कृषि प्रसार शिक्षा

• The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) is an autonomous registered district-level society for coordinating research and extension.
• The Governing Board (GB) of ATMA, which formulates policies and approves Strategic Research and Extension Plans (SREP), is chaired ex-officio by the District Magistrate / District Collector.
• The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zila Parishad is Vice-Chairman, and Project Director ATMA acts as Member-Secretary.
• Therefore, the Chairman of ATMA at the district level is the District Collector (Option 2).

• The Community Development Programme (CDP) was launched on 2 October 1952 across 55 selected community projects in India.
• It was designed as a comprehensive rural development scheme aimed at improving agriculture, communication, health, education, and sanitation through people's participation.
• It was followed by the National Extension Service (NES) in 1953.
• Thus, the Community Development Programme began in 1952 (Option 2).

Analysis of KVK institutional establishment:

• TNAU, Coimbatore: India's first Krishi Vigyan Kendra was established in 1974 at Puducherry (Pondicherry) under the administrative control of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, upon the recommendations of the Mohan Singh Mehta Committee.
• APAU, Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University hosted subsequent KVKs.
• KAU, Trishur: Kerala Agricultural University.
• UAS, Bangalore: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

Analysis of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) funding:

• 50 : 50: Equal sharing pattern.
• 80 : 20: JRY was launched on 1 April 1989 by merging NREP and RLEGP as a wage-employment program where expenditures were shared between the Central Government and State Governments in an 80:20 ratio.
• 60 : 40: Typical pattern for present Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
• 70 : 30: Unrelated funding formula.