Modi at DRDO flays ‘chalta hai’ attitude
21 Aug 2014 5:59 AM IST
With several of DRDO’s programmes being behind schedule, prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sent out a strong message to it by flaying the ‘chalta hai’ attitude and asked the defence research body to complete its projects before time to put India ahead in the world.
He underlined that technology in defence sector is changing fast and India is left behind because products which are ‘two steps ahead’ come into the market ‘even before we conceptualise a system.’ It is not that India lacks the talent pool but ‘I think there is this ‘chalta hai’ (lackadaisical) attitude’, he said and told DRDO to ‘decide whether it has to respond to the situation’ and set the agenda for the world.
‘We can be the world leader by not following but by showing the way,’ the prime minister said at a function organised here to give away DRDO awards. ‘The time demands... the world will not wait for us. We have to run ahead of time. ’ Modi said.
He underlined that technology in defence sector is changing fast and India is left behind because products which are ‘two steps ahead’ come into the market ‘even before we conceptualise a system.’ It is not that India lacks the talent pool but ‘I think there is this ‘chalta hai’ (lackadaisical) attitude’, he said and told DRDO to ‘decide whether it has to respond to the situation’ and set the agenda for the world.
‘We can be the world leader by not following but by showing the way,’ the prime minister said at a function organised here to give away DRDO awards. ‘The time demands... the world will not wait for us. We have to run ahead of time. ’ Modi said.
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