Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal

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Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal is the first such rural business hub that has been set up in rural India. RBH in Uttaranchal has been set up under the initiative of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

The aim of Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal is to bring about the development of the rural areas of the state. It is based on the unique concept of Public Private Panchayat Partnership (PPPP). The Initiative of Rural Business Hub in Uttaranchal is also based on the concept of the Thai model One- Tambon- One Product (OTOP).

Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal looks after the welfare of the various sectors that function in the rural areas of the state. These rural sectors of Uttaranchal are:

  • Micro finance
  • Handicraft and handloom produce
  • Aquaculture produce
  • Poultry farming
  • Food processing
  • Medicinal plants
  • Bio- fuels
The various objectives of Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal are that it works along with the state government in order to bring about the development of the rural areas of the state. Further its objectives are to set up direct connection between the rural economy and the industry. Also the Rural Business Hub in Uttaranchal wants to involve the industry to improve the quality of the resources that are available locally and to manufacture goods of such quality and standard that they are accepted in the national and international markets.

Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal objectives includes providing the industry with a mechanism through which it can directly procure agricultural products from the rural people. This would prove beneficial for both the industry and the rural people. For the industry would be able to procure quality products in low procurement costs while the rural people would benefit for they would get the correct amount for their goods due to the absence of the middle men.

The various advantages of Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal are that it has improved the infrastructure of the rural areas of the state by building soil testing units, R&D centres, cold storage facilities, tissue testing laboratories, biocontrol laboratories, and model farms. Further the various advantages of the Rural Business Hub in Uttaranchal are that it has helped in bringing many industries into the rural areas of the state, which in its turn has increased the number of jobs for the rural people. This has greatly improved the economic condition of the rural people of Uttaranchal.

The industries that have been set up in the rural areas of the state have brought with them the latest technology, agricultural inputs, value addition, good farming practices, branding and marketing, quality and standard increasing measures, and skill and training development. This has proved to be advantageous for the rural people of Utterance for their incomes have increased due to increased yields, entrepreneurship development, better quality, and low transportation costs.

Rural Business Hub Initiative in Uttaranchal thus has taken several measures in order to bring about the development of the rural areas of the state. The initiative of Rural Business Hub in Uttaranchal must continue in this manner so as to further improve the condition of the rural people of the state.

To get more information on the operations of Rural Business Hub in Uttaranchal, the contact details are as follows:

Ms Vibha Malhotra
Head -- Uttaranchal State Office
Confederation of Indian Industry
Nepal House, First Floor
30 / 1 Rajpur Road
Dehradun -- 248 001

Tel: +91 135 2745120
Fax: +91 135 2745121
Email: [email protected]

last Updated 25/05/2011