In India, too much discussion and deliberations are taking place every where to build smart cities but there is less discussion to build villages/rural areas smart and sustainable. Making rural areas smart and sustainable is imperative because it is aptly said about India that India live in villages and if farmers are happy then and only then the city dwellers will be happy and prosperous. The future growth of Indian economy is in rural areas because urban places have almost reached to their saturation level. Only developing smart cities will create, ‘an island of opportunities in the ocean of dissection and distress’ which is not sustainable. We must give top priority to the ‘smart rural development’, preserving the sustainability of rural areas will positively impact the cities and every sector of economy in long run and will also provide potential to smart cities.
