Pandit Nehru established the Atomic Energy Commission.

Question

Explain the following with reason:

Pandit Nehru established the Atomic Energy Commission.

Answer 1

(i) India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to nurture a scientific temper and bring about the nation’s progress. 

(ii) From this perspective, he set up the Indian Atomic Energy Commission on 10th August, 1948. 

(iii) Dr Homi Bhabha was appointed as the first Chairman of the Commission.

(iv) The objectives of the commission were to produce electricity from atomic energy, increase the yield of food grains and make them last longer, set up the technology for achieving this and develop nanotechnology.