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Target R&D expenditure of 2% of GDP by 2022, says PM economic panel

The growth in R&D expenditure should be commensurate with the economy's growth and should be targeted to reach at least 2 per cent of the GDP by 2022, according to the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). In a report titled 'R&D Expenditure Ecosystem', the EAC-PM said that the line ministries at the Centre could be mandated to allocate certain percentage of their budget for research and innovation for developing and deploying technologies as per the priorities of the respective ministries. "The growth in R&D expenditure should be commensurate with the growth of GDP and should be targeted to reach at least 2 per cent of GDP by 2022," the report said. It pointed out that India's public investment in R&D as a fraction of GDP has remained stagnant over the last two decades. It has remained constant at around 0.6 per cent to 0.7 per cent of GDP and this is well below the major countries such as the US (2.8 per cent), China (2.1 per cent), Israel (4.3 ...

Every number in Budget is authentic, says Finance Minister Sitharaman

Data given in the Budget is 100% above board, Sitharaman said

Former CEA Arvind Subramanian defends stance on GDP overestimation

The former CEA said that India had sustained high growth rate after 2011

Budget 2019: India won't become a superpower with these allocations

Only 3.4% of total federal spending was budgeted for education - down from 3.74% the previous year and from 4.3% when Modi took over in 2014

Statsguru: Construction activity rises sharply in FY18; agri, mining fall

India's economy grew at a seven-quarter high of 7.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017-18