What are
the objectives of Scientific Policy resolution 1958?
Scientific
Policy resolution 1958
The key
to national prosperity, apart from the spirit of the people, lies, in the
modern age, in the effective combination of three factors, technology, raw
materials and capital, of which the first is perhaps the most important, since
the creation and adoption of new scientific techniques can, in fact, make up
for a deficiency in natural resources, and reduce the demands on capital. But
technology can only grow out of the study of science and its applications.
To achieve higher scientific
advancement, Government of India adopted Scientific Policy resolution in 1958.
Its primary objectives are
1. to
foster, promote, and sustain, by all appropriate means, the cultivation of
science, and scientific research in all its aspects - pure, applied, and
educational;
2. to
ensure an adequate supply, within the country, of research scientists of the
highest quality, and to recognize their work as an important component of the
strength of the nation;
3. to
encourage, and initiate, with all possible speed, programmes for the training
of scientific and technical personnel, on a scale adequate to fulfill the
country's needs in science and education, agriculture and industry, and
defence;
4. to
ensure that the creative talent of men and women is encouraged and finds full
scope in scientific activity;
5. to
encourage individual initiative for the acquisition and dissemination of
knowledge, and for the discovery of new knowledge, in an atmosphere of academic
freedom;
6. to
secure for the people of the country all the benefits that can accrue from the
acquisition and application of scientific knowledge.
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