Scientists, research scholars, students and educators marched in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata to celebrate science and promote scientific temper on August 9.
Among their demands were: 1. Allocate 10 percent of the central budget and 30 percent of state budgets towards education. 2. Ensure at least 3 percent of the GDP for science and technological research. 3.Ensure that public policies are based on scientific evidence. 4. Ensure that the education system does not promote ideas that are not based on or contradict scientific evidence.
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