Launch of Book:
A Blueprint of Smart Village
Transforming Rural India: Gandhi’s Gram Swaraj Meets 21st-Century Technology & Sustainability
Mukesh Ralhan
PROPOSED MODEL GREEN VILLAGE
IND SOLUTIONS has vision for a model village/s in India. The model village features include:
- Integrated Design Process
- Environmental Friendly Green Technologies
- Affordable Rural Housing/Rural Technologies
- Sustainable Communities
- Water Conservation/Water Treatment
- Energy Efficiency - Renewable energy techniques like solar, wind and others
- Advanced/Modern Agricultural Methods
- Indoor Air Quality
- Green Houses, Horticulture, Gardening/ Rooftop Gardening and Landscaping
- Telemedicine/Primary Health Care Centre/Child Care Centre /Food & Nutrition Centre
- State of the Art Waste Disposal and Recycling Methods
- Integrated Pest Management
- Poultry, Fisheries, Dairy Farming and Animal Husbandry, Forestry and other Rural Industries, Agronomy, Animal House, Plant Tissue Culture
- Manpower/Vocational Training Centre/Education/Adult Education
- Sports Infrastructure
- IT, Rural Information System, Rural Software Products viz. RuralBazar, RuralSoft2000, PriaSoft, eNRICH, DRDA Portals, RuralSoft FAS and Communicaions Infrastructure
- Marketing, e-choupal and Supply Chain Logistics
- Cold Storage and Warehousing
- Micro Power Station - Hydro, Biogas, Solar etc.
- Disaster Mitigation/Earthquake Protection
- Rainwater Harvesting/Groundwater Recharge
- Clean Energy Transport - Trail, Bicycling, Alternative Fuel Vehicles
- Green Accreditation/Certification e.g. LEEDS
- Daylighting/Passive Solar Energy, Interior Designing
- Dryland Farming and Drip Irrigation
- Land and Tenure Management, Data Centre
- Research Centre
- Panchayat Centre/Place for Religious Activities/Marriage Ceremonies/Social Gathering
- Shopping Centre for green products/rural products
- Scope for expansion of buildings/houses (with addition of more members to a family/population)
Some of the development concepts based on Gandhian economic principles & philosophy like focus on villages.(Our model, however, differs from the Gandhian philisophy in some ways because it advocates a middle path between socialism and free-market approach e.g.PPP Approach).
Discrimination in any form viz. race, caste, religion, creed, sexual orientation etc. strictly prohibited (As enshrined in the Constitution of India)
More details to follow soon. Parties who are interested in collaborations, consultancy, financial support etc. are welcome to contact us on jandoli@hotmail.com.
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