.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh affirmed that turned off 199 area agro-meteoreological units. (Report Photo) 2 minutes read through Last Upgraded: Aug 03 2024|1:04 PM IST.The Our lawmakers on Saturday declared that 199 area agro-meteoreological devices, which provided planters at the block-level free-of-cost climate advisory services, were closed down as the NITI Aayog “misrepresented” their task to validate the decision.Our lawmakers overall assistant in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh discussed a media document on X which asserted that the farm climate advising workplaces were shut in March this year as the NITI Aayog “misstated” their function and looked for privatisation.” The India Meteorological Division closed down 199 area agro-meteoreological systems (DAMUs). These agromet systems gave all planters at the block-level free-of-cost weather consultatory companies, and also important info related to sowing, use fertilizers, gathering and saving plants,” he claimed.Professionals recommend that while the budget plan expense for these devices annually was around Rs 45 crore, the advantage was actually around Rs 15,000 crore, Ramesh mentioned.The cessation was actually opposed by Union Preacher Nitin Gadkari, and through many key stakeholders, including the Gujarat-based Organization of Agrometeorologists, he declared.” RTI files now reveal that it was actually the NITI Aayog that recommended that district agromet companies be privatised and monetised.
In reality, the Aayog overstated their part to justify this decision, saying that the agromet devices be turned off given that data was currently automated,” he claimed.” This is actually untrue – agromet workers tailor-maked core projections for neighborhood use and modified records for other advisories, such as those related to the use of fertilizers,” Ramesh pointed out in his message on X.” The Aayog’s deceptiveness and its own absence of guts in resisting the Government when faced with the Authorities’s bad decision-making is illuminative of its task over the last 10 years as a mere drumbeater as well as cheerleader for the non-biological PM,” Ramesh stated, hammering everyone policy think-tank.Very First Released: Aug 03 2024|1:01 PM IST.