Govt considers network fabrication facility
New Delhi: A nanotechnology proposal for a network fabrication facility, which will explore a mixed scale technology approach, is under consideration of the government, principal scientific advisor to the government R Chidambaram said. "Emergence of nanotechnology and nanodevices is a window of opportunities as progress has been limited in this area as opposed to that in the IT software segment."

"This is intended to be a good starting point and will also help create awareness and train manpower in this domain," he Chidambaram said. "This approach, when combined with our rapidly growing economy and improving infrastructure, would create conditions for a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing industry in India."
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Plan panel likely to submit budget estimates today
New Delhi: The Planning Commission has been unable to meet the deadline of January 7 set by the finance ministry for submitting Budget estimates of Plan and non-Plan expenditure, says a press report. The commission hopes to submit at least the estimates of Plan expenditure by today. According to officials, the finance ministry's sudden demand for getting the Budget estimates a month earlier than the usual time frame has put theentire estimation process in a turmoil.

The commission has managed to hold consultations with just a handful of ministries and will have to ignore demands of most of the ministries and departments with whom discussions have not yet taken place.
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