Extracts from Sixth Five Year Plan (Planning Commission of India, Government of India)
Science and Technology
The crucial role of science and technology as an instrument of social and economic change has been appreciated and the rapid development of science and technology and of its application, accepted as a major objective of planning. This trust in science is embodied in the historic Scientific Policy Resolution of the Government of India adopted in 1958. In the last thirty years or so, 119 universities, affiliating about 1050 colleges, 5 institutes of technology, 150 engineering colleges and about 100 medical colleges and 35U polytechnics have been established; about 150,000 qualified scientific and technical personnel are produced every ...
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