According to relevant data in 2007, the literacy rate of Indian population reached 75%, but the adult illiteracy rate was still as high as 300 million, ranking first in the world. India is promoting literacy programs in 589 of the country's 600 administrative regions, striving to achieve 85% literacy rate by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan. From 2008 to 2009, the enrollment rate of children aged 6 to 14 in India was close to 100%, but the national average primary school dropout rate was as high as 3 1%.
information technology
India's success in the field of information technology is well known. India has made brilliant achievements in providing services to developed countries by virtue of its talent advantage. The contribution of information technology industry to India's GDP increased from 1.2% in 2000 to 4.8% in 2005-2006. In the past five years, the service industry driven by software and information technology in India has grown at an average annual rate of more than 28%. The success of information technology has completely changed the evaluation and impression of India in Europe and America. More importantly, it has changed India's view of its own potential and is cultivating India's scientific self-confidence. India's success in the field of information technology has also played an important role in attracting multinational R&D centers and foreign Indians to invest in India.
biotechnology
India has established new key areas and development directions, among which biotechnology is the key. In the past 10 years, R&D's investment in biotechnology increased from $96 million in 1987 ~ 1988 to $358 million in 2004 ~ 2005, in which the increased funds mainly supported biopharmaceuticals rather than agricultural biotechnology.
From 2004 to 2005, India's biotechnology income increased by 37%, reaching 1 1 billion dollars. The National Biotechnology Development Strategy has set the goal of increasing this figure to 5 billion US dollars in 20 10. In March 2005, the Minister of Science of India praised biotechnology as the "best batter" of the Indian team, and thought that biotechnology could be the "next great success example" of India, which would help to provide affordable medical care and alleviate poverty. In 2004, the Ministry of Biotechnology issued a plan to turn India into a "global bioinformatics center".
space technology
After years of development, the R&D and application technology of Indian satellites have reached or approached the international advanced level, and its launch vehicle technology has also made continuous breakthroughs. In 2009, India had four domestic launch vehicles: Satellite Launch Vehicle 3 (SLV-3), Accelerated Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). While vigorously developing rocket and satellite technology, India is also seeking greater achievements. For example, in 2007, India sent the first recoverable space capsule and three satellites into space by a polar satellite launch vehicle, which obtained important data for the country's future manned space program. In addition, India is still in full swing to implement its own lunar exploration plan. In 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization launched India's first lunar probe "Yuechuan 1" with a polar satellite launch vehicle.
At 9: 20 on April 28th, 2008 (Beijing time 1 1 50), India's PSLV-C9 rocket was launched with 10 satellites. After the United States, Russian Federation, European Space Agency and China, the fifth one has mastered the launching technology of "multiple satellites with one arrow". And one arrow and ten stars become the first.