Bücher von K. M. Parmar

Growing of flowers and gardening have been practiced in India for many centuries. Use of flowers which has been largely limited to offering in temple is becoming an integral part of social, cultural and religious activities. Among different flowers, rose has a unique place and however, growing flowers on commercial base is a recent trade, rose growing has become one of the most profitable agro-based industries. Today, the cultivation of rose is recognized as a lucrative profession with potential of higher returns per unit area than the most of field and even some horticulture crops.However, for realization of potential of this crop, farmers should adopt scientific rose cultivation, for which it is of prime importance that they should first inculcate positive attitude towards rose cultivation. This fact led the researcher to make investigation in the direction of developing the scale and measuring the attitude of farmers towards rose cultivation. Further, rose cultivators might be facing many constraints because of which they could not exploit fully the potential of this crop.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a given Financial Year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Looking from the above context MNREGA becomes an interesting subject to study because it is not only giving employment to the rural poor but also creating sustainable and durable assets in the village. The Act gives power to the daily wage labours to fight for their right to receive the wages that they must receive and not just a means of providing social security to its people but also an opportunity to promote overall community development and alter the balance of power in rural society.Considering the facts, a study entitled ¿Socio-economic impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Programme on beneficiaries in Banaskantha District of Gujarat State¿.