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Evaluate the impact of technology on resource utilization in India.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Transport, Communication and Trade

Erich Walter Zimmermann established the functional theory of resources — resources are not, they become. A substance is inert matter until a want and the technology to satisfy it convert it into a resource, and technology further converts a resource into a workable reserve. Endowment is a variable, not a fixed inheritance.

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  • Positive direction — technology creating resources and enlarging reserves
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