Post – Additional Commissioner
Seat – 02
Last Date For Apply – 16/01/2023
Address – Department Of agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
Pay Scale – 31,000/-
Age – 56 Years
Eligibility
Master’s Degree in Agricultural Economics or Agricultural Extension or Agronomy or Entomology or Nematology or Genetics and Plant Breeding or Agriculture Botany or Plant Bio-technology or Plant Pathology or Plant Physiology or Seed Science and Technology or Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry with ten years experience in the area of production and productivity in food/cash crops e.g., rice or wheat or pulse or millet or sugarcane or cotton or jute or oil seeds in a Central Government or State Government office or public sector undertaking or Autonomous Body or any recognized institution Or Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering from a recognized university or institute with eleven years experience in the area of production and productivity in food or cash crops, e.g., rice or wheat or pulse or millet or sugarcane or cotton or jute or oil seeds in a Central Government or State Government office or public sector undertaking or Autonomous Body or any recognized institution.
Responsibilities
Attached to the post of Additional Commissioner (Crops) is as under:- i. Assistance for various works related to Cotton, Sugarcane, Jute and tobacco and their National Development Schemes. ii.. Maintaining liaison between Central and State Governments on the above mentioned crop/ sector and their Schemes. iii. Dealing with papers/materials sent to the Ministry for action/comments on the above crop/ Sector and their Schemes, and sometimes on various aspects of agriculture as a whole. iv. Supply of technical and other information on above to other Divisions/Ministries. v. Visits to States to monitor crop conditions/crop schemes. vi. Rendering technical support, guidance on above crop/ sector and their schemes to Governments, farmers, interested groups etc. vii. Assistance for preparation of special work/ documents and comments on others documents. viii. Preparation of notes for and to attend various intra/inter ministerial meetings/conference and preparation of speeches for Ministers/Officers on work assigned. ix. Liaison with International Cooperation, Trade and Marketing Divisions of the Department of Agriculture 86 Cooperation and the Ministry of Textiles. x. Assistance to higher officers on day to day work assigned including additional work on other crops during tour/ leave of other officers. xi. Assisting Area Officers or higher officers visiting the States of A.P, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Pondicherry and work relating to Macro Management Scheme of these States. xii. Technical supervision of Directorates of Cotton, Sugarcane, Jute and Tobacco. xiii. Preparation of replies of parliamentary questions/materials/demands of grants etc on the crops/work assigned. xiv. Member/ representing Crops Division in the Committees of Department of Agriculture 85 Cooperation, ICAR, Ministry of Consumer affairs, Food 86 Public Distribution System, Ministry of Textiles etc. xv. Assistance for organizing National level workshops/seminars/meetings.
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