India's S&T indicators 2019-20 : what it reveals and what remains hidden
(2020) In Journal of Scientometric Research 9(3). p.352-355- Abstract
Department of Science and Technology, India recently released the S&T indicators for the year 2019-20 which once again reveals the stagnation of India's gross expenditure in R&D at 0.7 percent of the GDP. The R&D trends such as contribution by private sector and higher education sectors in R&D shows a continuous rise in absolute figures although their share in total R&D remains the same as previous years. The output indicators such as patents and publications have also shown an increasing trend, but India still lags behind the advanced and innovative nations. These indicators however do not divulge the true picture of innovations in India as they are focused towards capturing formal sector innovations. Indian economy... (More)
Department of Science and Technology, India recently released the S&T indicators for the year 2019-20 which once again reveals the stagnation of India's gross expenditure in R&D at 0.7 percent of the GDP. The R&D trends such as contribution by private sector and higher education sectors in R&D shows a continuous rise in absolute figures although their share in total R&D remains the same as previous years. The output indicators such as patents and publications have also shown an increasing trend, but India still lags behind the advanced and innovative nations. These indicators however do not divulge the true picture of innovations in India as they are focused towards capturing formal sector innovations. Indian economy is dominated by the informal sector and the innovative activities within this sector could not be represented through these conventional metrics.
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- Sharma, Gautam LU and Haldar, Stuti LU
- publishing date
- 2020-09
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- GERD, India, Informal sector innovations, Innovation, R&D investment, Science and technology
- in
- Journal of Scientometric Research
- volume
- 9
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Phcog.Net
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- scopus:85100174834
- ISSN
- 2321-6654
- DOI
- 10.5530/JSCIRES.9.3.43
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Funding Information: Though R&D as an indicator of innovation is broadly contested mainly for capturing just a part of the innovation process, it is used extensively as a proxy for innovation and international comparison. Many nations therefore publish their science and technology (S&T) indicators under the rubric of R&D which primarily includes expenditure of public and business sectors in R&D activities, headcounts of researchers and patents. Department of Science and Technology (DST) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India recently released the R&D statistics of India for the year 2019-20. The report highlights major findings of the national S&T survey launched in the year 2018-19 for compiling the major R&D indicators. These findings are analysed here critically in the purview of the Indian context. More precisely, we attempt to take a closer look at India’s innovation scenario and relate them with the performance of other major innovative nations. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s). 2020.
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