India's R&D inflection moment

India's R&D spending has hit a record 0.84% of GDP, but reaching the global technology frontier will require much higher private-sector investment and smarter public funding

For most of independent India’s history, research has been a government affair. A private sector growing at this pace indicates an economy expanding in confidence, and industry beginning to bet seriously on its own ideas. That milestone deserves reco... [4512 chars]

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