.Our lawmakers leader Jairam Ramesh declared that shut down 199 district agro-meteoreological devices. (Data Photograph) 2 min reviewed Final Upgraded: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Our lawmakers on Sunday affirmed that 199 area agro-meteoreological devices, which offered planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advisory companies, were actually turned off as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their role to warrant the choice.Our lawmakers standard assistant in-charge interactions Jairam Ramesh shared a media record on X which declared that the ranch climate advisory offices were actually shut in March this year as the NITI Aayog "misrepresented" their part and sought privatisation." The India Meteorological Team shut down 199 district agro-meteoreological devices (DAMUs). These agromet systems gave all farmers at the block-level free-of-cost weather condition advisory services, as well as crucial details pertaining to sowing, use fertilizers, gathering and also saving crops," he claimed.Professionals suggest that while the finances investment for these devices each year was actually around Rs 45 crore, the benefit was actually around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh indicated.The closure was opposed through Union Priest Nitin Gadkari, and also through a number of vital stakeholders, consisting of the Gujarat-based Association of Agrometeorologists, he professed." RTI records right now expose that it was the NITI Aayog that advised that district agromet companies be actually privatised as well as monetised. As a matter of fact, the Aayog misrepresented their task to justify this decision, saying that the agromet units be stopped given that data was now automated," he said." This is not true - agromet team tailor-maked core projections for local area usage as well as modified data for other advisories, including those pertaining to using fertilisers," Ramesh mentioned in his message on X." The Aayog's deceptiveness and also its own shortage of guts in withstanding the Government when faced with the Federal government's poor decision-making is actually illustrative of its own role over the last 10 years as a plain drumbeater and also supporter for the non-biological PM," Ramesh said, hammering the public policy think-tank.Initial Published: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.