Mission 1: Medical Health Care – a Unique Insurance Model Beneficiaries : 10 lakh people of Pondicherry Partnership : Govt. + JIPMER + Corporate Hospitals + Insurance Premium : Rs. 5 per individual per month + Government contribution Rs.5 per person per month Govt. outlay will be Rs. 6 crore per year including health awareness education and ICT assisted medical advisory system) (Govt. is currently spending Rs. 100/ person/month) Benefits : Free – High Quality medical and surgical care to people. This model is working satisfactorily for 17 lakh people in Karnataka www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 2: PURA – Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas Telecom Internet e-Governance Tele-medicine Tele-education Ring Road Rail Public Infrastructure Mobile clinic PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY Warehouse Agro Industries Markets Hospital Micro Power plant Garment ECONOMIC CONNECTIVITY PURA ELECTRONIC CONNECTIVITY Enlightened Citizenship Moral Leadership KNOWLEDGE CONNECTIVITY Schools / Hospitals IRS Imagery for - Land & Crop Mgmt. - Water Mgmt. - Forest Mgmt. - Environment Proactive Health care Coop. Product Mktg. Joint Private – Public Empowered Enterprises Connectivity is crucial to rural prosperity Isolated actions will not fetch results I have found that our people are ready to adopt to any complex technology or management if we give them opportunity 7 PURA for Pondicherry P – 3, K – 2, M-1, Y -1 Investment equivalent to about 10% current annual budget of Pondicherry for 5 years 10-30 Village Clusters 25-50 Crore investment over 5 yr period per PURA Business Proposition Employment for 3000 persons Beneficiaries: 30,000 people www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 3: Bio-Fuel – Jatropha (Plantation to Production) 20,000 Acres waste land available in Pondicherry Multipurpose trees such as Jatropha can grow well on wastelands with little inputs, and reclaim it. Produces 15,000 of Bio-Fuel per year. Use it for Sea water desalination, automobiles, other agro-industrially useful by-products. Yields of up to 1000 plants per acre oilseeds possible under optimum conditions Use of Biodiesel is completely CO2 emission free; the CO2 fixed by the plantation could be used in emissions trading. Suggested Plan of Action (20,000 acres 50% of available Waste land) Jatropha Seed production – 60,000 T per year Bio-Fuel production – 15,000 T per year No. of Bio-Fuel Plants – 6 (P-2, K-2, M-1, Y-1) Size of Plant – 2500 T/year Capital investment – Rs 3.75 crore Value of Bio-Fuel output – Rs. 15 crore/year Employment potential – About 21,000 Critical use – Sea water Desalination using Bio-Fuel and automobiles If the potential is fully realized Pondicherry’s fresh water requirements up to 40 million liters per day Bio Diesel Unique opportunity Large employment Energy security Environmental friendly Need to start on commercial level and not pilot plants www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 4: Intensive Commercial Agriculture TARGET Fruit production and processing 500 hectares under fruit trees 5 plant species – 12,000 tonnes per annum Rs. 14 crores per annum Vegetable cultivation 37,000 tonnes per annum, 14 vegetable species Rs. 10 crores per annum Flori Culture 100 hectare Rs. 4 Crore per annum – turn over Achieve Self-reliance in Basic needs of the population Poultry production 60 Units 1000 birds per month per unit Diary husbandry 200 production centers with 6 high pedigree milich cows each 15,000 ltrs per day Medicinal Plants 120 hectares including cultivable waste lands 60 tons per year Employment Potential : 15,000 Direct Employment + 15,000 for Support and Services Ref: Pondicherry Development plan for Commercial agriculture – summary report www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 5: Integrated Water Management Plan for Pondicherry 20 year Integrated Water Management Plan Detailed Water Balance and Simulation studies – Current and Future demand/supply conditions Hydro-geological and land classification studies and data synthesis by GIS of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry needs to be integrated and predictions made Sea water ingress into fresh water aquifers in Pondicherry and Tamilnadu – to be 3D modeled and predictions to be made www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 5: An Integrated Water Table improvement Revive Ponds Siruthuli experience Ponds with weeds Desilted ponds Ponds filled with Water Rainwater harvesting Check Dams Recharging Wells Sustainable - watershed Water harvesting, Water recycling, Water table enhancement – Desilting ponds with inlets and outlets are to be cleaned. Water should always be clean with hi-quality standards River with slits De-silted River www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 5: DESALINATION PLANT AT SEA COAST CONCEPT Use of solar energy Bio-fuel TECHNOLOGIES THERMAL PROCESS Multi stage Flash Distillation Multi effect Distillation Vapour Compression Distillation MEMBRANE PROCESS Electro dialysis Reverse Osmosis Typical Desalination Plant Cost reduction 1980’s - Rs. 125/per 1000 ltrs 1990’s - Rs. 75/per 1000 ltrs 2000’s - Rs. 50/per 1000 ltrs 2004’s - Rs. 25/per 1000 ltrs Transportation Barge Moored at sea Service Barge Desalination Plant (4 Nos.) www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 6: Renewable energies Pondicherry and its regions are rich in Bio-resources Trend setter for the whole nation in large scale use of renewable energies Solar energy for desalination and other utilities Bio-Fuel for automobile, industrial and desalination applications Municipal and Rural waste disposal as energy source and for minimizing the under ground water pollution Renewable Energy Bio-Fuel Plant Bio-Diesel to CAR Sea Water Desalination Plant www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 6: Power through Municipal Waste (Experience) Recharging Wells Sustainable - watershed 6 MW Power Plant Based Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India 6.6 MW Power Plant Mahaboobnagar, AP Two power plants with 6 MGW capacities have been established Based on solid municipal waste technology developed by TIFAC by two entrepreneurs. This model can be replicated in other municipal and village clusters www.presidentofindia.nic.in