- @Amrapali #img-anno http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a3835a851ac6901b4b8207d910050f57?convert_to_webp=true {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.06276150627615062, u'x': 0.96, u'width': 0.030000000000000027, u'height': 0.0711297071129707}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a3835a851ac6901b4b8207d910050f57?convert_to_webp=true', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/annotate?where=http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a3835a851ac6901b4b8207d910050f57?convert_to_webp=true', u'comment': u" Imagine a village that offers Wi-Fi connectivity, has AC schools with CCTV cameras and mid-day meals.\n All the streets are paved with RCC, people get mineral water for drinking and there is an independent public transport system where a mini-bus takes people to different areas within the village.\n This dream village, Punsari, exists in Gujarat's Himmatnagar.\n Punsari has won national as well as state awards for Best Gram Panchayat in 2011.\n Punsari makes a perfect case study as it has not benefitted from NRIs and has instead relied on funds from central and state-sponsored schemes in the past eight years.\n The village panchayat pays an annual premium of Rs 25 lakh against insurance for each of the 6,000 villagers who have a cover of Rs 1 lakh and a mediclaim policy of Rs 25,000. The schools have zero dropout rates since 2006 and a reverse osmosis plant supplies 20-litre cans to houses for a token amount of Rs 4.\n Additional secretary (rural development) L C Goyal will visit Punsari on Monday and interact with local leaders and villagers to understand what makes the village click when infrastructure development is a challenge in villages in the country.\n Sarpanch Himanshu Patel said the visit is prompted by the PMO as there are plans that similar model villages can be recreated \u2014 at least one in each district of India."} created: Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 09:24 AM UTC