knowing about the success of ISRO now, what is your opinion about the sacrifice of the local people over there, as they had given up their own village for a scientific research center to come up.
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All great things have humble beginnings — so goes a saying. This is very true in the case of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), the darling of India's science community and the world's envy. With around 20,000 employees in its centres across the nation and a budget running into several million rupees, Isro stunned everyone with its successful Mars mission in its very first attempt in 2013.
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To provide the space based services directly to the rural areas, ISRO/ DOS has launched the Village Resource Centres (VRCs) programme in association with NGOs/ Trusts and state/ central agencies.
At present, there are 461 VRCs set up in 22 States/Union Territories, namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim. Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and A & N islands. The 461 VRC nodes include 81 Expert Centres.
Over 6500 programmes have been conducted by the VRCs so far addressing the areas like, Agriculture/horticulture development; Fisheries development; Live stock development; Water resources; Tele health care; Awareness programmes; Woman’s empowerment; Supplementary education; Computer literacy; Micro credit; Micro finance; Skill development / vocational training for livelihood support etc. So far, over five Lakh people have used VRC services.
The feasibility of incorporating advancements emerged in the area of communication technology into future VRCs is being studied. Based on the outcome of the study, utilization plan and interest of NGOs and State Governments, further expansion of VRC network would be considered.
