Ranchi: President A P J Abdul Kalam today (Feb 14, 2004) said that India's nuclear power was meant for peaceful purposes and the country's nuclear bomb was made only as a deterrent.

"India is a peaceful country and will never use nuke to others," Kalam told a school student when he asked the purpose of making such mass destruction weapons.

He further said, " We also cannot sit idle when other countries have such weapons. The N-bomb has been made to protect our border or in other words for our defence."

The President met the student during his interaction with about 1000 children at Raj Bhavan.