Non-selective Fishing Gears and Sustainability Issues in the Hooghly-Matlah Estuary in West Bengal, India

Catching Efficiency Of Artisanal Estuarine Winter Migratory Bag Net (EWMBN) Operated Along Hooghly – Matlah Estuary, West Bengal, India

Hooghly–Matlah estuarine system in the state of West Bengal in India sustains world’s important multi-species commercial fisheries. Winter migratory bag net is one of the most important artisanal fishing gears used for exploitation of the resources in stretches of the estuary. A study was carried out during 2010–11 to find out the current catching efficiency of this artisanal net. A total of tw...

Pollen morphological study of some plant taxa from Arambagh region of Hooghly District, West Bengal, India

Inequity in Hospitalization Care: A Study on Utilization of Healthcare Services in West Bengal, India

Background Out of eight commonly agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDG), six are related to the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) throughout the globe. This universalization of health status suggests policies to narrow the gap in access and benefit sharing between different socially and economically underprivileged classes with that of the better placed ones and a consequent expa...

Determinants of low birth weight in a Block of Hooghly, West Bengal: A multivariate analysis

Palyno-taxonomic study of some plant taxa of Fabaceae from Arambagh region of Hooghly district, West Bengal, eastern India

The aim of the present investigation is to study different pollen parameters such as shape, size, colpa and exine ornamentation for the taxonomic assessment of the groups of plants. The pollen morphology of some plant taxa of the family Fabaceae growing in the area of Arambagh of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India were studied using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)...