This argument presumes that Schools, Factories are better investment of talent hours than Space (high quality aluminium, steel or electronics) This is not alwa

This argument presumes that Schools, Factories are better investment of talent hours than Space (high quality aluminium, steel or electronics) This is not always true. There are some areas of governance from a sovereign country's point of view which it cannot neglect and should develop indigenous capability. Areas like defense which is non-negotiable and other strategic areas like space. A good government always tries to balance investment in different areas. If India stops investing in Defense and Space and keeps building only schools and toilets, that will be a lopsided, weak development to say the least. Even in other non-strategic areas, societal development cannot be dictated to flow in a single direction. Consider this for contrast: India's top 3 high budget movies - 86 million USD [1] Mukesh Ambani's house - 2 Billion USD [2] India's education budget for 2013 - 11 Billion USD [3] India's health care budget for 2013 - 6 Billion USD [4] [1] http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/top-10-most-expensive-indian-movies/ http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/top-10-most-... [2] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Mukesh-Ambanis-2-billion-home-worlds-most-expensive-Forbes/articleshow/3002586.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-bu... [3] http://www.livemint.com/Politics/7EmPAMBANzkPDAPuyruQ1I/Chidambaram-allocates-65687-crore-for-education.html http://www.livemint.com/Politics/7EmPAMBANzkPDAPuyruQ1I/Chid... [4] http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/budget-2013-hikes-spending-health-092531739.html http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/budget-2013-hikes-spending-... Edit : alignment