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RDI scheme: ₹1 lakh crore corpus for private R&D

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: RDI scheme: ₹1 lakh crore corpus for private R&D (GS3 · S&T, 1 July 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet approved the Research Development and Innovation scheme with a ₹1 lakh crore corpus [PIB].
  • It gives long-tenor finance or refinance at low or nil interest to spur private R&D in sunrise and strategic sectors [PIB].

Background

  • It targets the funding gap for private-sector innovation [PIB].

Why it matters

  • India’s R&D gap is mostly a private-sector gap.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Science and technology developments and applications

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-01): the Cabinet approved the Research Development and Innovation scheme with a ₹1 lakh crore corpus.
  2. India's R&D gap is mostly a private-sector gap.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet approved the Research Development and Innovation scheme with a ₹1 lakh crore corpus.

PIB: Cabinet: RDI scheme, 1 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: RDI corpus.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

RDI scheme corpus

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Cabinet: RDI scheme, 1 Jul 2025

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