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Source: The post is based on the article “Rural Technology Action Group(RuTAG)” published in PIB on 26th July 2022
What is the News?
Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj has informed Lok Sabha about the achievements of the Rural Technology Action Group(RuTAG).
What is Rural Technology Action Group(RuTAG)?
It is a mission conceptualized by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) in 2003-04.
Aim: To provide a higher level of science and technology intervention and support for the development and dissemination of appropriate technologies for rural areas.
RuTAG is centered in 7 IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, and Roorkee) at present.
Technology Interventions: The technology interventions of RuTAG are essentially demand-driven and could be for technology upgradation, hi-tech delivery, technology training and demonstration or through any other innovative method and have a focus on problems associated with marginal communities in rural areas.
Note: RuTAG acts as a synergizing and catalyzing mechanism for rural technology development and delivery and not a major funding mechanism.
