"People Like Abhijeet Dipke...": Piyush Goyal's Jab During Berlin Event
Union Minister Piyush Goyal criticized activist Abhijeet Dipke while discussing government efforts to attract Indian talent back from abroad. Goyal contrasted India's democratic approach with China's state-sponsored recruitment, suggesting that democratic constraints require careful policy calibration.
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The remarks highlight the tension between government policy, political dissent, and the state's role in managing human capital.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal took a jab at CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke while speaking about government-funded programmes to bring Indian talent back from around the world.Goyal, who was interacting with Indian science and technology research students in Berlin, cited China's state-sponsored initiative, which recruits top scientists, researchers, and technology experts from abroad (particularly overseas Chinese academics) to reverse brain drain and build China's domestic innovation capacity."Wherever you go in the world, you find huge Indian talent. But how do we attract them back to India? But we have to also be careful that there is no misuse. In China, people are afraid of misuse. They can just disappear.
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