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Detailed explanation-1: -Indigram Labs Foundation has announced the winners of its smart village program - ‘Adhunik Gram’, an initiative to empower agribusiness in rural India. The winner, IndusTill FarmeTech Pvt. Ltd., won a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh.

Detailed explanation-2: -More from Travel News. Fast forward to 2016, Dhanora village got a new life when the Eco Needs Foundation adopted the village and kickstarted the Smart Village project.

Detailed explanation-3: -We are glad to share that so far 62 villages, all over India in 19 states, have been adopted by Indian origin Americans living in USA, and we have submitted the secondary research reports for 48 of these villages and 14 village adopters have visited their villages from USA & work has started.

Detailed explanation-4: -A small village in Madhya Pradesh, Baghuvar is the only village in India that has functioned without a sarpanch since independence, and that too efficiently.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Dhanora village is known as India’s first smart village and this has been a possibility because The Eco Needs Foundation with the help of the locals, and the state government of Rajasthan began this mission. In 2016, the foundation adopted the village.