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NITI reports on Ease of Doing R&D

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: NITI reports on Ease of Doing R&D (GS3 · Research policy, 10 April 2026)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 2019, 20162 PYQs

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What happened

  • NITI Aayog released reports on “Ease of Doing Research & Development in India” [PIB].

Background

  • India’s gross R&D spend is about 0.6–0.7% of GDP; the ₹1 lakh crore RDI Fund backs private R&D.

Why it matters

  • Researchers lose time to paperwork; the reports list what to fix.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology developments and applications

  1. As per PIB (2026-04-10): NITI Aayog released reports on "Ease of Doing Research & Development in India".
  2. Researchers lose time to paperwork; the reports list what to fix.
Quotable data point

NITI Aayog released reports on "Ease of Doing Research & Development in India".

PIB: NITI: Ease of Doing R&D, 10 Apr 2026

Exam angle

UPSC

Mains: R&D ecosystem.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Released by

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

India's GERD/GDP roughly

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Theme

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: NITI: Ease of Doing R&D, 10 Apr 2026

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