Download or read book Forests for Socio-economic and Rural Development in India written by Sharad Singh Negi and published by M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests and Forestry has the potential of playing a major role in socioeconomic and rural development in India. This book examines this role in various perspectives. It deals with forests, forestry and people; poverty alleviation; forest policies; forestry in five year plans; socioeconomic and rural development; forest products; food, fodder and fuel from forests; forest-based industries; social and community forestry; tribal welfare, development and administration; economics of forest land use and labour in forestry.