With this background, Jhabua Development Communications Project (JDCP) was started in 1996 for a period of two years initially and later on was extended,for one more year. Now it is continuing. It was a joint collaborative activity of Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU), Space Applications Centre (SAC), Government of Madhya Pradesh, Ministry of Rural Development of the Government of India and District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) of Jhabua District.