THE FACE OF RURAL INDIA

Hi everybody ,

India is predominantly an agricultural based country.Most of the people nearly 80m percent of India is in villages.Even 56 years after india got independance,still the fruits of independance are not reaching the villages.Only the urban elite are enjoying all the benefits like technology boom or the Industrial segment.

With the recent IT boom in India,lots of young engineering graduates are getting a better starting salary than what their Govt.employed father used to get at his retirement.That is a good thing as economic freedom is the key to all troubles. Most of the girl students after receiving good education , they are also placed better and paid well.

But the fruits of technoloy are not reaching the majority people in india.The engineering education is got by those who can afford for that and not all and sundry. There are schools in rural India where students don't know of a desktop computer.Even after 25 years after the entry of IT in to India ,this is a pathetic situation.The IT giants like MICROSOFT,IBM,SATYAM & INFOSYS -- they all are getting so many grants for establishing offices and at times with the name Special Economic Zones ( SEZ S ) ,they are getting thousand of acres of land at nominal cost or sometimes free of cost. And they are making fat pockets of money.

The Govt.should be strict enough to reinforce certain rules like ....

The IT companny should provide a sort of basic computer training to the kids and also some computers ( say 4 or 5 ) to a school as part of their CSR ( Corporate Social Responsibility) .

The Farmers in the rural areas are encouraged to learn basic computer knowledge in the villages by going to the kiosks (these should be set up by the IT firms in villages) with the local educated people providing training to those laypeople who have no knowledge of computers.

This lopsided development can be overcome by govenment's proactive policies and active involvement of corporates towards Rural development initiatives.