This is from The Intersection column that appears every other Monday in Mint. The Government of India must set up a Cabinet Committee on Science and Technology (CCST) to propel India into a global power of this century. Chaired by the prime minister, it should include the home, finance, external affairs, defence, electronics & information technology, commerce and education ministers. In the current Information Age, technology is a core element of national power, the primary agent of economic ...