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Smart village- a road to rural empowerment

“India lives in her villages” these words were said by Mahatma Gandhi. Yes, Majority of the Indian population lives in rural areas hence to attain sustainable economic prosperity it is necessary to focus on the development of rural areas. Every state must develop programmes towards upliftment of the rural economy but one state has already started focusing on rural upliftment   and that state is Andhra Pradesh. Under the leadership of Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu the government of Andhra Pradesh has brought the revolutionary scheme called “Smart Village”.

Smart village is a village adoption scheme which enables responsible citizens or simply partners to adopt a village of their choice and develop that village in collaboration with gram panchayat committee. Quite an innovative scheme isn’t it? It involves citizens and making it a social responsibility. This scheme has achieved wide scale recognition and many NRIS, film personalities, industrialists, corporate houses and even bureaucrats have evinced interest to participate in this scheme.

The “20 non negotiable” entities is the backbone of this scheme which serves as a framework for ensuring an all round development of the village. These entities comprise of providing basic necessities like health, education, sanitation, skill development and agricultural productivity and partners must ensure a 100% performance in delivering these entities. I am going to discuss some of these in the coming paragraphs. This scheme comes with a unique grading system which enables a constant monitoring of the progress of developmental activities.

Agriculture is the backbone of rural economy. Through this scheme partners can involve agriculture scientists to educate various low cost techniques to improve farm productivity. The farmer can be made aware of various alternative irrigation systems without living under the mercy of rainfall or canal irrigation. Poultry and dairy farming can be strengthened which creates an agro based economy thus bringing prosperity to the village

Rural Health is the most neglected sector. Many villages have no access to basic health facilities and rural people have to travel to nearby towns hence there is a need to strengthen the health system in villages. Through this scheme, PHCS can be revamped by involving best qualified doctors to mentor them, providing latest medical equipment and training the personnel accordingly. The partners can sponsor rural health camps and immunization drives to combat the spread of various diseases in the village. Training rural health workers will help in dealing the problem of malnutrition and child mortality.

Education is an important factor in eradication of illiteracy. Partners can give a helping hand in developing the education system through the use of digital class rooms with internet connectivity and training the teachers to use these aids. School dropouts can be efficiently tackled by creating awareness programmes on importance of education and even adult literacy programmes can also be conducted to eradicate illiteracy. Establishing Skill development centres to train   rural youth helps to create an efficient workforce and promising an illustrious careers to these youth.

Finally, our country has been experiencing a skewed development where major urban areas are booming with mass migrations of rural people  which is a dangerous trend leading to overcrowding which puts a pressure on resources. The only way to stop this trend is to develop rural areas. “Smart village” one of the instrument to rural empowerment. This scheme is not a mere sign of publicity but a mission to progress of rural areas.  

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