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Making and selling plants, nursery for fruit trees or for social forestry. • Raising and selling 25 broiler birds. • Dairy-operation for 3 months; including milk tests, records, profit calculations. • Attachments to a village Al center for 3 months. Energy and Environment • Wiring of households or school premises. Complete installation of a water pump, electric motor or diesel engine. Watershed survey and planning. Survey of a site for percolation tank. Location of sites for wells; VES tests. Pump Head survey and selection of a pump. Setting up or maintenance of Biogas plant or smokeless chullahs. Maintenance of hand pumps. • Building of small bunds and water harvesting channels. • Maintenance of diesel engine; including measuring efficiency. Home and Health • Making complete simple garment. • Developing and testing simple menus for low cost, solar cooker use etc, time saving or better nutrition etc. • Health survey of children. • Survey of an anaemia patient in risk groups - small children, pregnant women etc. More diagnostic tests; blood sugar; blood grouping, jaundice test etc. Drinking water quality of village sources. Methods of purification of drinking water and their effectiveness by MPN test. Making and selling Milk products like khoa, pedhas, paneer etc. Rural Development Through Education System 47