Resource Development for Improved Rural Living Condition Through Transfer of Technology

An analysis of the existing rural housing situation with an eye to technology transfer prospect.
Inspite of the/development in the industrial sphere since Independence under the successive Five-Year Plans, India's economic base is yet predominantly agricultural with 80% of her people being rural. In the housing characteristics, the agrarian way of living is highly reflected. The 1971 Census data show that as against the total number of 78 millions rural households in India, we have 74 millions houses, distributed by types as 141 millions (18.9%) pucca, 27.9 millions (37,5%) semi-pucca, 24.4 millions (32.8%) serviceable kutcha and 8.0 millions (10.8%) unserviceable kutcha. The kutcha types of houses are built of non-durable materials, mostly procured from local resources.