Sir — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism over the delays in completion of several projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, with a strong message flaying the chalta hai attitude, could not have come a day sooner. He said that the challenge before India is: “How do we complete work before time. If the world is coming up with some products in 2020, can we come in the field, prepared with the product, in 2018IJ”
Several of DRDO’s projects have been delayed by many years and have seen cost overruns, but neither the scientists concerned nor the research organisation alone are to be blamed. Each of our scientists is able and has self-devotion. Still, we are lagging.