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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa

In the imperial Gazetteer of India 1878, Pusa was recorded as a government estate of about 1350 acres in Darbhanba. It was acquired by East India Company for running a stud farm to supply better breed of horses mainly for the army. Frequent incidence of glanders disease (swelling of glands), mostly affecting the valuable imported bloodstock made the civil veterinary department to shift the entire stock out of Pusa. A British tobacco concern Beg Sutherland & co. got the estate on lease but it also left in 1897 abandoning the government estate of Pusa. Lord Mayo, The Viceroy and Governor General, had been repeatedly trying to get through his proposal for setting up a directorate general of Agriculture that would take care of the soil and its productivity, formulate newer techniques of cultivation, improve the quality of seeds and livestock and also arrange for imparting agricultural education. The government of India had invited a British expert. Dr. J. A. Voelcker who had submitted as report on the development of Indian agriculture. As a follow-up action, three experts in different fields were appointed for the first time during 1885 to 1895 namely, agricultural chemist (Dr. J. W. Leafer), cryptogamic botanist (Dr. R. A. Butler) and entomologist (Dr. H. Maxwell Lefroy) with headquarters at Dehradun (U.P.) in the forest Research Institute complex. Surprisingly, until now Pusa, which was destined to become the centre of agricultural revolution in the country, was lying as before an abandoned government estate. In 1898. Lord Curzon took over as the viceroy. A widely traveled person and an administrator, he salvaged out the earlier proposal and got London’s approval for the appointment of the inspector General of Agriculture to which the first incumbent Mr. J. Mollison (Dy. Director of Agriculture, Bombay) joined in 1901 with headquarters at Nagpur The then government of Bengal had mooted in 1902 a proposal to the centre for setting up a model cattle farm for improving the dilapidated condition of the livestock at Pusa estate where plenty of land, water and feed would be available, and with Mr. Mollison’s support this was accepted in principle. Around Pusa, there were many British planters and also an indigo research centre Dalsing Sarai (near Pusa). Mr. Mollison’s visits to this mini British kingdom and his strong recommendations. In favour of Pusa as the most ideal place for the Bengal government project obviously caught the attention for the viceroy.

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    Women Empowerment through Panchayati Raj Institutions: Impact study of patna District.
    (Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2014) Maneela, K. P.; Shekhar, Divyanshu
    The concept of women empowerment is not a new one. Its literal meaning refers to giving women maximum participation in decision making process and power sharing in the representative bodies, employment, access to property, productive assets, common land and financial assets etc. The reform in Bihar is the first of its kind in India and according to the information made available by the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) there is no other countries where the local governance has adopted a reservation of fifty per cent. Since there were no attempts to assess the impact of Panchayati Raj Institutions on women empowerment, the present study has been planned to undertake with following specific objectives: • To study the socio- personnel- economic profile of participating and non participating women. • To study the knowledge level of participating and non participating women about their responsibility, right, gender discrimination and development programmes under Panchayati raj system.   • To assess the level of empowerment of participating and non participating women. • To suggest constraints as perceived by them and suggest methodological process for ensuring effective involvement. The present study was carried out in Patna district of Bihar. Thirty women respondents were selected randomly from each block of Fathua and Phulwarisharif. Out of that thirty women respondent, ten respondents were selected randomly from each group of officiating member, Panchayat samiti member and non member of Panchayat. Hence, totally 60 women respondents were selected for the study. Seven most relevant independent variables i.e. Education, Land holding, Age, Annual income, Level of participation, Duration of Membership and On-going Programme awareness in panchayat were identified for the study. The dependent variables of the study were Knowledge Level and Level of Empowerment (Personal, Social, Economic and Political). All the variables were measured under the set rules and procedures, with scale and schedules developed for the study. An interview schedule was prepared, pilot study were conducted and used in personal interviews with respondents. Appropriate statistical tests were used using SPSS software package. The study reveled that the Panchayat office bearers as well as Panchayat members had very little political background from their families. They had actively participated in door to door canvassing and distribution of election pamphlets in their localities and actively cast their votes. It appears that they exhibited immense faith in the democratic process of Panchayat Raj System of local governance. With respect to their length of duration of membership in Panchayat Raj Institutions, majority of them were first timers and completed only three years in office at the time of data collection by the student researches. The socio economic condition of rural women respondents of Panchayati appeared to be quite low, with majority of them pursuing agriculture and allied activities as their primary occupation, possessing small and marginal land holdings. The level of knowledge of women respondents appeared to be at very high level on some key aspects of panchyat Raj system and very poor on some aspects of panchayat raj system. Being illiterate or less educated was the only constraint perceived by almost all the women respondents from among the three categories. Some other constraints that women respondents perceived were related to gender biased views and attitudes of male persons in the society, which can be removed through education, training and persuasion of the members of Panchayat Raj Institution. Education can bring about major desirable changes in effective functioning of PRIs, enhance the participation of women and helps realize the goals act forth in bringing about the amendment of constitution of India.
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    Study on adoption of gram production technology in Diara land of Bihar.
    (Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2013) Kumar, Neeraj; Singh, Ashok K.