automated," he pointed out." This is actually false - agromet personnel tailor-maked main projections for nearby use and also modified data for other advisories, including those pertaining to using fertilizers," Ramesh stated in his message on X." The Aayog's deception and also its absence of courage in standing up to the Federal government when faced with the Government's inadequate decision-making is illuminative of its task over the last a decade as a simple drumbeater and supporter for the non-biological PM," Ramesh pointed out, knocking the general public policy think-tank.1st Posted: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.