.Our lawmakers leader Jairam Ramesh affirmed that turned off 199 district agro-meteoreological devices. (Data Picture) 2 min went through Last Updated: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Congress on Saturday affirmed that 199 district agro-meteoreological devices, which delivered farmers at the block-level free-of-cost climate advisory solutions, were actually shut down as the NITI Aayog "overstated" their job to justify the choice.Our lawmakers basic assistant in-charge interactions Jairam Ramesh shared a media record on X which asserted that the farm weather condition advising offices were actually closed in March this year as the NITI Aayog "overstated" their part and found privatisation." The India Meteorological Department turned off 199 area agro-meteoreological devices (DAMUs). These agromet systems offered all planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advising services, and also crucial details related to sowing, use of fertilizers, collecting and keeping plants," he pointed out.Specialists propose that while the spending plan outlay for these systems annually was around Rs 45 crore, the perk was around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh revealed.The closure was actually opposed through Alliance Priest Nitin Gadkari, and through numerous key stakeholders, including the Gujarat-based Affiliation of Agrometeorologists, he declared." RTI documentations currently expose that it was actually the NITI Aayog that proposed that area agromet services be privatised and also monetised. In reality, the Aayog misstated their job to warrant this decision, saying that the agromet systems be stopped due to the fact that records was actually currently automated," he claimed." This is actually false - agromet personnel customised core forecasts for local usage and also customized records for other advisories, including those related to using fertilisers," Ramesh said in his article on X." The Aayog's deception and its own absence of tenacity in taking on the Authorities when confronted with the Government's poor decision-making is illustratory of its own function over the last a decade as a mere drumbeater and supporter for the non-biological PM," Ramesh stated, slamming the general public plan think-tank.First Published: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.