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welding, drilling, and fitting facility is not just a service. It is an invitation to the lay public to modify and invent. Once the facility is available, people begin to think what else they can do with it. If the skills are spread out, the number of inventors will also multiply. Even if the rupee value of this service is not great, the strategic and economic value is high. When a water tanker has a breakdown or springs a leak, a local repair facility is worth much more to the community, than the cost of repair to the owner. Energy and transport: This is one of the most neglected fields in rural areas. Even when electricity is supplied, it is most undependable. Voltage surges reduce the life of filament lamps to 1-2 months and tube lights do not light up when the voltage is low. A small Induction coil for the filament lamp and an oscillator for the tube light are possible solutions that will be cost effective for these applications. Most of the kerosene used in the rural area is for lighting and the hurricane lantern is an inefficient device. Even when all villages are electrified, a large population will not have electricity for lighting, simply because they are too far from the nearest pole. A battery operated tube light even 8 W would be brighter than the lantern. Battery recharging by photovoltaic system or windmill could be viable even at today's prices. But the accessibility and services are lacking. I have already mentioned wheelbarrows for improving productivity but nobody sells wheelbarrows even in a city like Pune; they are made to order. They could as well be made in the rural workshop. The bicycle is not a mere personal transport but a goods carrier - often carrying 100-200 kg of load. It will surprise many that the maintenance cost of a bicycle comes to about Rs. 10 per month. So many of them have broken frames etc. and need welding. There is need for designing a stronger vehicle. A motor-assisted bicycle may Rural Development Through Education System 187