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U.B. Singh, Ph.D. in Human Resource Development. He got a fellowship under Colombo Plan at the University College of London. He has undertaken a number of research studies on various facets of public administration in general and in rural and urban administration in particular. He has organized a series of executive development programmes for the senior and middle level officials engaged in urban government in the states of U.P., M.P., Bihar and Orissa; and also Co-ordinated training and monitoring workshops under DFID (UK) and supported Indore Habitat Improvement Project. He is member of a number of professional associations and Institutions including All India Association of Public Administration, Indian Association of Political Science, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi; a prolific writer in the urban field, he had contributed a large number of papers to various International and National Seminars and has more than fifty papers/articles published in reputed journals.

Today, biotechnology is being used as a tool to give plants new traits that benefit agricultural production, the environment, and human nutrition and health. The purpose of this publication is to provide basic information about plant biotechnology and to give examples of its uses. Modern biotechnology is purported to have a number of products for addressing certain food-security problems of developing countries. It offers the possibility of an agricultural system that is more reliant on biological processes rather than chemical applications. The potential uses of modern biotechnology in agriculture include: increasing yields while reducing inputs of fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides; conferring drought or salt tolerance on crop plants; increasing shelf-life; reducing post harvest losses; increasing the nutrient content of produce; and delivering vaccines. The availability of such products could not only have an important role in reducing hunger and increasing food security, but also have the potential to address some of the health problems of the developing world. Plant breeding has been practiced for thousands of years, since near the beginning of human civilization. It is now practiced worldwide by individuals such as gardeners and farmers, or by professional plant breeders employed by organizations such as government institutions, universities, crop-specific industry associations or research centers. This book provides an authoritative review of many aspects of current interest and progress in the field of plant biotechnology that has been made in the recent past.

The book is a non-technical guide for popularizing household sanitation. It becomes necessary in view of growing urban population, diminishing household areas, and increasing degradation of urban environment, especially in densely inhabited localities in big cities. It discusses a number of options for maintaining qualitative sanitation at individual household level. These options are cheap and easy to maintain and upkeep. The much ambitious Swachh Bharart Mission incentivized construction of crores of individual household, community, and public toilets across the country in the last five years with sole aim of making the country open defecation free. Our cities are not covered fully with the sewerage network. There is no proper arrangement for disposing the sewage. The sullage of newly constructed toilets may make the city environment more dirty and complex, if not handled properly. This necessitates proper planning for managing the faecal sludge and septage, in advance.