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Government launches Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana
The Ministry of Science & Technology launches Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana
The ministry of science and technology launched Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana in September 2017.
The project aims to formulate and implement the appropriate S&T intervention for sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand.
The project has been inspired by teachings and ideals of Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay
About Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana
* Under the scheme, Department of Science and Technology (DST) conceived to adopt a few clusters of villages in Uttarakhand and transform them to become self-sustainable in a time-bound manner through the tools of S&T.
* The key deliverable in this approach is to utilize local resources and locally available skill sets and convert them in a manner using science and technology, that substantial value addition takes place in their local produce and services which can sustain the rural population locally.
* Under the project, the local communities are not compelled to migrate from their native places in search of jobs and livelihoods. Once this concept is validated in the few selected clusters, it can be replicated across a large number of village clusters in the country.
* Four clusters at Gaindikhata, Bazeera, Bhigun (in Garhwal) and Kausani (in Kumaon) have been selected for the intervention through a series of dialogues held among officials of DST and Uttarakhand State Council of Science and Technology (UCOST), Gramodaya Network, Surabhi Foundation and Uttarakhand Utthan Parishad, and other experts.
* One lakh of people can take benefit directly or indirectly from this project in four identified clusters of 60 villages in Uttarakhand for the pilot phase, which are located at different altitudes.
* As the living conditions and resources available at the different altitude is relatively different, the adopted strategy would help in creating models that are appropriate for different altitudes and could then be replicated in other hill states as well.