{"id":56540,"date":"2020-03-04T15:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=56540"},"modified":"2020-03-04T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:38:41","slug":"answered-how-far-the-developments-in-science-and-technology-in-the-post-independence-period-put-india-on-the-path-of-modernity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-how-far-the-developments-in-science-and-technology-in-the-post-independence-period-put-india-on-the-path-of-modernity\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] How far the developments in science and technology in the post-Independence period put India on the path of modernity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss developments in science and technology in\n the post-Independence period making India modern. Various challenges to it.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

India has succeeded in creating a sizable\nscience and technology infrastructure within five decades of independence.\nModern India has had a strong focus on science and technology, realising that\nit is a key element of economic growth. India is among the topmost countries in\nthe world in the field of scientific research, positioned as one of the top\nfive nations in the field of space exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developments\nin science and technology in the post-Independence period making India modern:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Agricultural modernity:<\/strong> Since the independence government has achieved self-sufficiency in agriculture. The\nGreen revolution has enabled India to increase productivity through high yield\nvarieties. Further, Indian agriculture benefited from the developments made in\nthe field of biotechnology, for which a separate department was created in 1986\nunder the Ministry of Science and Technology.<\/li>
  2. Industrialisation:<\/strong> Technological advances such as industrialization,\nrailroads, gas lighting, factory systems, indoor plumbing, appliances, and\nscientific advances were rapidly made and these changes dramatically affected\nthe way people lived and thought about themselves.  One consequence was\nthat people in industrialized areas thought of themselves as progressive and\nmodern.<\/li>
  3. Space exploration: <\/strong>The Indian space program has made a lot of progress. Indian\nSpace Research Organisation achieved a lot launching remote sensing satellites since developing India’s first\nsatellite\u2014Aryabhata. India has achieved a lot in the field of communication by launching communication satellites. Mars mission, Chandrayaan mission has proved India a\nleader in space activities. <\/li>
  4. Secular nation: <\/strong>Modernity is characterized by increasing secularism and\ndiminished religious authority. India adopted scientific temper and secularism\nas a foundation of new India, and of dams as the temples of modern India. This\nIdea of India has rejectedthe\nopposite idea of what led to Islamic Pakistan. Tolerance and spirituality\ncharacterize the country\u2019s rich culture.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Challenges\nto India\u2019s progress as modern nation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Corruption: <\/strong>Corruption is a big roadblock to India\u2019s progress. For\nexample, agricultural reforms like PDS are marred by leakages and corrupt\npractices. Public resources are used inefficiently and subsidies do not reach\nthe poorest. <\/li>
    2. Social divide: <\/strong>India’s social divide is often linked to its centuries-old\ncaste system. The caste system still exist and lower castes still face\ndiscrimination from upper caste. This has hindered India\u2019s emergence as a modern nation.<\/li>
    3. Inequality: <\/strong>India has turned into a $3 trillion economy. But this\ngrowth is less inclusive with a high level of growing economic inequality. Inequality led to\nmany remaining under poverty and did\nnot grow with the nation. A modern nation is one\nwhere poverty is minimal, and poor having access to minimum basic like food,\nhealth, education which is absent in India.<\/li>
    4. Health and Education: <\/strong>As India marches forward, it faces new\nchallenges in health and education. Poor education and healthcare in India\nremains a hurdle to India\u2019s progress. Cities grappling with alarming rates of\ncongestion and pollution, together with an unhealthy population, significantly\ndampen the benefits of India\u2019s demographic dividend and urban growth.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Way\nforward: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Infrastructure development: <\/strong>A high priority should be infrastructure\ndevelopment, both physical and digital, to enable rural dwellers to access the\nproducts and services matching their incomes, needs and aspirations. The\ngovernment already has flagship programmes such as Digital India, which\nenvisions transforming the country into a digitally empowered society and\nknowledge economy.<\/li>
      2. Collaborative effort: <\/strong>Working together, business, government and civil\nsociety will have to connect Indians with their sustainable development. Policy\nefforts will be needed at the highest levels to harmonize India\u2019s growing need\nfor housing, roads, transport services and packaged goods with the resulting\nimpact on the environment. <\/li>
      3. Education and health spending: <\/strong>Improving service delivery of health and\neducation services for better efficiency and access by the poor requires\nincreasing public expenditures, reallocating expenditures away from tertiary\nlevels and toward primary ones, making institutional changes, and sharpening\ntargeting and incentives.<\/li>
      4. Focus on access: <\/strong>As India aspires to be a global leader in science and\ntechnology, it is important for Indian policy to give attention to science and\ntechnology policy. Science and technology policy should focus on access,\ninclusion and equity, to link societal development with science and technology\npolicy. It also reflects the current thinking on sustainable and inclusive\ngrowth.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        India is aggressively working towards\nestablishing itself as a leader in industrialisation and technological\ndevelopment. Significant developments in the nuclear energy sector are likely\nas India looks to expand its nuclear capacity. Moreover, nanotechnology is\nexpected to transform the Indian pharmaceutical industry. The agriculture\nsector is also likely to undergo a major revamp, with the government investing\nheavily for the technology-driven Green Revolution. The Government of India,\nthrough the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy-2013, among other\nthings, aspires to position India among the world\u2019s top five scientific powers.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss developments in science and technology in the post-Independence period making India modern. Various challenges to it. Conclusion. Way forward. India has succeeded in creating a sizable science and technology infrastructure within five decades of independence. Modern India has had a strong focus on science and technology,… Continue reading [Answered] How far the developments in science and technology in the post-Independence period put India on the path of modernity?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56540","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}