• Accessibility of technology to all segments of society, upgrading of traditional skills.

• Waste prevention, lower raw material consumption, preventive pollution control.

• Augmentation of scientific and technical personnel, improvement of management of R&D institutions.

• Thrust areas to include alternative energy technologies, agriculture, health services, transport, communication, housing, biotechnology, software, unexploited resource areas such as oceans.

• Predominant role for corporate and government R&DE, increased share of indigenous technology, focus on applications and markets.

• R&D E expenditure to be 2 per cent of GNP by 2000, increased contributions from industry.

• Reduced dependence on government, removal of weaknesses in transfer of applications from lab to industry, integrated R&D E approach.