In the year 2000 the then PM, Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, observed at the Annual Science Congress that the R&D expenditure was 0.9% of GDP and would be increased to 2% in the next five years.
In the year 2012, the present PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh, observed, also at that the Annual Science Congress that the R&D expenditure is a meager 0.9% of GDP and it will be increased to 2% in the next five years.
Were the two Prime Ministers reading the same speech?
Promises are meant to be kept and not to be repeated !!
P.S. The above information was brought to my attention by none other than Dr. R A Mashelkar, who was the Scientist President of the 2000 Science Congress session.
