SMART VILLAGES: Indian Realities, Opportunities, Way Forward

India has been a fascinating country over several millennia and is so even now. Being an ancient civilization situated in a geographic location conducive to support of biological diversity, it naturally grew as a great agricultural economy. Its people created habitats for themselves adapted to the local conditions of soil, weather and other features conducive to life. These were called ‘GRAM’ (villages) with different names in the different languages which grew over millennia. But it was not that India was without towns and cities. There were many mentioned in ancient epics and subsequent literature. However since Indian economy depended on the huge agricultural work force (as was with many old civilizations) which lived in villages, welfare of villages acquired a great significance in the minds of people who desired well being of all Indians.

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