You should know that science can become technology but without science there is no technology..If our older generation thought like you then we would have been roaming in your forest for useful things to survive..
I think you should know the difference between science and technology ..the goal of scienceis the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake while the goal of technology is to create products that solve problems and improve human life..In this thread you are mixing it like a kid..
But earlier you said it is obligatory only for ones who can afford it ..Then why a poor country should spend billions of rs for subsidy rather than helping poor public ..