Sorry about the miscommunication. I meant to say India reused a lot of its own technology as well as what is available from other resources. You are right that

Sorry about the miscommunication. I meant to say India reused a lot of its own technology as well as what is available from other resources. You are right that the culture at ISRO is very utilitarian. But please do not try to generalize it for India in general. There are a lot of wasted resources in other organizations.