.Congress forerunner Jairam Ramesh declared that stopped 199 area agro-meteoreological devices. (Documents Photograph) 2 min reviewed Last Improved: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Congress on Saturday declared that 199 area agro-meteoreological devices, which supplied planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advising services, were actually turned off as the NITI Aayog "misstated" their part to justify the selection.Congress overall assistant in-charge interactions Jairam Ramesh discussed a media record on X which stated that the ranch weather advising workplaces were closed in March this year as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their job and also looked for privatisation." The India Meteorological Division shut down 199 area agro-meteoreological systems (DAMUs). These agromet units delivered all farmers at the block-level free-of-cost climate advising services, and also critical info related to sowing, use fertilisers, gathering as well as keeping crops," he pointed out.Pros propose that while the budget expense for these systems annually was around Rs 45 crore, the benefit was actually around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh pointed out.The closure was actually resisted by Union Pastor Nitin Gadkari, and also through numerous crucial stakeholders, consisting of the Gujarat-based Affiliation of Agrometeorologists, he professed." RTI papers currently disclose that it was actually the NITI Aayog that proposed that district agromet services be privatised and monetised. As a matter of fact, the Aayog misstated their function to justify this choice, suggesting that the agromet units be turned off since information was actually now automated," he stated." This is false - agromet team personalized central projections for nearby make use of and also modified data for various other advisories, including those pertaining to using fertilisers," Ramesh pointed out in his post on X." The Aayog's deceptiveness and its lack of nerve in resisting the Government when confronted with the Government's unsatisfactory decision-making is actually illuminative of its task over the last a decade as a mere drumbeater and also supporter for the non-biological PM," Ramesh claimed, pounding the general public policy think-tank.First Published: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.