However, a monograph on teak published by him, much later, in 1992, mentioned that the number of research papers is 500. Later in 1995, another monograph on eucalyptus by D N Tiwari claims its only 486. The paper claimed the people of this village have been healed of their night blindness reducing the number of victims from 70 per cent to 2 per cent of the population. The report also stated that the oxygen availability in the air of the catchment had increased by three per cent and water in nearby streams and rivers by six times. Incidentally, claims a scientist, the daughter of the person who wrote the story in the Tribune subsequently received admission for a Ph D in the Forest Research Institute deemed university.
Scientists doubt the veracity of the survey conducted to write about the claimed miracle.
For the scientists to get promoted, they requires 85 per cent and above excellence level in the ACR for five years at a stretch. He mentions that such methods of assessing performance are not used in other scientific institutions. The scientist is required to, according to the order, to route all his research papers through the DG and the respective department head. Without the permission of the DG, an academic paper can not be published in any journal. Its another thing, that each journal has its own set of advising peer scientists and editorial board who sift through each submitted paper before publishing it.