India\'s National Policies : A Vision of A New World

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: Policies behind the New India. 2. National Policy Declarations of India for science and technology (With original texts): Laying the foundation of the resurgent India. 3. National Policy statements of India for some important sectoral areas, (With original texts): Delivering excellence through public participation. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index.

"The Government of India, with a view to accelerating the pace of development and improving the quality of life of people, has enacted national level policy declarations on science and technology. Besides, a number of national policy--statements have been also adopted at the sectoral levels i.e. education, environment, industry, health, housing, textiles, patents etc to have an impact on the pursuit and performance of S&T in the country. The existence of the nature of the policy declarations and Acts can be taken as an indication of the National commitment of the government for the socio-economic development of the country.

The world has now seen the impact of these national policies of India during the past 3-4 years. Some of these National Policy Declarations and Acts are compended here, in originals, for the convenience of policy planners, economists, social-scientists, legal experts, patent attorneys, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, R&D and technology management personnel, researchers, students of policy studies etc for making India a strong, modern and vibrant nation in the world.

India is a nation on the move by utilizing the combined strength of scientific, technological and socio-economic sectors. The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

The world as a whole is now looking to India to provide global leadership on the multilateral stage in the twenty-first century." (jacket)