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Science & Technology

For sustainable national development and the long-overdue transformation of India into a modern, prosperous and knowledge-driven nation, we will ensure integration of efforts in the field of science and technology with development programmes in various socio economic sectors. We will speed up the modernisation of National laboratories, strengthen R&D and establish Centres of Excellence.

Information Technology

A new revolution is sweeping the globe—that of Information Technology. We believe that Information Technology is an important vehicle for future development. We are committed to ensuring that India is a full and equal partner in its global progress; indeed, that India can be software superpower. We will, for that purpose, unveil a National Informatics Policy with short, medium and long-term perspectives.