India's Budget Plan Disappoints Scientists

摘要

The announcement of India's maiden mission to Mars is not cheering Indian scientists who are disappointed with proposed spending increases for research in a new government budget plan. The annual budget proposal presented to India's parliament on 16 March by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee calls for the operating budgets for science to rise, on average, by about 5% in 2012-2013-less than many scientists expected.