Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urged private sector investment in research, saying 70% ofIndia’s R&D funding comes from the government. He called for a 50-50 funding model, citing a ₹1 lakh crore corpus and rapid startup growth to over 2.5 lakh firms, along with India’s rise in the Global Innovation Index.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Urges Private Sector To Boost Research Investment, Seeks 50-50 Govt-Industry Funding Ratio