Recognizing the changing context of the scientific enterprise, and to meet present national needs in the new era of globalisation, Government enunciates the following objectives of its Science and Technology Policy 2003:
Main objectives of Policy are:

• To ensure that the science and technology is fully integrated with all spheres of national activity.
• To ensure food, agricultural, nutritional, environmental, water, health and energy security of the people on a sustainable basis.
• To vigorously foster scientific research in universities and other academic, scientific and engineering institutions; and attract the brightest young persons to careers in science and technology.

• To mount a direct and sustained effort on the alleviation of poverty, enhancing livelihood security, removal of hunger and malnutrition, reduction of drudgery and regional imbalances, both rural and urban, and generation of employment, by using scientific and technological capabilities along with our traditional knowledge pool.
• To promote the empowerment of women in all science and technology activities and ensure their full and equal participation.
• To provide necessary autonomy and freedom of functioning for all academic and R&D institutions.
• To establish an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime that maximizes the incentives for the generation and protection of intellectual property by all types of inventors.
• To promote international science and technology cooperation towards achieving the goals of national development and security, and make it a key element of our international relations.
• To accomplish national strategic and security-related objectives, by using the latest advances in science and technology
• To encourage research and application for forecasting, prevention and mitigation of natural hazards, particularly, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, drought and landslides