.Congress forerunner Jairam Ramesh declared that shut down 199 district agro-meteoreological systems. (File Picture) 2 min went through Last Updated: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Our lawmakers on Saturday declared that 199 area agro-meteoreological systems, which gave farmers at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advisory services, were actually stopped as the NITI Aayog "misstated" their function to warrant the decision.Congress overall secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh discussed a media document on X which asserted that the ranch weather condition advisory offices were actually shut in March this year as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their role as well as found privatisation." The India Meteorological Division stopped 199 area agro-meteoreological units (DAMUs). These agromet units gave all farmers at the block-level free-of-cost weather consultatory companies, as well as vital details related to sowing, use fertilisers, collecting and also stashing plants," he pointed out.Pros propose that while the budget outlay for these units every year was around Rs 45 crore, the benefit was actually around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh indicated.The shutdown was actually resisted by Alliance Pastor Nitin Gadkari, and through a number of key stakeholders, including the Gujarat-based Affiliation of Agrometeorologists, he stated." RTI documentations currently uncover that it was the NITI Aayog that suggested that district agromet services be actually privatised as well as monetised. Actually, the Aayog misrepresented their task to justify this choice, asserting that the agromet systems be actually closed down because records was now automated," he claimed." This is untrue - agromet personnel personalized main foresights for local area usage and modified data for various other advisories, such as those pertaining to making use of fertilizers," Ramesh claimed in his post on X." The Aayog's deceptiveness and its own lack of tenacity in standing up to the Authorities when faced with the Government's inadequate decision-making is illuminative of its own function over the last a decade as a mere drumbeater and also supporter for the non-biological PM," Ramesh stated, knocking everyone policy think-tank.1st Posted: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.