Innovative Ideas for Rural Development in India

  • Utilization of Local Resources: For example: If there are water resources like rivers and tanks near by the villages, in summer itself, arrangements must be made to tap this resource by removing slit in the tanks, constructing new reservoirs, bunds, canals and simultaneously strengthening the existing ones, so that the water cannot go waste. Similarly, if there are any mines like iron, coal and granites, they should be excavated so that local population can be provided employment.
  • Establishment of Rural Industries: All the village industries come under the following broad categories:
    • Agro Based Industries:Sugar industries, Jaggery, Oil processing from oil seeds, Pickles,  Fruit juice, Spices, Dairy products etc.
    • Forest Based Industries:Wood products, Bamboo products, Honey, Coir industry, making eating plates from leaves.
    • Mineral based industry: Stone crushing, Cement industries, Red oxide making, wall coating powders etc.
    • Textile Industry: Spinning, Weaving, Colouring and Bleaching.
    • Engineering and Services: Tractors and Pump set repairs etc. Small and medium sized industries to produce agricultural machinery, equipment for usage in rural areas etc.
    • Handicrafts: These include making of wooden or bamboo handicrafts that are local to that area, traditional decorative products, toys and all other forms of handicrafts typical to the region.
  • Services: There are a wide range of services including mobile repair, agriculture machinery servicing, etc which are being undertaken under this category.
  • Startups: They are entrepreneurial ventures, which are newly emerged businesses aims to meet marketplace need, want or problem by developing a viable business model around products, services, processes or platforms. For example: Agriculture, Supply Chain, Trading in Agricultural produce, Processing Agricultural produces, Fisheries – Both Culture and Trading, Rural Micro Finance, Rural Health – Rural Primary Health Cared and Rural Education etc.
  • Computer & Internet Services: Providing Computer Training and Repairing Services, Internet based business-like E-Commerce, Rail & Bus Ticket booking, Digital Marketing Agency – Examples: Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing etc.
  • Encourage Rural Entrepreneurship: They may be of the following types:
    • Individual Entrepreneurship – It is basically single ownership of the enterprise.
    • Group Entrepreneurship – It mainly covers partnership, private limited company and public limited company.
    • Cluster Formation Entrepreneurship – It covers NGOs, VOs, CBOs, SHGs and even networking of these groups. These also cover formal and non-formal association of a group of individuals on the basis of caste, occupation, income, etc.
    • Cooperative Entrepreneurship – It is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily for a common objective.