Smart Village India
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Smart Village is a concept adopted by national, state and local governments of India, as an initiative focused on holistic rural development, derived from Mahatma Gandhi's vision of Adarsh Gram{{cite web|last1=Sinha|first1=Shri Amarjeet|title=Secretary, Department of Rural Development|url=http://support.saanjhi.in/support/solutions/articles/6000003502-1-mahatma-gandhi-s-vision-of-a-model-village|website=saanjhi.gov.in|publisher=Managed by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India|accessdate=29 November 2016|archive-date=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728001835/http://support.saanjhi.in/support/solutions/articles/6000003502-1-mahatma-gandhi-s-vision-of-a-model-village|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|title=Adarsh Gram: A Gandhian Dream of Gram Swaraj|pmc=4317974|journal=Indian Journal of Community Medicine|volume=40|issue=1|pages=1–4|year=2015|last1=Garg|first1=B. S.|last2=Raut|first2=A. V.|doi=10.4103/0970-0218.149260|pmid=25657504 |doi-access=free }} (Ideal Village) and Swaraj (Self Reliance).{{cite book|last1=Gandhi|first1=Mahatma|title=Hind swaraj|date=2010|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|location=Delhi|isbn=9788170288510|edition=Centenary}}{{cite book|last1=Gandhi|first1=Mahatma|title=Village Swaraj|date=1962|publisher=Navajivan Publishing House|location=University of California}}{{cite news|last1=Amitabh|first1=Utkarsh|title=Young India Fellow, Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/india-creates-first-smart-village/|accessdate=30 November 2016|agency=Ashoka University|issue=Monday 3 October 2016|publisher=World Economic Forum|date=3 October 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Tomar|first1=Shri Narendra Singh|title=Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation|url=http://www.saanjhi.gov.in/index.aspx|website=saanjhi.gov.in|publisher=Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India|accessdate=29 November 2016|archive-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125004544/http://saanjhi.gov.in/index.aspx|url-status=dead}} Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) or SAANJHI) on 2 October 2014, Gandhi's birthday, in addition to Smart Cities and Digital India, as a development programme for India.{{cite web|title=Central Government Departments and the Programme coordinated by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology|url=http://www.digitalindia.gov.in/content/site-map|website=digitalindia.gov.in|publisher=Central Government Departments and the Programme coordinated by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology|accessdate=2 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Kaushik|first1=Preetam|title=Smart Villages: Lending A Rural Flavour To Modi's Growth Agenda|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/Smart-Villages-Lending-A-Rural-Flavour-To-Modis-Growth-Agenda/articleshow/45271399.cms|accessdate=29 November 2016|agency=Business Insider India|issue=25 November 2014|date=25 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Tewari|first1=Ankur|title=Experts envision smart villages in India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Experts-envision-smart-villages-in-India/articleshow/45096352.cms|accessdate=29 November 2016|agency=Times of India|publisher=Times of India|date=10 November 2014}} The Parliamentarian's Model Village Scheme main goal is for each Member of Parliament and Minister to adopt a rural village and develop it into a model by 2019 under the SAGY guidelines. The vision of SAGY is an integrated village development plan, encompassing Personal, Human, Social, and Economic dimensions.{{cite web|last1=Sinha|first1=Shri Amarjeet|title=Holistic Development Through:vities-in-an-adarsh-gram|website=saanjhi.gov.in|publisher=Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India}}
Background
Smart Village{{Cite web |url=https://bastikhabar.online/spacial-story/ups-first-such-digital-village-where-facilities-give-competition-to-the-city-680166 |title=UP's first such digital village where facilities give competition to the city | UP's first such digital village where facilities give competition to the city |access-date=3 December 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124205531/https://bastikhabar.online/spacial-story/ups-first-such-digital-village-where-facilities-give-competition-to-the-city-680166 |url-status=dead }} India gets its foundation from Mahatma Gandhi's vision of Adarsh Gram (model village) and Gram Swaraj (Village self-rule/independence). Gandhi in two texts, Hind Swaraj and Gram (Village) Swaraj, promotes the concept of integrated rural development to impact majority of the population, as the primary initiative after India Independence in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/village_swaraj.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - village_swaraj jai hind |website=Mkgandhi.org |date= |accessdate=2017-04-06}}
