& #8216;India Needs Tech Base For 8-10% Growth & #8217;

There is a need to build technology base for India to achieve an 8 to 10 per cent growth, according to R Chidambaram, principal scientific advisor to the Union government. He was delivering the key note address at a CII seminar.

Chidambaram was of the view that achieving the targetted growth rate was possible and technology would play a big role to attain this objective in a sustained manner.

He emphasised that the purpose of technology was to create wealth, improve quality of life of citizens, and enhance national security.