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13. By the same formula, the market value of the land to a poor peasant is: 150/0.10, i.e. 1,500 rupees.<br />

14. Jawaharlal Nehru (1946), The Discovery of India, pp. 243, 345.<br />

15. Kosambi (1975), op. cit. p. 13.<br />

16. Michael Bamshad, et al, (2001), Genetic Evidence on the origins of Indian Caste Populatons.<br />

17. Ranjit Sau (2007), “Genetic Non-Science” Frontier, 39(47), 10 July.<br />

PLENARY III: PEOPLES’ SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MOVEMENTS FOR ALTERNATE / NEW PARADIGM OF<br />

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR EQUITABLE SOCIETY.<br />

0323009 DATYE, K.R (Ganesh Kutir, 1 st Floor 68, Prathana Samaj Road Vile Parle East, Mumbai 400057).<br />

REGENERATIVE ECO-ECONOMY.<br />

GROWTH POTENTIAL<br />

Presently high rate of growth has been attained in export-oriented services and industries. In the rest of the<br />

economy, for example, in the agricultural and allied sectors, there is stagnation and many small and dispersed industries<br />

are closing down. This situation has arisen because no effort has been made to utilize the potential of natural and human<br />

resources in rural and peri-urban areas. There is a large unfulfilled demand of energy and infrastructure in these areas. In<br />

the past, energy and infrastructure inputs for development were obtained from the immediate neighbourhood, mostly in the<br />

form of biomass. Due to land degradation and depletion of water resources, this supply of energy inputs in renewable forms<br />

and as well as that of construction materials, such as bricks, wood and bamboo has declined. Moreover, the main stream<br />

industries as well as government planners have failed to take note of the advancements in eco-friendly techniques that have<br />

also a large employment generation potential.<br />

The prevailing concepts about energy do not take note of the demand pattern of a developing economy. It is not<br />

realized that the major end use of energy is not transportation fuel and electricity. Avery substantial proportion of energy use<br />

goes into producing inputs for development infrastructure such as cement, steel, plastics and direct energy use for<br />

processing construction material such as crushed stone and earth moving for building roads and land development.<br />

Technological advancements in eco-friendly techniques comprise:-<br />

1. Cement saving by using solar thermal energy for strength improvement and use of waste such as fly ash and blast<br />

furnace slag.<br />

2. Use of natural fibres and biomass based chemicals to replace energy intensive products such as PVC and asbestos<br />

cement.

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