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| President Kalam moot 'One Village One Product' for tribal betterment | | |
B R Hills, Karnataka, Oct 15: President A P J Abdul Kalam today
mooted adoption of developing of 'One Village One Product' through
which village wise products, with technology added could be
made into a competitive commercial product for national and
international market.
Speaking at the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Vivekananda
Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK) on this eserene hills of backward
Chamarajanagar District he said time had come to develop village
based products, especially from tribal hamlets like about 128 of
those which were in the B R Hills area. This could bring a
revolutionary change in the tribal economy that had suffered since
long due to non availability of expertise and modern methods.
Mentioning the handicraft promotion work taken up in Chhindwara
and Senoi in Madhya Pradesh governmental and JETRO of Japan, he said
development of interior life style articles was taking place with
the help of Japanese technical experts. After value addition the
products were sent to international market.
A similar model had been followed between Thailand and Japan and
this should be adopted in B R Hills as well to develop 'one village
one product' that can transform the lives of poor tribals, he said. |
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