India, Oct. 9 -- The parliamentary committee on external affairs has asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to prepare a public "technology vision and strategy document", saying it was surprised that India lacks a single written strategy linking technology with its foreign policy. Calling the current approach "fragmentary, piecemeal and ad hoc", the panel said individual successes cannot substitute for a national vision.

The committee, chaired by Shashi Tharoor, recommended that the MEA work with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) and other departments to prepare the document after consulting academia, research institutions and industry.

The panel said the document should outline India's goals, prioriti...