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Moving Backwards to take India Forward

By Lakshya



What is Migration? Migration is the product economic liberalization and utter mismanagement of economic policies over the years by the government. While the urban population and especially the middle class grew affluent after the liberalization, the rural areas were left unattended to, which eventually led to a large influx of workers from rural areas to urban centres leading to social and infrastructural changes.

One-third of the country’s population of more than 1.2 billion people is below poverty line and a large proportion lives in rural India. Also, a UN labor report projects about 17.8 million people are unemployed in India. At the same time, a million Indians reach employment age every month.


These statistics portray the sheer uneven distribution of income among the people of the country. A major cause of poverty among India’s rural people, both individuals and communities, is lack of access to productive assets and financial resources. Moreover, high level of illiteracy, inadequate health care and extremely limited access to social services is common among poor rural people.



The solution to this could be a Public-Private model or Cooperative Model. An appropriate example for this is AMUL. It supports lives of million families of farmers. More importantly, Social Enterprises like Adaaya, Dhriti have time and again demonstrated ways empowering women at the grassroots level by providing them income generating activities, adding to a rise in rural household income.


Therefore, a localized, self-sustaining social enterprise, through forward and backward linkages, not only has the potential of addressing a contextual problem but also of providing meaningful, continuous employment to the local populace for whom self employment, many a times at subsistence level, and informal employment are the norm.

 

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The  Magical Areca

By Kajal Baid



You must have heard of two prominent uses of Areca; Area nuts and Areca palm leave dinnerware. But this tree has got countless usages as well. Not only the tree and leaves can be put into many uses, all if its components can be used in manufacturing huge variety of products. Here is the list of all its components and their uses:


 Areca Leaf

Apart from the sheaths used in making plates and bowls, areca leaves can also be used for making straws and lids. Since they contain no chemicals and are 100% natural, they can hold your food for a longer time and can carry up to 2 kgs of weight. Some of other uses of areca leaves are:

1.  Paper Boards: The combination of sheaths and waste paper is used to make strong and durable boards and have more resistance to water absorption.

2.  Dry Fodder

3.   Fire Wood

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Areca Nuts

Did you know that India is the largest manufacturer of Areca Nuts? Indian manufacturers export Areca Nits to USA, UAE, China and Indonesia to name a few. Other prominent uses of areca nuts are:

1.  Sweet and masala roasted supaaris

2.  Chewing gum

3.  Mouth Freshener

4.  Baby toys, garland showcase pieces

5.  Useful in extracting liquor

·  Tannin

Tannin is obtained as a by-product from the process of preparing immature areca nuts. Health problems arising from consumption of areca nuts have led to its maturity in the market; hence global demand for tannin is expected to rise in future. Various uses of Tannin are:

1.  Dyeing clothes

2.  Tanning leather

3.  Adhesive for manufacturing ply boards

4.  Safe food colouring agent

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Areca Husk

It is an agricultural by-product, extracted from the outer cover of Areca fruit which forms about 50-75 percent of the total volume and weight of the fruit. Earlier, it was considered as a waste but when researchers tried to find out about its properties, following uses emerged:

1.  Herbal tooth brushes

2.  Processed fibre from the husk can be used for making pillows and beds

3.  Hard boards and soft boards

4.  Craft paper

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  Areca Flower

Areca flower, also known as Pingara flower have a unique feature; they get greener as they mature. They are used for all events from marriage, Nagamandala, Nagarapanchame, Kola, nemotsava or any auspicious ceremonies. It is considered as an auspicious ingredient in various rituals.

 

Areca is also used for certain medical purposes. It can be used for treatment of a mental disorder called schizophrenia and an eye disorder called glaucoma. In veterinary medicine, an extract of areca is used for expelling tapeworms in cattle, dogs, and horses; to empty animals’ bowels; and for treating intestinal colic in horses.

 

 

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