1. Introduction; 2. Depletion of Forests; 3. Constraints for social forestry FIB,SCIP, LOCO,LOPA; 4. Urban forestry; 5. Commercial Farm Forestry; 6. Community forestry; 7. Social land allocation projects; 8. Traditions of Social forestry; 9.Economic Benefits of social forestry; 10. Integrating social forestry and agriculture; 11. Programme formulation and implementation; 12. Social forestry Plantation in Specific areas; 13. Ideal farm community forestry species for India; 14. Success stories; 15. Appendices.