The Eco Needs Foundation has initiated the concept of "Smart Village". Under this project the Foundation is adopting villages and putting efforts for sustainable development by providing basic amenities like sanitation, safe drinking water, internal road, tree plantation, water conservation. The Foundation is also working for inculcating moral values in the society and for improving the standard of living of the villagers. In the concept of "Smart Village" the development of the village shall be based on the five paths Retrofitting, Redevelopment, Green fields, e-Pan, Livelihood. Under the concept of Smart Village, the Foundation has adopted Village Dhanora, Teh. Bari, District Dholpur, a small and remote village of Rajasthan to develop it as India's First Smart Village. The village is situated 30 km away from Dholpur district headquarter and 248 km from Jaipur. The population of the village is about 2,000. The village was devoid of its basic needs like sanitation, internal roads. It was also facing various other similar problems such as lack of access to potable water, non-availability of water conservation system, encroachment on the roads, power fluctuation, non-availability of employment oriented education, unemployment and poverty, so on and so forth. Prof. Priyanand Agale Founder of Eco Needs Foundation and Dr. Satyapal Sing Meena (IRS) Joint commissioner of Income Tax has converted this idea into reality. Smart village "copyright is on the name of Prof. Dr. Priyanand Agale and Dr. Satyapal Sing Meena. smart village Dhanora has become role model of Rural Development. Dhanora village was also given an award by Prime minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi in the year 2018.{{Cite web | title=Welcome to Eco Needs Foundation | url=http://www.econeeds.org/rDevelopmentDetails.php?rdId=1&epType=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212131130/http://econeeds.org/rDevelopmentDetails.php?rdId=1&epType=1 | access-date=2024-12-26 | archive-date=2015-02-12}}5. [http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/iphone/showpage.aspx?issue=91112016071900000000001001&page=4&returnUrl=http%253a%252f%252fpaper.hindustantimes.com%252fepaper%252fiphone%252fhomepage.aspx%2523_title91112016071900000000001001%252fwatitle91112016071900000000001001%252f9111%252f91112016071900000000001001%252f4%252ftrue&x=0.8366013071895425&y=0.8720173535791758]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/rajasthan-plans-smart-village-116111001301_1.html | title=Rajasthan plans 'Smart Village' | date=10 November 2016 | agency=IANS | newspaper=Business Standard | accessdate=26 May 2019 }}{{cite web |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/epapermain.aspx?queryed=78 |title=LOKMAT E-Paper |website=epaper.lokmat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030104701/http://epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/epapermain.aspx?queryed=78 |archive-date=2013-10-30}}{{cite web |url=http://epaper.lokmat.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=32 |title=LOKMAT E-Paper |website=epaper.lokmat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214155235/http://epaper.lokmat.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=32 |archive-date=2012-02-14}}{{Cite web |url=http://m.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JAI-HMU-dhanora-smart-village-of-rajasthan-news-hindi-5374400-PHO.html?referrer_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.in |title=Dhanora Smart Village of Rajasthan | Jaipur News in Hindi - Dainik Bhaskar Hindi News | यहां न सड़क थी ना शौचालय, दो साल में ऐसे बना स्मार्ट गांव |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630190032/https://m.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JAI-HMU-dhanora-smart-village-of-rajasthan-news-hindi-5374400-PHO.html?referrer_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.in |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/1085282/1182438312/0/map/tabs-1/11-08-2016/14/1/image|title=Bhaskar ePaper: Dainik Bhaskar Hindi News Paper, Hindi ePaper Online|website=Dainik Bhaskar}}
Implementation by states
The following states and territories participate in the programme.{{cite web|last1=Sinha|first1=Shri Amarjeet|title=Secretary, Department of Rural Development|url=http://saanjhi.gov.in/saanjhimis/reports/Dreports/SummarReport_chosenGP.aspx|website=saanjhi.gov|publisher=Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India|accessdate=3 December 2016}}
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- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Nominated{{clarify|date=April 2017}}
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
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