Mission 7: Information Communication Technology Pondicherry: Big computer hardware production centre as visualized by the CM When most of the states of India are busy in the IT enabled services, it would be the right approach for the Pondicherry to take up the IT Hardware Collaborative development and production Cell phones and mobile devices Handheld computers Convergent Multimedia PCs Smart Card Production Centre for telephones, ID Card www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 8: Tourism Unique selling propositions Present Tourist – 2002 Global Cultural linkages Heritage Architecture French food - French connection Spiritual solace Festival Celebration Sea side environment Handicrafts Education and human values World class Health Care International Business Centre Present Tourist – 2002 Foreign - 20000 Indian - 4,80,000 Target – 2009 Foreign - 1,00,000 Indian - 10,00,000 Thrust + Additional Infrastructure+ Training www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 8: Health Tourism India is a preferred destination for health care from many countries, because of cost effective treatment and human touch. We have world class facilities for heart surgery, eye care, neurosurgery. Large number of foreigners use India as a favoured destination for affordable and quality medical care. This also encompasses the traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani as well as health care systems such as Yoga, meditation. Work towards making Pondicherry a preferred destination Encourage private participation in the health care industry. www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 9: Fisheries and Aquaculture Satellite observations to locate upwelling and to identify the fish rich area – boats fitted with simple satellite image receivers Deep sea fishing, on the ship processing, storage and marketing at sea through high sea sale Aqua culture in tanks and farms – Produce protein rich fish, better returns to farmers www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Mission 10: Value added Garment Industry Collaborative Venture with Other States – Tamilnadu Promote Fashion Design through the CAD/CAM Create niche markets for French Fashion Modernization and Upstream integration of existing textile industry Create allied spin-off industries in SSI Sector www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Employment Generation for Pondicherry MISSIONS (Employment) ENTREPRENEURSHIP Human Resource In Pondicherry 5000 Students Graduates every year + From Schools 15,000 MISSIONS (Employment) Literacy, Education and Health (2000) PURA (18,000) Waste Land Development (20,000) Intensive Commercial Agriculture (20,000) Integrated Water Resource management (10,000) Renewable Energies ICT (5,000) Tourism (10,000) Aqua Culture (10,000) Value added Garment industry(5000) Training Marketing Business Proposal Industrial Partnership Academy Institutions With Management Focus 1 Lakh Unemployed Youth & Farm workers Artisans Self employment and entrepreneurship is key to economic growth and for individual prosperity. Many actors have to work together. See the virtuous triangle for such action. Many mega missions identified above can trigger millions of entrepreneurial opportunities Outsourcing by government is crucial Employment Generation 1 Lakh Sustained GDP Growth Banks/Financial Institutions www.presidentofindia.nic.in

TEN Missions for Pondicherry 100% literacy for all and Health Care for through Medical Insurance. Establishing 7 PURA clusters (P3, K-2, M-1, Y-1). Waste Land Development – 20,000 acres leading to 15000 tonnes of bio-fuel per annum. Total self sufficiency in milk and dairy products, vegetables, fruits, poultry through intensive Commercial Agriculture. Sustainable Water Resource management and arresting further penetration of salinity and setting up of small desalination plants with renewable energies. Establishment of 100 mega watt (VLS-PV) solar power stations, 6 Bio-fuel production plants each of 2500 tonnes per year capacity and 7 units each of six megawatt municipal waste based power plants Renewable Energies. ICT business alone has to generate revenue of Rs. 500 crores. Thrust in infrastructure for doubling of our tourist arrival and increasing the foreign tourist visits by a factor of five. Aqua Culture and deep sea fishing added with high sea sales should lead to the target of Rs. 300 crores business per year through a collaborative programme. Establishing value added Garment industry with an export target of Rs. 1000 crores. www.presidentofindia.nic.in

MISSIONS TRANSFORM REGIONS TOWARDS PROSPERITY MISSIONS Political Will NATURAL RESOURCES Vast Coastline Minerals Biodiversity Knowledge MISSIONS Education Water Power Infrastructure Employment Generation Food, Health & Social Security Value Addition C I V I L I S A T I O N A L H E R I TA G E DEVELOPED REGIONS LEADING TO INDIA 2020 HUMAN RESOURCES Traditional Knowledge Knowledge Intensive Org. Services 1.10 Vision, Mission & Goals   We have so far considered the profile of knowledge society, multiple components and system integration. It emerged from the deliberations of the task force that the core strengths of the nation have to be coupled to the desired goals. The nation’s strengths predominantly reside in its natural and human resources. In natural resources, India is endowed with a vast coast-line with marine resources and also oil wealth. In minerals, apart from conventional material resources, it is well-known that India has the largest deposits of titanium, beryllium and tungsten. India ranks among the top few nations having a rich bio-diversity. Particularly, in the herbal area there are potential applications for developing multiple products for nutrition, prevention and cure of diseases. Of the global herbal product market of US$ 61 billion, China has a share of around US $ 3 billion, whereas India’s share is not even US $ 100 million. Hence, there is tremendous opportunity for growth in this area. India has similar potential for promoting floriculture and aquaculture in a big way. Knowledge-based value addition for these natural resources would mean exporting value-added products rather than merely the raw materials. Use of IT for commercialisation and marketing can increase our outreach and speed enormously. Ancient knowledge is a unique resource of India for it has the treasure of a minimum of 5000 years of civilisation. It is essential to leverage this wealth for national well being as well as to seek global presence for the nation. Human resources, particularly with large young population, are unique core strength of the nation. This resource can be transformed through various educational and training programmes. Skilled, unskilled and creative manpower can be transformed into wealth generators particularly in the service sectors, agro industries etc. Knowledge-intensive industries can be generated out of our existing industries by injecting demand for high-level software/hardware, which would bring tremendous value addition. It is said, “the precious asset for a company or a country is the skill, ingenuity and imagination of its people. With globalisation, this will become more important because everybody will have access to world class technology and the key distinguishing feature will be the ability of people in different countries to use their imagination to make the best use of the technology”. Indeed development and innovative use of multiple technologies with transparent management structure and coupled with IT, will catapult India into a knowledge super power Rural Prosperity Technology Plans, attracting investment & Funds www.presidentofindia.nic.in