Question

Modernization in India

Answer 1

The term ‘Modernisation’ is a broader and complex term. According to S.H. Alatas, “Modernisation is a process by which modern scientific knowledge is introduced in the society with the ultimate purpose of achieving a better and more satisfactory life in the broadest sense of the term accepted by the society concerned”.

Prof. Yogendra Singh says, “Modernisation symbolizes a rational attitude towards issues and their evaluation but not from particularistic point of view”. He also says that modernisation is rooted in the scientific world view and it has deeper and positive association with levels of diffusion of scientific knowledge, technological skill and resources.