Web bihartimes.com Share your ideas with us...     05/01/2006 BIHAR - OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT VISION 2010 There is a need in Bihar to bridge the gap between the Indian mainstream Society and the people in the remote rural areas of Bihar through a planned program for development. Hence there is a need to develop integrated plan of action for reviving Bihar. The Center for Integrated Development of Bihar can be created by taking the following activities: § Create Model Community Infrastructure for Agriculture, Health, Sanitation, Education and enterprising scales. § Strengthen Agrarian Base & Self Employment Opportunities by creating social enterprises at village level. § Rejuvenate & Promote agri-tourism § Public investment in Agriculture, especially in Irrigation as well as in the market yards to create a value addition center and storage capacity of food products. We envisage the following key steps to achieve a planned development model for replication in the state of Bihar: - A. Identify Nodal Development Centers This Center will function as a nerve center for monitoring, assessment, administration & planning of all the activities undertaken at the various Field Centers. A key role of the Nodal Center is also envisaged in not only providing resources and direction to the Field Centers but also ensuring a cohesive approach to the activities. The activities formulated will be implemented in the identified Field Centers. The selection & scope of coverage in the designated areas will be finalized after a survey-cum-feasibility of the region & firming of the proposed scale of activities to be undertaken. It is envisaged that the successful implementation of these activities in the Field Centers will have an immense impact on the rural community of the region, which have been susceptible to exploitation by vested interests. In addition, the development of a trained and experienced manpower for these Centers will be a Formidable Asset for deployment at various other locations of the region. B. Activate Field Center Units A surveyor feasibility study can be carried out by team of experts at each of the identified locations, for the formalizing the scale of operations (area of coverage) and the specific activities to be undertaken. It is envisaged that broadly the following activity units should be set up at the Field Centers keeping in mind the need, though some of these may be modified at the time of survey, due to the prevailing local conditions: - next page...   The Advertising Network