It is true that the technology grows faster in a society where it obtains favorable cultural support. People normally do take some time to accept a new technology and in the case of India, this time gap is a little wider. However, comparatively it has reduced, but still the cultural support to any new technology is not so much spontaneous in India. For instance; even though the computer system came to India in 1970s itself, it has come to be accepted by the people of India only in 1990s. It means a time gap between preparation and adoption normally exists, particularly in the Indian context. If the time gap is too wide, then, economic development is also hampered. The western countries have also realized this. Hence, for several decades the cultural traits and social conditions appropriate to technology were developed prior to the actual discovery and adoption of sophisticated technology. The problem in the developing country like India is; to accomplish simultaneously the industrial revolution and the preparation for such a revolution. Added to this, the mass media of communication carry lot of advertisements about the products turned out by the advanced technology of the West. As a result, people start cherishing high expectation about the government, which is ruling them to invite and adopt such advanced technology. No democratic government can ignore the rising expectation of the people and it is compelled to go in for sophisticated technology, even in the absence of appropriate cultural and social support. This situation creates complication for a smooth development process of the technology and economy.
