Good ideas surely need wings. In September 2014, India's blockbuster project, the Mangalyaan robotic probe -the cheapest of interplanetary missions -was successfully launched into the orbit of Mars. The next day Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled 'Make in India', a campaign that seeks to make the country a manufacturing powerhouse and hopes to work its magic in creating jobs, increasing purchasing power and building a larger market. Well before this catchphrase was coined, India's rich talent pool had, as ever, hunkered down to business, although in the form of small enterprises. Many of these homegrown gadgets and utilities are being used in homes, farms, hospitals and elsewhere. Each innovation is, in its own way, the best thing since sliced bread............Read more

Source web page: The Times of India