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Science 21 January 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5452, p. 407
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5452.407d
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Indian Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee's promise to boost research spending sharply by tying it to the country's GDP--initially 1% and rising to 2% over 5 years--assumed that the current spending level is 0.86% of GDP (Science, 14 January, p. 209). But the actual figure is 0.66%, Indian officials now admit.

The revision means the government must come up with an additional $500 million--and a total increase of $1.25 billion over a current $2.5 billion budget--to meet the PM's pledge in the 2000 budget. Although a sudden rise of such proportions is unlikely, the head of the Department of Science and Technology says it should be possible to reach the 2% figure in 5 years.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)