Research and Development expenditure as a
percentage of total turnover of each of the Defence
PSUs is given below:-
|
Name
of the DPSU
|
Ratna Category (As on
November 2011)
|
Expenditure
on R&D (%)
|
|
Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited
|
Navratna
|
6.75
|
|
Bharat
Electronics Limited
|
Navratna
|
7.00
|
|
Bharat
Dynamics Limited
|
Mini Ratna-I
|
1.58
|
|
BEML
Limited
|
Mini Ratna-I
|
2.20
|
|
Goa
Shipyard Limited
|
Mini Ratna-I
|
0.31
|
|
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Limited
|
Mini Ratna-I
|
0.21
|
|
Mazagon Dock Limited
|
Mini Ratna-I
|
1.39
|
|
Hindustan
Shipyard Limited
|
No Ratna Category
|
1.00
|
|
Mishra Dhatu Nigam
Limited
|
Mini Ratna-I
|
1.00
|
Department
of Public Enterprises have issued guidelines on 23.9.2011 regarding norms for
Research & Development (R&D) expenditure for Central Public Sector
Enterprises. As per these guidelines, the prescribed minimum amount of
expenditure under R&D will be as under:-
|
SI. No.
|
Category of CPSE
|
Minimum
expenditure on R&D as a percentage of Profit After Tax (PAT)
|
|
1.
|
Maharatna&Navratna
|
1%
|
|
2.
|
Miniratna I & II and below
|
0.5%
|
The
data about R&D expenditure by the developed countries is not being
maintained
This information was given by Minister of
State for Defence Shri MM PallamRaju
in a written reply to Shri Balwinder Singh Bhunder
in Rajya Sabha today.
PK/NN