
Investments in the research and development (
r&d) in India has grown from
Rs 760.5 crore in 1980 to
Rs 24,200 crore (as per 2008-2009 budget allocation). This is
0.8 per cent of the
gdp 
From
1996 to
2006, expenditure has increased by
180 per cent. But the number of research publications increased by only
95 per cent