India's R&D spending is up but least among all BRICS nations
As much as 81.3% of
R&D expenditure incurred by central government sources came from just eight
major scientific agencies
BUDGET
2018 : A
national survey on the status of research and development in the country has
shown that India’s gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) has more than tripled
from Rs 2411.17 billion (Rs 24,117 crore) to Rs 853.26 (Rs 85,326 crore) in the
decade from 2004-2005 to 2014-2015. It has also been estimated that it could
have gone up to Rs 945.16 billion (Rs 94,516 crore) in 2015-2016 and crossed
the Rs one trillion (Rs 1 lakh crore) mark in 2016-2017.
The survey, conducted by the National Science and Technology
Management Information System (NSTMIS) under the Department of Science and
Technology (DST), has also shown that the per capita R&D expenditure
increased to Rs 659 in 2014-2015 from Rs 217 in 2004-2005. It concluded that
the GERD growth was driven mainly by the government. The central government
accounted for 45.1%, state governments for 7.4%, public sector industries for
5.5% and institutions of higher education for 3.9%. Private industry accounted
for the remaining 38.1%.
Significantly, the share of business enterprises – from both
the public and private sectors – has been on the rise. Their share of 43.6% in
2014-2015 was found to be fairly higher than the situation just five years
prior: in 2009-2010, their share was just 34.2 %. The study also revealed that
public sector R&D was led by defence-related and the fuel industries, while
private-sector R&D was dominated by drug/pharmaceuticals and
transportation.
The survey compared the levels of participation of the
government, business enterprises and institutions of higher education in
R&D in India with those in 13 other countries: Australia, Canada, China,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Spain, the UK and
the US.
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