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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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    Assessment of Consumers’ Knowledge about Care Label on Textile and Apparel of Samastipur District
    (RPCAU, Pusa, 2023) LATA, ANAMIKA; DEO, SANGEETA
    The current study examined consumers understanding of the care labels featured on textile products.Improper use of care labels results in ruining the clothes which otherwise may be very expensive. More commonly consumers complain and blame the manufacturer about the quality of clothes.So, this study entitled “Assessment of consumers’ knowledge about care label on textile and apparel in Samastipur district” was planned with following objectives. 1. To evaluate the socio-personal, socio-economic traits of consumers of the textiles industries. 2. To determine the level of consumers understanding regarding the care labels on textiles and apparel. 3. To identify the constraints faced by consumers about care labels on textiles and apparel and suggest policy measures to minimise the faced constraints. Methodology A survey was conducted to collect data from the resident of states of Bihar in Samastipur district. The population of the study comprised of both male and female in Samastipur district. Data was collected through interview schedule togather quantitative information. Survey methodology was used to collect the data from total of 120 respondents and 30 retailers related to textiles. Major findings According to study only 33.33% of respondents were aware about care label attached on the garment and 66.67% respondents were not aware.35.83% of respondents tried to understand the care labelling symbols. The majority of respondents among the international symbols used in care labelling, ironing symbol was more familiar to respondents (32.50%), followed by washing (29.16%). The most unfamiliar symbol was drying only. Only 50% of retailers knew about care labels. Difficulties in identification of care labelling and complexity of symbols recognition were some of the constraints faced by the respondents. Profession, satisfaction and behaviour were significantly related to knowledge of respondents regarding care labels.Profession was found to be statistically significant at P< .010. with the ‘t’ statistic value of 1.757. The probability of knowledge of care label was likely to increase by factor of .110 (β-value) with high profile in profession. There is strong association between respondents knowledge of care labels and their adherence to instructions.