First, thank you for this reasonable response. To address our points: 1) Maybe. But probably you can retain many good scientists when doing projects that will

First, thank you for this reasonable response. To address our points: 1) Maybe. But probably you can retain many good scientists when doing projects that will contribute the GDP eventually. 2) Sounds plausible. 3) It can, but India fails to develop even basic technology at scale in decent quality. I guess I will get downvoted again, but this is simply a fact. I have lived in India for a year. I know. 4) I guess that is the purpose. It might also get foreign governments to reconsider their foreign aid, perhaps rightly so. If India would be where China is now, I would understand all this. But they aren't. Not even close. Not even in 20 years will they be close. And they are not, because they don't deal with the important issues _first_.