.Our lawmakers leader Jairam Ramesh affirmed that closed down 199 area agro-meteoreological systems. (Data Photo) 2 minutes checked out Last Upgraded: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Our lawmakers on Saturday alleged that 199 district agro-meteoreological devices, which provided planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advisory services, were actually stopped as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their role to justify the selection.Our lawmakers standard assistant in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared a media report on X which asserted that the farm weather condition advisory offices were shut in March this year as the NITI Aayog "overstated" their task as well as looked for privatisation." The India Meteorological Department turned off 199 district agro-meteoreological units (DAMUs). These agromet units provided all farmers at the block-level free-of-cost climate advising solutions, and essential relevant information pertaining to sowing, use of fertilisers, harvesting and stashing crops," he said.Experts recommend that while the budget plan expense for these units each year was actually around Rs forty five crore, the benefit was around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh pointed out.The cessation was resisted by Alliance Priest Nitin Gadkari, and by a number of vital stakeholders, including the Gujarat-based Association of Agrometeorologists, he declared." RTI files currently show that it was actually the NITI Aayog that proposed that area agromet services be actually privatised and also monetised. In fact, the Aayog overstated their task to validate this decision, claiming that the agromet systems be stopped since data was actually now automated," he claimed." This is not true - agromet staff personalized core projections for neighborhood make use of and also adapted records for other advisories, such as those related to making use of fertilizers," Ramesh stated in his article on X." The Aayog's deception as well as its own absence of courage in resisting the Government when dealt with the Federal government's inadequate decision-making is actually illuminative of its own function over the final a decade as a simple drumbeater and cheerleader for the non-biological PM," Ramesh pointed out, hammering everyone policy think-tank.First Posted: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.