Co-operative Credit Organisations and some numbers

The cooperative credit structure consisting of over 1,25,605 outlets purveys more than 62 per cent to total agri-rural credit. While a network of 66,573 commercial banks and 14,505 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) along with 81,078 branches, these put together account for only 38 per cent of rural credit. There are 30 State Cooperative banks with 953 branches and 368 District-level Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) with 12,858 branches carrying a network of 1,08,779 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS).

India's first HSPA (3G) Broadband access to Rural India

Ericsson is the provider for India’s very first HSPA (high speed packet access) broadband network, which delivers the advantage of 3G. It is introduced as a pilot project in the beginning of September across 18 villages and 15 towns in Tamil Nadu.

Some Numbers on Rural India

Rural India accounts for more than 50% of the GDP and out of total 62.97 million households, having income more than 5 lakhs pa, nearly 28.68 million households (46%) live in Rural India. The rural market is projected to be bigger in India than the urban market for fast moving consumer goods, with an annual size of Rs 48000 crore ($12 billion) in 2004 and growing.

Rural consumption expenditure is accounted for around 60 per cent, or Rs 9,13,500 crore ($228 billion), of the country's total consumption expenditure.

Rural Indian Innovators

I have written previously about National Innovation Foundation which collects the grass-root innovations from Rural India. I am listing few of such innovations showed on Discovery Channel.


Please note that all the following videos are less than a minute ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYyQfwh7obg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_-TIoncKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md3D8dVHuWM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_9bCs0jukw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j24BdUAxbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unHpHYboq4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7VSR3BeuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmiNanE64L8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQiajQcacJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mqGPVUVk2o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv4XE1SNaZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXjiQOazDko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_vsjppeUU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zya0OQRqY1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNGBze67rTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGkoSF7GZVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFYZghNHA9c

Want to know more about National Innovation Foundation? Watch these videos (together:20 min):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHeUjHHFsE8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFYZghNHA9c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zFJQxwtkDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFdh7biSgU0