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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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    OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OF WOMEN INVOLVED IN MITHILA PAINTING, MADHUBANI, BIHAR
    (Dr.RPCAU, Pusa, 2022) AYUSHI; Kala, Shishir
    The Mithila painting is one of the living creative activities of the women of this region. It is a famous folk painting on paper, cloth, readymade garments, movable objects etc., mainly by the village women of Mithila. Originally it is a folk art, practiced by the women of all castes and communities, including the Muslims, on walls and floors using the natural and vegetable colors. Later some people took interest in it and motivated the women to translate their art from walls and floors to the canvas and now the new form has given this a very distinct identity in the art world as well as in the market. The present research was carried out in the Bihar district of Madhubani. Bihar Among the 38 districts of Bihar Madhubani is situated in the Indian state of Bihar. For the field survey, a sample of 60 respondents from Madhubani district of Bihar's Mithila region and is also known as Mithila painting or Madhubani art who have been working for 4-6 hours daily were selected. The main purpose of the study was to know about their Socio-economic profile, demographic profile, specific information regarding occupational management, occupational health hazard musculoskeletal problems, severity of pain. The study revealed that majority of the respondents 40.00 per cent were belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. It was observed that majority of the respondents (70.00%) were married. It was noted from the study more than 60.00 per cent had farming as their main family occupation. From the investigation, it was revealed that 100 per cent of the respondents were Hindu. It indicated that majority of the respondents (41.67 %) were under SC category. From the study, it was clear that 78.33 per cent respondents were belonged to nuclear family. It was observed that 65.00 per cent were fall under middle size family. It was found that majority of the respondents (50.00 %) were graduate. It was revealed that 66.67 per cent of respondents earned up to Rs. 20,000. It was noted that 43.33 percent of the respondents were from the family whose income is between 40,000-60,000 annually. BMI the majority of them (73.33%) had a BMI within the normal range. From the investigation, it was clear that majority of the respondents (81.67%) were fall in medium category of specific information. It was observed that 65.00 percent respondents were fall in medium category of specific information regarding occupational management. It was perceived 51.67per cent of the respondents were belonged to medium category of occupational health hazard. It was revealed that 56.66 percent respondents were faced musculoskeletal discomfort during Mithila painting. It was found that majority of the respondents (61.67%) were faced severity of pain during Mithila painting. The study analyzed that age was positively and significantly correlated with the musculoskeletal discomfort and severity of pain at 5 percent level of significant, which means age have a strong relationship with the musculoskeletal problems and severity of pain.