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Table 6.3: Crop-Related Research Expenditures by State, 1953-68 



Total expenditures 

 (millions of 1968 RsJ 



Expenditures per 



community development block 



(thousands of J 968 Rs.) 



in Delhi are shown in table 6.3. These expenditures are for major 

 crop research only. Specialty crop research expenditures 

 (arecanut, lac, tea, jute, and coconut) are not included in these 

 figures. The research expenditures include both state and central 

 government funds. State university and government investment 

 data are included, private research and development expenditures 

 are not. 



India's rural area is divided into ''community development 

 blocks." These blocks are the basic extension and community 

 development administration units, each having approximately 

 the same number of farms throughout the country. In table 6.3, 

 research expenditure is deflated by the number of blocks in each 

 state. By this measure the Punjab's research is three times more 

 intensive than that of Andhra Pradesh, even though total expen- 

 ditures are roughly equal in the two states. 



Table 6.4 uses publication data to provide further evidence of 

 research work in India. The data reveal a gradual shift over time 

 away from the commercial crops, sugar and cotton, toward 

 foodgrains. 



