Modi spells out five Es for Indian scientists

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spelt out his new mantra of five Es for the country's scientific community.

"The impact of science will be the most when scientists and technologists will keep principles of what I call Five Es at the center of their inquiry and engineering," Modi said.

The five Es are economy, environment, energy, empathy and equity, the prime minister said in his address to the Indian Science Congress in Mysura in the southern state of Karnataka.

"Economy is when we find cost effective and efficient solutions, environment is when our carbon footprint is the lightest and its impact on ecology is least possible," he said.

Explaining the other Es, Modi said: "Energy is when our prosperity relies less on energy, empathy would be when efforts are in tune with one's culture, circumstance and social challenges."

Talking about equity, he said that it "is when science advances inclusive development and improves welfare of the weakest." Endit