Sunday 4 December 2022

BHARAT Immersion Program- (पुराने भारत का नया परिचय)- A Step of Parashar Agri & Culture Tourism( The Hachiko Tourism Project)

 

Bharat Immersion Program

India-the mystery of land & land of mystery. Its diversified culture, heritage, spirituality, religious & social harmony, colourful people & their livelihood, traditions, customs, rituals are representing India unique to the world. In Population, it is 2nd in the world.  The demographic features for this population represent the challenges for sustainability & opportunities for the development at the same time. The economy of India ranks 5th largest economy (3.5 trillion Dollar) according to GDP & 3rd largest economy (11.74 trillion Dollar) according to PPP (Purchasing Power Parity). The size of Indian market has spread over 70% in semi urban & rural area in 600000 villages & in urban area. Being largest consumer country of the world, all MNCs belongs to manufacturing & service industry have been selling their products in urban part of the country which represents India. This is because cash flow & paying capacity of the urban people. With the time being, this urban market gets saturated & these MNCs started to search for more market place in India. This market place is that 70% population which is still living in semi urban & rural part of the country which represents BHARAT.  During last 2 decades, economy of semi urban & rural area also gets boosted with small & medium enterprises. Secondly raw material for manufacturing & processing also available in huge at BHARAT. So, all the focus of MNCs is get shifted on this speedily growing rural economy. This movement of strengthening the rural economy also get support with start-up wave in rural India. This movement may come with the mission of “Naye Bharat ka Nirman”.  


Spirituality-  an Identity of India

What is the need of Bharat Immersion Program?

In 2001, That was the time when, you couldn’t get the job, increment in job if you don’t have MSCIT Course certificate with you. Why it was so? Because need of updating with computer technology & it uses in system become necessary. Same condition get arises currently. When whole world is looking at India and specially semi urban & rural India market as future business place, they should know about its semi urban & rural economy, factors affecting this rural economy, base of this economy which is agriculture; people depend on it, their behavioural patterns, purchasing ability & capacity, these people living that is Village & its demographic. Even future workforce (fresher students, newly recruited HR team, team engaged in the project of launching different products & services targeting this market) which will going to engage in this this semi urban & rural economy for business, they should at least know basic idea about all these things. We feel that, like MSCIT Course, the course of “Bharat Immersion Program” also gets introduced across India. Through which basic/detail idea about agriculture, village, people & their livelihood, rural economy will get by the course attendant.


Understanding Agriculture 

Benefits of Bharat Immersion Program Course

1.     Participants will get an idea about backbone of Indian economy

2.     Participants will get awareness about semi urban & rural India.

3.     Participants will understand people living in semi urban & rural India, their behavioural patterns, rituals, customs & traditions.

4.     Participants will know about fluctuations in rural economy, factors affecting rural economy.

5.     Participants will get an idea about market opportunities for products & services belongs to every sector like finance, education, health, other service sectors, precision agriculture, food supply chain, agri supply chain, FMCG chain, trading, marketing of goods & services etc.

6.     Participants can understand an Idea of India, its culture etc.

 


Agriculture

Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy, near about half of the India (48%) is engaged in agriculture sector for an employment. Agriculture sector contributes near about 17% in GDP. In India, agriculture is not only occupation, further more it is culture, tradition, religion, livelihood of rural India. Climatically Indian agriculture is very diversified one. From rainfed agriculture, to irrigated, controlled & precision farming people are engaged in this sector. Indian Agriculture is depending on law of diminishing marginal utility.  India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as jute, staples such as millets and castor oil seed. India is the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the world's major food staples.

India is currently the world's second largest producer of several dry fruits, agriculture-based textile raw materials, roots and tuber crops, pulses, farmed fish, eggs, coconut, sugarcane and numerous vegetables. India is ranked under the world's five largest producers of over 80% of agricultural produce items, including many cash crops such as coffee and cotton, in 2010. India is one of the world's five largest producers of livestock and poultry, meat, with one of the fastest growth rates

Village



As said above near about half of the population of India is engaged in agriculture sector, obviously this population is living in rural India near the farms. This increased population density at one place results into development of the concept of village. In India, there are near about 600000 villages in which farming engaged population is distributed. As human beings are social livings, so once they started to live together, in order to keep harmony in between them, some rules, regulation are necessary. These rules & regulation get the shape of traditions & customs. In the concept of Village; Village structure, village infrastructure, village administration, village education system, village credit system, Village health system, basic facilities in village, career opportunities in village etc things can be noticed while studying the village.

People & Their Livelihood & Behavioural patterns


Let's meet the people

Here livelihood is not only concerns with basic needs. We are thinking about people’s livelihood in broad sense, it’s beyond their basic needs of food, cloths & shelter. These are may be like happiness quotient, quality of life, relationships & their management, their behaviour patterns in particular conditions etc. Public psychology also helps us to understand their behaviour patterns

Rural Economy

Rural economy is the frame of agriculture, people engaged in agriculture, people living in rural & semi urban area, their behavioural pattern, purchasing ability etc. Indian agriculture is depending on law of diminishing marginal utility. India’s rural ecosystem is large and growing steadily. The rural economy contributed nearly half the nation’s overall GDP in 2019–2020 and employs 350 million people (68% of the total workforce). Over the last five years, the rural ecosystem has grown 10% per annum (p.a.) and still has strong headroom for growth. The agricultural economy is on the cusp of massive disruption. Companies that address inefficiencies across the value chain will have explosive growth potential. As new generations of farmers take the reins, technology will play a greater role in the agriculture value chain. The sector also needs faster and better access to financing. Innovative business model and technology adoption is driving access to microfinance, Agri, and consumer loans. New challenges will develop as the sector matures. Farmer groups need to build capacity, consistency, and efficiency, especially for post-harvest services. adoption of new practices will also influence the future of India’s rural economy.



Over the past decade, the rural ecosystem has evolved significantly, driven by multiple government and private sector initiatives. There have been continued improvements in physical infrastructure and connectivity, plus significant advancements in digital infrastructure. Rural smartphone and internet penetration increased 30% p.a. over the last five years. A significant reduction in data prices drove the rise in smartphone usage; the cost per gigabyte dropped about 65% between 2018 and 2021. Covid-19 also accelerated smartphone exposure and proficiency because many schools transitioned to online classes during the pandemic. The number of children with access to smartphones increased 42% between 2018 and 2020. The movement of FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) is playing very huge role in rural economy.



Bharat Immersion program will be less theory & more of practical exposure, direct interactions with the stake holders. Parashar Agri & culture Tourism is an ideal platform for understanding Bharat & exploring Bharat Immersion Program. Parashar Agri & culture Tourism is the project of HACHIKO Tourism. We are in hospitality sector since 2011, not only as an activity but with the passion of "New identity of old India". Currently we are working at 2 destinations viz Junnar & Aurangabad, shortly our operations are going to start at Harda district of Madhya Pradesh. 

With Regards

Manoj Bhimaji Hadwale

Managing Director

Hachiko Tourism

manoj@hachikotourism.in

www.hachikotourism.in 

+91 9970515438