Thursday, December 6, 2007

Rural Business Hubs

"If we have to ensure inclusive and equitable growth, we need to knit and integrate our rural areas into the modern economic processes that are rapidly transforming our country" - Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.

The Rural Business Hub is a unique concept of Public-Private-Panchayat Partnership to address this lacuna in the market structure. RBH is an initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Confederation of Indian Industry to establish direct linkages between rural economy and industry. The key objective of the RBH is to involve industry to improve / refine the locally available resources and produce goods of quality and standards that are nationally and internationally acceptable. The concept is based on the successful Thai experience of One-Tambon-One Product (OTOP) model with suitable modifications.

Check out the Rural Business Hub website for more details.