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NITI Aayog Report 2025
December 22 , 2025
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- NITI Aayog released a report on Public Research and Development (R&D) Institutes in India.
- India’s Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) reached about ₹2 lakh crore in 2020–21, which is around 0.6% to 0.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
- The government sector contributes 63.6% of total R&D spending in India.
- Agriculture and allied sectors account for 51% of public R&D, followed by health and information technology and telecommunication (IT and telecom).
- About 36% of public R&D institutes are located in southern India, while the North-Eastern region has only 1.8%.
- Nearly 48% of central R&D institutions are located in the ten most populous cities of the country.
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