# India’s R&D spending crosses 0.8% of GDP, private sector leads 2026-08-08T07:45:29+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet India's research and development spending reached 0.83% of GDP in 2021-22, the first time it has crossed the 0.8% mark since 2009-10. The Department of Science and Technology disclosed the figures in a Lok Sabha reply on Wednesday, part of the unpublished Research & Development Statistics 2025-26. Private industry contributed 51.8% of national R&D spending in 2023-24, the first time businesses outspent all levels of government combined. Gross Expenditure on R&D jumped 53% to Rs 1.95 lakh crore in 2021-22 from Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2020-21, a COVID-year slump. It rose further to Rs 2.13 lakh crore in 2022-23 and Rs 2.45 lakh crore in 2023-24. Industry R&D spending nearly doubled from Rs 46,400 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 88,600 crore in 2021-22. The shift comes as India's R&D-to-GDP ratio had steadily fallen to 0.64% in 2020-21, compared with 2.4% for China and 3.5% for the US. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: DST, government data, industry contribution, private sector innovation, research and development, science funding Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/indias-rd-spending-crosses-0-8-of-gdp-private-sector-leads/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/indias-rd-spending-crosses-0-8-of-gdp-private-sector-leads/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.