Professional Documents
Culture Documents
by
At
Symposium on Uncommon Opportunities
Teen Murti Bhavan
New Delhi
20 November 2004
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Rural prosperity through Connectivity
• Education Simultaneous,
Connected
• Employment : Agriculture, Actions
Manufacturing, Services
• Market connectivity
• Quality of Life
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GREEN REVOLUTION - II
FIRST SECOND
SOIL CHARACTERISATION
SEED
MATCHING THE SEED
FERTILISER MANAGEMENT
FERTILISERS
(Organic Farming)
WATER WATER MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
Drip irrigation: Halving water
Consumption
TRAINING FARMERS
IRS-1 TRAINING
CULTIVATION CULTIVATION
MANAGEMENT
POST HARVESTING (SILOS)
HARVEST &
POST HARVEST OUTPUT = 400 MT GRAINS
1960-70 2004-2020
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Priorities of the Nation
• Agriculture
– Rural cooperative credit system
– Dry land farming in the arid and semi arid regions
– Watershed and waste land development
• Infrastructure
– Housing for the weaker section in rural areas
– Drinking water, sanitation
• Water resources
– Linking of the rivers in the country starting with the southbound rivers
• Employment
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Connectivity – a path for National Development
Every year in India
Rs. 20,000 crores ( ~US$ 4 bn)
Education Health
Road Housing
Rural
Electricity
finance
Market Self-help
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