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Technology flow should be coupled with financial flow

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PM Modi, stressing that his government’s prime agenda is development, said, “Governance is not about politics or winning elections. The priority is the well-being of the nation.

The Indian society presents many incongruous dualities to an observer – ostentation in the midst of extreme poverty, sky-scrapers in the background of the sprawling slums, high level scientific achievements in the midst of crude and traditional ways of life and methods of working, etc. The traditional bullock cart is a monumental example of one aspect of this duality. Although we have made remarkable scientific and technological advances over the past quarter century in a variety of fields, the bullock cart design, which belongs to the previous century, has virtually remained the same. Since independence, India has made rapid strides in every walk of life. Phenomenal progress is seen in its industrialisation, international trade, technical education, and scientific and industrial research.

However, there is something amiss in Indian canvas. About 30 per cent of our people still live below the minimum subsistence level. 86 per cent of such people live in our villages. It is true that a large number of these rural poor are illiterate, but not ill-informed. They have learnt that a better life is not only possible for them but they have a right to a better life. We have to plan and work in this direction so that better days for them could come sooner than expected. It is well recognised that science and technology are the propellants for progress and prosperity and catalysts for growth and development. The greater the capacity of a nation to generate, transfer and to utilise the technology, the faster is its growth, progress and prosperity. Technology flow should be coupled with financial flow.

The task of the leadership should basically be to modernise the traditional and traditionalise the modern. This task becomes more difficult in old countries like India imbued with traditions, taboos, superstitions, rituals, etc. The need today, therefore, is for an integrated approach to couple natural and human resources with modern tools, techniques and technologies and management methods; to practically demonstrate how the living and working conditions of the people could be improved.

Dr. A. Jagadeesh Nellore

(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)

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