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    Voices · India › Chhattisgarh

    What people in Chhattisgarh are saying

    503 neighbours have shared what matters to them — in their own words.

    “By 2047, all youth and eligible individuals should have access to employment.”

    “2047 तक सभी युवाओं और पात्र इंसानों को एक रोजगार की उपलब्धता हो।”

    translated from Hindi

    Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar🧑‍🎓 💼 🚀
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    What the community is telling us🌱 Hopeful

    Across the submissions, a clear vision for a Developed India 2047 emerges, primarily focusing on self-sufficient villages where essential amenities like good roads, clean water, quality schools, and internet access are readily available 🛣️. A key challenge identified is unemployment, but this is met with strong community-driven solutions. Citizens, particularly women's groups, are eager to start small businesses and livelihood activities such as grocery shops, fish farming, poultry farms, and various craft or food processing ventures, often seeking modest financial assistance to kickstart their enterprises 💰. There is also a passionate call to protect and promote local cultures, tribal identities, traditional farming methods (including zero-irrigation), and the incorporation of diverse, nutritious local foods 🍎 into school meals to improve children's health.

    Livelihood & Small Business DevelopmentRural Infrastructure & Basic AmenitiesCultural & Traditional PreservationNutrition & Food SecurityVillage Self-Sufficiency by 2047
    What could help
    🛣️Enhance rural infrastructure and connectivity by investing in upgrading roads, ensuring proper water arrangements, expanding educational facilities, and improving internet access in villages.
    💰Provide targeted financial assistance and training programs to support small-scale businesses and livelihood activities, empowering individuals and women's groups to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
    🌳Implement initiatives to protect and promote tribal cultures, traditional customs, and folk arts, while also encouraging sustainable farming practices and incorporating local nutritious foods into public meal schemes.

    Where voices rise from

    7 places · tap to explore deeper
    199Baloda Bazar174Janjgir Champa95Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chowki6Bemetara2Raipur1Balrampur1Bastar

    What people talk about

    top themes
    Small Shop Retail
    64
    Handicrafts Product Manufacturing
    49
    Pulse Cultivation
    30
    Seed Preservation
    27
    Zero Irrigation Farming
    21
    Livestock Rearing
    21
    Tailoring Sewing
    16
    Intergenerational Transmission
    15

    Overall tone

    of recent voices
    0%hopeful
    Hopeful 0
    Mixed 503
    Strained 0

    Momentum

    503 voices over 5 months
    2025 102026 06

    In their words

    503 voices
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🍎 🚚 💰

    “We can do good business by distributing 20000 bags of fruits and vegetables in a city.”

    Trading Wholesale Goods
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🏗️ ✅ 🌟

    “Food, clothing, shelter, education, health, roads, electricity system, all good.”

    Local Facts
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    📢 🔊 ❗️

    “Beep”

    Local Facts
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🏫 💧 📚

    “There should be proper water arrangements and good educational facilities in the school.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🎉 🤝

    “It is a community experience in which families sit together during festivals, in which the community's”

    Local Facts
    Pushpalata Surtange
    Baloda Bazar
    🤲 🍚 🔥

    “In society, in addition to distributing staples like rice, salt, and sugar for charitable purposes, we should also provide wheat, lentils, chickpeas, and kerosene.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 🏪 🏍️

    “If I am given 20,000, I would open a small auto parts shop for two-wheelers.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🗿 🛡️ 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

    “It is necessary to protect our culture so that the identity of our tribal community through cultural programs and”

    Cultural Community Identity
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🧑‍🤝‍🧑 🚫 ⚖️

    “Our tribe was different from others. In our tribe, idol worship is not practiced. They have given the message of equality to human beings.”

    Local Facts
    MANNOO LAL BHOI
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 💼 📈

    “If our women's group receives ₹20000, we would like to start a profitable livelihood activity so that we get a good income and profit, enabling us to progress and achieve some development.”

    Public Solutions
    RAJNIKANT RATNAKAR
    Baloda Bazar
    🗣️ 🔇 ❓

    “No clear speech detected.”

    Local Facts
    Pushpalata Surtange
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 🌱 👩‍🏭

    “We will invest 20,000 in our group for any livelihood activity, from which the women of the group can benefit in the future and advance their employment, and further.”

    Public Solutions
    Pushpalata Surtange
    Baloda Bazar
    🏡 📈 💯

    “By 2047, I want my Panchayat (village council area) to be completely developed and self-sufficient so that all facilities are available in my village and no one has to go outside the village for anything.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    👥 ↔️ 🙏

    “Our tribe is different from other tribes because they worship Bade Dev Jai Bade Dev.”

    Local Facts
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🏘️ 🏗️ ✨

    “In Developed India 2047, all our villages should have basic facilities such as roads, housing, internet, markets, and hostels.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🌾 ☀️ 📈

    “Yes, we know about zero-irrigation farming and the intensive cultivation of mustard and renowned wheat.”

    Zero Irrigation Farming
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🎭 🛡️ ✨

    “It is necessary to protect our culture so that old games, customs, traditions, songs, and cultural practices remain alive.”

    Traditional Games Sports
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🍎 🏫 💪

    “Amla, Ber, Mukaiya, and papaya in schools for providing more nutrition to children.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🌱 🤲 🌾

    “We preserve old seeds for sowing work, which explicitly includes Moong, Kili, and Mustard.”

    Seed Preservation
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🤝 🏪 ✨

    “By pooling some money, we will open a small medical store and a fancy store next to it.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🏘️ 🛠️ ✨

    “Water, roads, market, hostel, internet, and school facilities should be well-managed.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    💸 🐠 📈

    “If an aid amount of 20000 is given, I would like to add some money from my side and do fish farming, so I can sell it in the market.”

    Fishing Aquaculture
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 🌱 🥬

    “If we receive financial assistance of 20000, then we will cultivate coriander and cabbage.”

    Crop Cultivation
    RAJNIKANT RATNAKAR
    Baloda Bazar
    🤔 💰 🥬

    “If such people are unemployed, and they receive 20,000 in assistance, what business will they open? They will just sell vegetables. What can be done with 20,000?”

    Local Facts
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 ➕ 🏨

    “If we receive 20,000 in financial assistance, we will contribute a small amount ourselves and add some more money to it to open a small hotel.”

    Small Shop Retail
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 🛠️ 🏭

    “If the government wants to give us 20000 in assistance, then we will add some money and set up a welding shop/workshop.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    👩 🚽 💧

    “Under Developed India, women should have all facilities such as toilets and proper water arrangements.”

    Public Solutions
    Vijay Kumar bhardwaj
    Baloda Bazar
    🌳 🍽️ 👍

    “Amla, Chironji, Tendu, Mukaiya - these are wild food items that should be included in the midday meal.”

    Public Solutions
    Pushpalata Surtange
    Baloda Bazar
    💰 🏪 📈

    “If I am given ₹20,000, I will open a small grocery shop with that money. I will conduct an activity with it.”

    Small Shop Retail