23/04/03

Indian prime minister pledges to revamp science

By: K. S. Jayaraman

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<p>India is to make a concerted effort to lure home its scientists from abroad and to eliminate excessive bureaucracy in its scientific agencies under a science policy document released last week.<BR><BR>Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee unveiled the policy at the Indian Science Congress in Bangalore on 3 January.<BR><BR>Vajpayee also pledged to increase Indian spending on research and development by government and industry to at least 2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2007, almost double that spent last year. <BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v421/n6919/full/421101b_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to <em>Nature</em> news story</A><BR><BR>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 421, 101 (2003)</p>

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India is to make a concerted effort to lure home its scientists from abroad and to eliminate excessive bureaucracy in its scientific agencies under a science policy document released last week.

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee unveiled the policy at the Indian Science Congress in Bangalore on 3 January.

Vajpayee also pledged to increase Indian spending on research and development by government and industry to at least 2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2007, almost double that spent last year.

Link to Nature news story

Reference: Nature 421, 101 (2003)