Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad
www.ekalgramothan.org
Ekal has set up Eight Gramothan Resource Centres (GRCs) in different remote places in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, U.P, Tamilnadu and Maharashtra. These GRCs serve as resource centres for about 100 villages surrounding the centre. The main aim of these GRCs is to make village community economically self-reliant and develop villages as centre of economic activity. The idea is very similar to the idea of PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) promoted by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and adopted by Govt. of India. The main focus remains on Knowledge, Electronics & Economic Connectivity to 100 villages. 86
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Ekal Gramothan Foundation of India
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ramothan in Ekal is a concept founded on inspiration from Gandhiji’s Gram Swaraj Model and Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s PURA model. The thrust is to make village community
economically self-reliant and develop villages as centre of economic activity. Similar to the idea of PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas), the main focus of a GRC remains on Knowledge, Technology and Economic Connectivity to
Ekal Gramothan Resources Centre GRC In-house Activities Ekal skill development Centre
Nutrition Garden Primary Health Centre
Organic Farming
Demo Fields Production & Marketing
Ekal on Wheel
Seed Cold Community Bank Storage Hub www.ekal.org
