Sanchala, sandipBhatt, Pallavika2023-12-092023-12-092021-06-012582-2802http://192.168.2.196:4000/handle/123456789/198As India inches forward and takes its seat on the World stage, we must fully understand the 2 extremes in India – prosperity and poverty. If current projections materialize, India will soon become the largest economy in the world. United Nations established the Millennium Development Goals and classified the poorest 1 billion people in the world as people in „extreme poverty. More than 25% of India‟s population falls under the „extreme poverty‟ group. Another 40% of the population falls under the category of „poverty‟ leaving around 30% as the „urban middle class‟. This „urban middle class‟ of around 300 million people have just started their consumer goods spending spree. Almost 72% of India lives in around 700,000 villages. People from villages have been migrating to large cities seeking employment and other opportunities for themselves. Cities like Mumbai and Delhi, Ahmadabad have almost number of people living in slums and are called the „urban poor‟. In Gujarat every village is different. Some villages are really in a desperate situation. Some have made good progress. If we look at what is common to all of them, we can narrow it down to 4 basic requirements. They are –Education, Health, Water, agriculture and Livelihood. Gujarat State Non-Resident Gujaratis' Foundation (NRGF) has been established by the Government of Gujarat to further the common interests, concerns and historical ties that bind the people of Gujarat to NRGs ( Non- Resident Gujaratis ) or people of Gujarati origin living outside Gujarat, in other states within India as well as places outside the country) with a firm belief that the contact and friendship established through programs of the foundation can go a long way towards generating mutual benefits for the people of Gujarat as well as NRGs and achieving avowed objectives of the NRGF. The objectives of the Gujarat State Non Resident Gujaratis‟ Foundation ("Gujarat Rajya Bin Niwasi Gujarati Pratisthan.") are to explore the possibility as to how Non Resident Gujaratis‟ / Non Resident Indians (NRGs/ NRIs) can play vital role in the development of rural and urban development in Gujarat and IndiaArticle