Technological And Social Needs Of Typical Indian Village In Maharashtra State

P.P.Shelke 
 2)   Social: (Health and Education) 
Introduction : 
 - 1. Villager want to the information about the loan
For making a developing plan of a village there is afacility available for the SEL HELP GROUP members.
need to study  the problems of villagers.  The- 2. Also want to the awareness programme for
majority of the problems in specific regions or statesseasonal disease of human being and preventive
are almost similar.  For working out a strategy formeasures.
developing the common villagers economy one of the- 3. Veterinary camp and awareness programme for
adopted villages of the Farm Science centre in thethe animal disease.
state of Maharashtra was studied.  Based on these- 4. Awareness programme on Health and Sanitation.
need assessment survey the programme can be- 5. Awareness programme on Water Analysis for
chalked out for the entire year for having the impactdrinking quality water.
and desired speed of development.- 6. Awareness programme on preventive measure
  for Tuberculosis patient and Villagers.
The Process- 7. Training Programme about formation of SHG for
 maintaining the SHG for Women.
As per the plan all team members visited the Karda- 8. General knowledge Competition Programme for
Village on November 6, 2008 for the needschool student.
assessment .The villagers were informed well in- 9. Awareness Programme for women & child
advance about the activity.  First we began to thediseases and preventive measures.
mobilize  to the community through Gram- 10. Information about Governmental scheme
Panchayat.  Around 34 men and women activelyregarding social and health aspects.
participated in the programme .  The concept of 
need assessment survey was explained to them and3)         Livelihood:-
its importance was also highlighted.- 1. Awareness Programme on Honey bee.
  - 2. Awareness Programme on Poultry.
The Needs- 3. Vocational training for youth.
 - 4. Awareness programme on management of dairy
 The following needs were recorded after thecattles,
discussion and prioritized below:- 5. Awareness programme for management of
 goats,
  1. Agriculture:Conclusions:
- 1. Demonstrative programme on Soil sample taking  
for soil testing in the laboratory.Based on these needs action plan can be formulated
- 2. Awareness programme on benefits of Farm Pondfor overall development of the villages.  It may be
and schemes related to construction of farm pondclear that the needs of the villages are not very
for subsidy.complicated but are very basic in nature.  Efforts are
- 3. Awareness programme on quality Seed selectionbeing made through different agencies like Farm
process.science centre (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) for having the
- 4. Demonstration on Seed treatment programme.problems solved.  Regular training programmes,
- 5. Information about Government schemes forFrontline demonstrations and On Farm testing of
agriculture.some specific technologies is also done.  The
- 6. Awareness programme on Biogas plant and itsexperience of the work based on the need
utility.assessment by participatory rural appraisal technique
- 7. Awareness programme on Organic Farming.has shown good results in some other villages. 
- 8. Awareness programme on Vermi Composting.Therefore, it is suggested that the needs of typical
- 9. Demonstration programme on Organic manureIndian village can be further thoroughly assessed and
preparationtime bound programme can be developed for getting
- 10. Awareness programme on water management.the desired results.