Development is considered a natural process which operates according to the laws of nature. India believes in the integrated worldview according to which the entire universe, nature and environment are interconnected and inseparable. We respect nature with cordiality and maternal feelings. Taking this unique lifeview as the basis, keeping the goal of nutrition of all living beings in mind, an economy based on agriculture, forest, cow protection and commerce was developed in India. On this basis, India has been experiencing the peak of prosperity and grandeur.

But today's process of development is being conducted on the basis of mostly non-Indian development thinking. The concept of development has been the most discussed topic for the last few years. This period has seen many phases of the struggle for development. In India too, due to some conflicts and contradictions in the development paradigms, problems like poverty, inequality, unemployment, migration, environmental degradation, moral and social degradation are taking a serious form.

Development scholars say, 'The root cause of problems created by development in India is the development process being carried out on the basis of non-Indian concepts of development. The only real solution to this is the re-establishment of Indian concepts of development.'

India has been considered a country of villages and towns for centuries. Even today, most of our population lives in villages, towns and forests. Agriculture, animal husbandry, forest produce, these resources are providing livelihood to crores of people. Most of the farmers in the country are small and marginal farmers in terms of land holdings, who mostly do rain-fed farming. Keeping this background in mind, we have to give shape to our concept of development and make it a reality. Such efforts have been started at hundreds of places in India on the basis of personal and other motivations. These efforts are in small areas and are separate. Keeping in mind the intensity and complexity of the problem of development, efforts will now have to be made at the level of 'village group'. Along with this, the process of development and its eternity will also have to be seriously considered.

As per Indian development thinking, under this scheme, we will have to make an intensive action plan on the establishment and demonstration of the following things in the selected village group.

1. Development plan according to different natural structures i.e. different agro ecological zones.
2. Experiments according to Indian natural farming system.
3. Production increase along with soil nutrition.
4. Proper storage-value addition-processing and marketing of agricultural produce.
5. Agriculture-forest-animal-skill based rural employment generation.
6. Watershed area development.

The main objective of this scheme is to create developed village cluster complexes in different agro-ecological structures of India using local traditional knowledge and experience and appropriate technology of modern science. These developed village cluster complexes will work to show the Indian direction of development in the coming times. This scheme will be implemented by the joint efforts of local people, voluntary organizations, technical experts and coordination organizations.