Revised ATMA Guidelines - TNAU Agritech Portal

2.1.1. State Level:(i) State Nodal Cell: The State Nodal Cell will consist of State NodalOfficer, State Coordinator and supporting staff. The State Nodal Officer(SNO) shall be designated by the State Government, which will alsoprovide requisite ministerial support. In order to carry out State levelactivities, as specified in ATMA cafeteria, and to ensure convergence withvarious departments at State level and to assist the State Nodal Officer(i.e. Director / Commissioner of Agriculture or equivalent) in overallmanagement of agricultural extension system within the State, one StateCoordinator has been approved for each State/ Union Territory. The StateCoordinator is to be engaged on contract basis under this Scheme. Thefunctions of State Coordinator are given in Annexure-III (a). The StateCoordinator will function under the overall supervision of State NodalOfficer.(ii) SAMETI: In order to ensure regular training and skill upgradation ofState and District / Block level extension functionaries and for reachingout to the grass root level extension functionaries and farmers throughfield visits, the following manpower is provided for SAMETI in each State.The Director, SAMETI shall work under the overall guidance of theState Nodal Officer identified under ATMA scheme. However, in caseswhere the State Nodal Officer is not an officer of equivalent or higherrank than Director, SAMETI, the Director SAMETI may work underthe overall guidance of the officer under whom State Nodal Officer isplaced. The Faculty Members (Deputy Directors) of SAMETI shall reportto Director SAMETI. The duties of Director SAMETI/ Faculty are given inAnnexure-III (a).The overall staff position at State level is given below.Guidelines for Modified ‘Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms’ Scheme, 201020