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Times of India [21 May, 2012 ] reports about the existence of an Indian village which you would not expect to come across till 2050

Here are the details:

• Name of village / State

Punsari (Himmatnagar/Gujarat)

  

• Recognition

Voted best Gram Panchayat ( out of 240,000 ) by Govt of India

  

• What does it have ( that is futuristic ) ?

  

• WiFi to cover village

• Optical Fibre Broadband Network

• Air conditioned Schools

• CCTV cameras in class-rooms to watch over teachers

• Schools with zero drop out rates

• 25+ CCTV at street junctions to catch litterbugs

• Mini-bus transport system

• Rs 1 lakh insurance cover for each of the 6000 villagers

• Rs 25,000 Med claim policy for each villager

• Reverse Osmosis plant to supply 20 liter clean water to each house for Rs 4 /- ( Dean Kamen, take heart ! )

• How did Panchayat ( Village Council ) manage this miracle ?

• By managing its own funds well

• By better management of funds received from State / Central Governments

• By selling part of village grazing land as plotted schemes to various communities

• Village Panchayat ( Council ) capital has gone up from Rs 25,000 five years ago to Rs 75 lakhs today

• By villagers agreeing on a co-operative approach to development

• What “ obvious “ factor did Times of India leave unstated  ?

  

• There are no corrupt people in the village panchayat

  

• My suggestions to Punsari Village Panchayat

• Invite Management Institutes to prepare case-study

• Request Peter / Steven ( Authors ) to write a sequel to their excellent book,” Abundance: Future is better than you think “

• Build a 3 star hotel in village – then invite Panchayats from all over India to send delegations on Study Tours . One more source of income . The Panchayat has a name for it :

                      “ Development  Tourism “ !

For additional info , visit : http://deshgujarat.com/2012/04/28/gujarats-punsri-village-wins-best-gram-panchayat-award-nationally/

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Hemen  Parekh