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India has allocated Rs 85 crore in its 2008-09 budget to woo back students into science. The programme -- Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) -- will groom meritorious science students from Class XII onwards, offering them scholarships to groom a career in science. The idea is to churn out more scientists and offer them attractive jobs in leading research institutes of the country. The fund for multi-disciplinary research in frontier areas has also been hiked from Rs 370 crore to Rs 415 crore. The overall spending in science and technology and environment has increased significantly from Rs 7,742 crore to Rs 9,283 crore.

Does the future of doing science in this country look brighter?

Posted by Subhra Priyadarshini on March 01, 2008
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No. The future of science in India is not bright. This topic needs discussion and debate. Let us not hesitate to suggest that we are multiplying only rotten seeds of science that are of no use to the process of our development.

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Posted by: Dr. R. Dayal Yadav | March 2, 2008 03:48 AM

A detailed analysis of Indian budget vis-a-vis Higher education can be found at http://nanopolitan.blogspot.com/search/label/Budget

Posted by: Pradeep Kumar | March 9, 2008 05:52 PM

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