Effective backward and forward linkages for optimal use of local resources and creation of sustainable livelihoods: a case in Challampatti block, Tamil Nadu, In

Developing or producing of a new product would be an easy task but finding sustainable market would be the major problem for small producers or budding entrepreneurs, failing which lead to defunct or closure of industrial unit. In order to avoid much market dependency of industrial units an innovative attempt has been made in this paper based on a field based work. This paper mainly based on the regional resource based planning for employment generation for local unemployed simultaneously trying to fulfill the local consumer needs. For the purpose, a study was undertaken in a cluster of villages to identify the regions potential resources and opportunities. This research paper made an attempt to find out suitable strategies and measures for optimum utilization of locally available resources and suggests appropriate location of micro production and service units through input and output linkages called ‘Input-Output linear linkages strategy’. The objectives of proposed model are, to link the production interrelated activities, to explore the cost effective means of production, to find relief from market dependency, to save various costs involved in transportation and ultimately aims towards optimum utilization of locally available resources for employment generation. This paper has been divided into two parts, the first part deals with the background of proposed strategy and the second part deals about the technical features like cost saving and employment potential possibilities, etc.