The document discusses strategies for developing a decentralized economy in India. It recommends dividing the country into socio-economic zones based on available resources and common economic problems in a region. Each zone would aim to become self-sufficient by manufacturing finished goods locally rather than exporting raw materials. Production and distribution within zones would be managed through farmers, producers, and consumer cooperatives to provide local employment, ensure fair profit sharing, and control prices. Local industries run by local people would process local resources to meet consumption needs and keep money circulating within the zones. This would lead to higher incomes, less rural migration, and more balanced regional development compared to the current urban-centric model.

2.  Money is a medium to exchange something
 Is there any benefit of keeping money in locker if it is not being used
to exchange something
 More value of money when it exchanges hands quickly.
 More people can purchase more things. Purchasing power will
increase

3.  How East India Company
exploited us
 Raw materials were taken from
India and processed in British
factories
 Indians had to consume these
processed goods. British were
owners of factories
 Money going to other countries
because of rising import

4. Development only around cities
Rural area has hardly any infrastructure for good living
People migrating to cities and rural areas worsening
further
People in rural areas committing suicides

6.  Decentralized Economy (आत्मनिर्भर )
 Universe pattern – Movement around nucleus till lower level

7.  Nature has endowed with sufficient resources if we use them
properly
 Need smaller loops for rotating money
 Identify socio-economic zones where one zone has potential to
become self-sufficient in most of the things.
 Socio-Economic zone- common social bonding and common economic
problems
 Bottom to top planning based on resources available at block level
 A block consists of around 30 villages or around 1 lakh people
 Manufacture finished goods near their source of production rather
than exporting raw materials

8.  Shri P R Sarkar has identified 44 such socio-economic zones

10.  Generally people are more poor at places
rich in natural resources (Odisha, Bihar,
Jharkhand, Chattisgarh)
 Local industries should be set up by local
people and profit should be shared amongst
more people
 Outsiders interference should be avoided
 Locals- Who have merged their interests
with that zone. They don’t want to move out
of that zone.
 Floating population should be avoided.
All resources in
socio-economic
unit should be
controlled by local
people

11.  It does not mean there will be no profit
 Things should be produced as much as they
can be consumed
 Eg- Real estate projects launched but there
are not so many buyers and still new
projects are being launched.
 Money will not exchange hands if goods are
not consumed
 A survey is needed about consumption
pattern
 Coordinated cooperation is needed for
growing crops and manufacturing units
Production should
be based on
consumption and
not for profit

12.  Does not mean there will be no private
industries or government
 Farmers cooperative
 Producer’s cooperative
 Consumer cooperatives
 Will give employment to more people and profit
sharing in coming world of automation
 Prices will be in control
Production and
Distribution
should be
managed through
cooperatives

13.  Employment opportunities should be for
local first
 These people will be spending money in their
zones and hence it will help in fast rolling of
money
 Cooperatives will help in giving employment
to locals
 If there are other employment opportunities,
then people from different zones should be
called
 We have seen labor migration problem as
they were not provided with sufficient
employment opportunities
Local people must
be employed in
local economic
enterprises.

14.  Self sufficiency आत्मनिर्भर means having
everything developed in their regions
 Need to support local economy
 Local people having more money
 Higher purchasing capacity Commodities
which are not
locally produced
should be
removed from the
market
.

15.  Socio Economic zones will act as more and more economic pillars
 Smaller loop for rotating money will lead to development of all areas
rather than just few cities
 Employment to locals will lead to higher income for everyone and
higher spending capacity
 Higher income and spending means fast rolling of money
 Rural migration will stop

16. Survival of the fittest is applicable till Animal
Kingdom