New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh Tuesday came down on Indian civil servants and state governments for being a stumbling block in the path of innovation in the country.

Speaking at the launch of Niti Aayog report ‘Pathways to Progress: Analysis and Insights into India’s Innovation Story ‘, Singh said, “Many state governments in India are not taking innovation very seriously… Out of 28 states in India, you will find 24 states where the science secretary is a reluctant secretary. No senior IAS officer wants to be a science secretary in a state.”

Besides Singh, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Niti Aayog member and former chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University V.K. Saraswat were also present at the event. Show Full Article

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