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Land, water and cover management through scientific and technological inputs for value addition and income generation. |
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Water Management: Owning & sustaining of water in rural areas. |
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Agriculture, Animal husbandry and Aquaculture: Effective use of inputs, integrated farming system, post harvest technology, including post harvest processing. |
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Engineering Services: Design, development and upgradation of farms and non farm tools and machinery; cost effective energy appliances; Construction technologies using local resources and material for construction. |
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Rural industries: R& D projects in the area of rural process industries. |
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Establishment of Rural Technology Parks as technology resource centres for technology back-up/ support system in both farm and non –farm sector. |
Programme for Disabled and Elderly Population:
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Technology Interventions for Disabled and Elderly (TIDE) to promote research, development and adaptation of technology for improving quality of life for benefit of Disabled and Elderly population in the country |
Programme for Weaker Section & Artisans:
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Action oriented programmes/projects to help the weaker sections & traditional artisans e.g. blacksmiths, carpenters with a view to: |
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Organize them for better earning/reduced drudgery through innovative skill development, training programmes, and adaptive research and development |
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Development and diversification of existing artisan-based production networks to economically viable, S&T based production in co-operation with S&T field groups with demonstration projects as output. |
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Development of new/improved technology to improve and diversify the local economy, utilizing local resources to upgrade the skills of landless labour, etc; and |
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mproving the quality and designs of traditional handicrafts based on innovative technology. |
