A BLUE-PRINT FOR INDIA’s DEVELOPMENT

The development of India would need that 450 million able-bodied people (age 18 to 45) are able to earn not less than Rs.120,000 percapita (now earning just one-fifth of that), needing a value Addition of Rs.540 Tr ($8 Trillion), over and above current $2.35 Tr. This value MUST be generated in Village regions so as to counter “shifting population”, due to poverty.

INDIA’s DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE

BALANCING LAND AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Present Indian population is 1,350 million, spread across 220 million Ha non-forest land. That works out to 1,630 Sq M percapita Land. Space for food, living, security and infrastructure

are getting jeopardized as Lands are taken away for building cities and other “developments”. There is dire need to balance Land resources and

Human resources – else, there could be a holocaust.

THE GREAT INDIAN HUMAN STRUGGLE

India has over 300 million people living in very poor conditions – often living on roadsides – near about the entire population of the USA. This is a shame!

75% OF INDIA’s POPULATION LIVE IN VILLAGES/ SLUMS

This picture shows the dilapidated and crowded houses in a Mumbai slum, where each house is like a dungeon. Mumbai alone has over six million people living in such Slums

ECONOMICS OF LIVING IN INDIA

There are about 650,000 Elite population whose percapita real earnings are over Rs.120 million; About 150 million people earn average Rs.350,000; About 250 million earn average Rs.90,000; Over 950 million earn just a paltry Rs.7,500; The gap between the Richest and poorest is

16,000:1. India needs to work toward reducing this huge

Economic-gap, on emergency basis.

WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE?

India has Eight major Metros; 22 major Cities and over 6,000 smaller towns – where about 200 million live. Over 150 million people live in City/ Town slums –

about 10,000 slums in number. Over 950 million live in a total of 640,000 Villages

and settlements. There are about 300 million in these, moving like nomads and often on the roads

THE CONCEPT OF TOTAL VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM (TVDP)

India CAN create Value additions, if each percapita land (1,630 Sq M) becomes wealth creation center. This would be possible through a New Paradigm –

Total Village Development Program (TVDP). Advantage is taken of the fact that Village regions

have large biomass and abundant labor. India has high potentials for value addition, by

converting available Biomass into Energy, Bio-Petrochemicals and Engineering materials.

A NEW PARADIGM WHERE EVERY VILLAGE IS A CO.

BASICS OF TVDP India has an estimated 12.5 billion T of non-forest

vegetation resources, with about 3 billion T as “solids” and the balance as water (Bio-liquid). Were we to use these available biomass for Energy

and Engineered products on a 60:40 basis, 1.2 billion T are available for Engineered products. These could be converted into 2 billion T Wood/

Metal substitutes etc. There could be 1 million Modules @ 2,000 T to

5,000 T such substitutes per Module, with value @ Rs.300 Trillion ($4.44 trillion) – 50% for internal consumption; balance for exports worldwide. These would be in villages, creating TVDP.

ENGINEERED PRODUCTS The Photo-collage

here shows some high quality Engineered pro-ducts, made of Bio-mass materials. More than 200 such

products have been developed. 1 million Modules of

2,000 T output each are envisaged in the 650,000 villages etc. 200 million people

would have decent jobs

TVDP MODULE

Illustration here shows the concept of TVDP, converting available Biomass into Energy and Engineered pro-ducts, through a Zero-Waste Zero-Carbon Business-Model (ZW-ZC-BM)

BIOMASS RESOURCES – 1

Here are some interesting Bio-mass systems

BIOMASS RESOURCES

– 2

Some major vegetation systems in a Tropical country like India

PILOT PROJECT

A First Pilot TVDP project on the lines of ZW-ZC-BM, presented earlier could be set up in any state. The Total Project Costs (Fixed investment and

Working Capital) would be Rs.5 Cr. 200 million people (local village personnel) would

have direct employment and another equal number would have indirect employment. Detailed Project Report could be prepared after

taking an initial decision for such a project in a Region. Each Module would be based on Local resources

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March 12, 2017Bangalore