Chandigarh, Jan 03: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today expressed disappointment at the bureaucratism prevailing in the country's scientific and technological institutions "A suggestion made by me at a previous science Congress in this regard should be implemented effectively without any further delay," the Prime Minister said in a speech read out in his absence by the Science and Technology Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi.
Stating that government was committed to raise the funding for science and technology towards a goal of taking it to two per cent of GDP, Vajpayee said that excellence could not be achieved simply by increasing levels of funding.
"I am deeply disappointed that in several projects and programmes even available funds are not sanctioned and used in time," Vajpayee said.

"In my address at the Lucknow Science Congress in 2001, I had called for an end to bureaucratism in our S and T institutions and overhauling of procedures for clearances and approvals," he said and added, "I would like this to be implemented effectively and without any further delay.

Vajpayee said that time was a precious resource in R and D. "Ultimately good science is done by good scientists, not by committees or administrators, however, essential they may be," he said.
Bureau Report