No point wearing armani jeans and riding a rickshaw. Inferiority complex!  On the other hand The west rent out a pair of armani jeans, attempting to preserving dignity. Superiority Complex!
Oh the irony.

Please also read thisa little wiki history about India space program.
http://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki /Indian_Space_Resear ch_Organisationthere is a also a vision / mission statement.
But please please read the whole page.It talks about future missions too, like Moon and Mars. etc.
The prime objective of ISRO is to develop space technology and its application to various national tasks.[2] The Indian space program was driven by the vision of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, considered the father of Indian Space Programme.[7] As stated by him:“There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose. We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the moon or the planets or manned space-flight. But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society.[2]”As also pointed out by Dr APJ Kalam:“Many individuals with myopic vision questioned the relevance of space activities in a newly independent nation, which was finding it difficult to feed its population. Their vision was clear if Indians were to play meaningful role in the community of nations, they must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to their real-life problems. They had no intention of using it as a means of displaying our might.[8]

82 million USD. Cool !!Check thishttp://www.extre metech.com/extreme/1 34943-next-mars-land er-in-2016-probe-pla nets-core
Ofcours e India shud take on the Space program. They are doing such a great job too.
I cant even start to mention the money it takes, has taken and for a long time to come, will take the Developed nations, leaders with Space programs ...to send space missions.
And then in about a decade - countries like India and China, will be paid (already happening by the way) for space programs.
This guys - means 100s of millions of dollars in this decade for India, actually a few billions of dollars until 2030.

So its not like skills, ability in one area will go waste.
Those who talk about poverty and india shud attend to only basic things - dont you think, thats how the rich nations keep getting ahead - selling us technology, weapons, grains, clothes, everything billions of poor need to consume, thereby with our "spend", they keep leading the standards, produce and economies.While we just keep struggling with "basic issues" please consider this - by pursuing next stage ambitions in economic, social, etc. etc. areas, we will become leaders and better economically. And this is good for everyone in India (corruption is also in its last 2-3 decades, given technology advances, adn new generation).
We want to tackle poverty, we want to tackle education and everything else. Its not like we lack Hands, heads or conviction..What do you say?
rgds,Indian, meet the world, better it !!