India: S&t policy and Focus on Ethics

At stake was the issue of values and institutional mechanisms than use/non use of S&T

Coupled with Five Year Plans the government launched a series of measures to

- Strengthen existing S&T infrastructure IITs etc.

- Establish new ones and developed CSIR as a national body for applied research

- Thrust on higher education in S&T, engineering, agriculture and medicine

- Linked them with nation building and transformation of industry, agriculture and society

Science and Technology Policy Statements (STPS) are the policy tools for the Government of India for stating technology policy objectives and approaches.

• Science and Technology Policy Statements (STPS) are the policy tools for the Government of India for stating technology policy objectives and approaches.

• Since Independence, three TPS have been issued in 1958, 1983 and 2003.

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