📋 Tender Overview
With the aim to develop demand driven proto-type technologies for application in rural areas an initiative Rural Technology Action Group RuTAG is supported by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser PSA to the Government of India. Accordingly the RuTAG centres in seven IITs namely Madras Guwahati Kharagpur Roorkee Delhi Bombay and Kanpur are supported by the Office of the PSA. These seven RuTAG centres develop the need based technologies and the needs are identified by Central and State Government agencies Public Sector Undertaking and Non-Government Organisations.The list of the 52 demand driven technologies for the Gram Panchayats of the country developed by RuTAG centres in various sectors is as below. The list has also been uploaded on the website of Ministry of Panchayati Raj for the benefit of rural population.AGRICULTURE 13 TECHNOLOGIESAmla Pricking Machine RuTAG IIT KanpurBael Cutting Machine RuTAG IIT KanpurBetel Nut Cutter RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiChaff Cutter RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatConical Roller Jamun Juice Extractor RuTAG IIT KharagpurFloating Fish Cages for Inland Aquaculture RuTAG IIT BombayFloating Fish Cage with Aquaculture Technology RuTAG IIT KharagpurHeavy Duty Bicycle RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiImprovement in Batasha Making Process RuTAG IIT DelhiIntegrated Rice Puffing MuriMachine RuTAG IIT KharagpurMachine for Decortication of Hirda Fruits RuTAG IIT BombayMechanized Dhenki Rice Pounder RuTAG IIT KharagpurMulti-nutrient Compressed Feed Block Machine RuTAG NEIIT Guwahati ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES 2 TECHNOLOGIESPortable Cow Lift for Assisting a Downer Cow RuTAG IIT BombayTricycle for the Mobility Disabled RuTAG IIT MadrasDRAUGHT ANIMAL POWER 3 TECHNOLOGIESAnimal Driven Gear Box RuTAG IIT DelhiEnhancing Life of Horse Shoes RuTAG IIT KanpurErgonomically Designed Bullock Driven Tractor RuTAG IIT Delhi ENERGY 4 TECHNOLOGIESBiomass Dryer RuTAG NE IIT GuwahatiHousehold Oil Expeller RuTAG IIT MadrasSolar Thermal Drier RuTAG IIT Kanpur.Kiln for Making Charcoal from Prosopisjuliflora RuTAG IIT Madras ENVIRONMENTWATER 4 TECHNOLOGIESAir Quality Measurement System Using Low Cost Sensors RuTAG IIT MadrasErgonomically Designed Treadle Pump RuTAG IIT DelhiGround Water Level Measuring Device RuTAG IIT DelhiPump Used as Turbine for PicoHydro RuTAG IIT Roorkee HANDICRAFTS 13 TECHNOLOGIESAutomatic Potters Wheel RuTAG IIT MadrasErgonomically Designed Bead Making Device RuTAG IIT DelhiImproved Furnace for Jointless Glass Bangles RuTAG IIT DelhiImproved Up Draught Pottery Kiln Furnace RuTAG IIT DelhiMicrowaveable Pottery from Red Clays RuTAG IIT MadrasModified Potters Wheel RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiMotorized Coir Ratt RuTAG IIT MadrasMotorized Dhoop Stick Making Machine RuTAG IIT KharagpurMotorized Single Twist Sutli Making Machine RuTAG IIT KharagpurPedal-Driven Potters Wheel RuTAG IIT KharagpurPottery Item Dyeing Chamber RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiSabai Grass Rope Making Machine RuTAG IIT KharagpurSisal Fiber Extractor Pedal Operated and Motorized RuTAG IIT Kharagpur TEXTILE 13 TECHNOLOGIESCharkha Foot-Driven Ambar Charkha RuTAG IIT KharagpurCharkha New Model RuTAG IIT DelhiCharkha Modified Bageshwari Wool Charkha RuTAG IIT RoorkeeCharkha Switch-at-Will Dual Drive RuTAG IIT MadrasElectronic Jacquard Handloom with Design Software for Fine Korai Grass Designer Mat Weaving RuTAG IIT MadrasEri Cocoon Opener RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiHank to Bobbin Machine RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiMechanized Roller for Making Handcrafted Woolen Felt RuTAG IIT RoorkeePirn Winding Machine RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiPower Loom for Muga Silk RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiSectional Warping Machine RuTAG NEIIT GuwahatiSemi-automatic Pirn Winding Machine RuTAG IIT MadrasSheep Hair Shearing Machine RuTAG IIT Delhi One of the RuTAG technologies namely innovative vending carts ranging from bicycle to E-carts for fruit and vegetable vendors have been developed based on the vendors survey carried out by Ministry of Panchayat Raj and RuTAG centers. These innovative vending carts help in increasing the shelf life of vegetable and fruits better income reducing the wastage and are affordable. This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
