STUDIES ON BIOMASS UTILIZATION IN A RURAL INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON ENVIRONMENT WITH SUGGESTION FOR POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES Ashwini Kumar and Santosh Sharma Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Email. msku31@yahoo.com ABSTRACT : Around 80% of the population lives in rural areas which primarily utilize biomass for their energy requirement. Depending on the agroclimatic zone by diversity and plant productivity the biomass utilization varies in different parts of the country. A large number of laticiferous plants have been reported to yield hydrocarbons which could be converted into petroleum like substances. Initially E. abyssinica J.F.

If you ask any one how to define peace the openions may differ but in my openion handing over the same kind of world that we inherited from our parents to our children is peace. Keeping war away is a sign of peace its not destination of peace.
Equitable distribution of natural resources and their utilization can pave the way for peace as man made boundaries of the nations and human perceptions of greatness lead to the path of human destruction. Peace is made in the minds of man . If you change the minds of man and thinking process towards mutual respect and honour for rich and poor have not grudge towards anyone good or bad and nurture the belief that all man are good unless proved otherwise, you would favour a path towards natural justice and that is peace ?

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Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae) is a wild shrub, which grows up to a height of 1-3 m and its leaves are 10–13 cm wide by 17–19 cm long. Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. commonly known, as ‘Akra’ is a popular medicinal plant found throughout the tropics of Asia and Africa and is used in many traditional systems of medicine. Important factors of the various parts of this plant have been widely reported.