New Delhi, Aug 29: Outlining his vision of developed
India, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said he would like to
see the Prime Minister of India sitting in the meetings of
Group of eight most developed nations of the world.
"This will happen only when India becomes economically
strong and for that the government must have a vision," he
said during an interaction with students from various schools
of the country who have come here to participate in the first
computer literacy excellence awards organised by Ministry of
Communication and IT.
Ever since 1947, India has remained a developing nation
and the time has come to transform India into a developed
nation, he said adding that department of science and
technology has prepared a vision 2020 and the government must
look at and implement the identified areas into practice.
The most important areas are agriculture and food
processing, Kalam said adding development of agricultural
sector alone would not be sufficient and there must be
value addition to it from the food processing units.
Education and health care are other identified areas
which need immediate attention of the government and then
information and computer technology, he said.
Emphasising the role of schools and mode of teaching in
his address, Kalam said "our schools have a great mission to
ignite the minds of the young."
Bureau Report
