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This book addresses the role of different agencies in the expansion of area under rubber plantation in the state of Tripura, the second largest producer of natural rubber in India. It presents important facts related to diverse livelihood opportunities of the households rehabilitated through the rubber plantation scheme. In 1960s Rubber trees were introduced in Tripura, a non-traditional rubber growing state, to help in the rejuvenation of the forests impacted by jhum cultivation and rehabilitate the landless jhumia families into settled agriculture. With time the economic and ecological benefits of the rubber trees attracted the attention of both the private and public sectors. This resulted in the commercial plantation of rubber trees both by the individual/private owners and public sector undertakings. Various Public Agencies emerged, that initiated Rubber plantation-based rehabilitation scheme to improve the socio-economic status of the marginalised landless population including the jhumias, who were lured into settled agriculture. The book critically assess how far the Rubber plantation scheme has enabled the jhumia families to become the owner of the rubber estates.

This is the revised edition of our earlier book Plant Development. Based on the opinion of the teachers and students we retitled this as Plant Anatomy. This book was written taking into consideration of UGC syllabus of M.Sc. Botany/Plant Sciences. This book brings together information on the widest range of topics in Plant Anatomy in a single source. This book is written to cater to the needs of Post-graduate students of Botany. The text divided into 21 chapters is thoroughly revised taking into consideration modern developments like Programmed Cell death. The fully illustrated book discusses Plant anatomy in sufficient depth.

This book is based on the original research workcarried out among the indigenous Chothe tribe of Manipur.In the study, a total of 130 (one hundred and thirty) ethno-botanical plantsused as ethnomedicinesare identified that belongs to 58 familiesin the treatment of about 69 different ailments and diseases. The most common families are Lamiaceae, Zingiberaceae, Fabaceae and Asteraceae. These ethno-botanical plants are mostly herbs that are seasonal. The leaf, stem and rhizome are commonly taken in the form of oral decoction and concoction. Some are eaten as food items while others are used for external purposes only.High frequency sicknesses and diseasesare like fever, cough, dysentery, urinary or kidney problems, irregular menstrual cycle problems, jaundiceand diabetes.The book also discusses certain ethno-botanical plants that have religious significances in the practice of healing and curing variousailments like forprotection, to ward off evil spirits or against magical spells. It also highlights how their ancestors used certain animal's part, insects and other natural objectsin the application of healing and curing certain types of sicknesses and diseases. The study is mainly a documentation to understand how seriously and effectively the Chothes still continue to practice their ethnomedicines in the contemporary world and thereby encourage in conserving and preservingcertain lifesaving drugs scientifically before it completely annihilated from its environment.