U.S. tariffs are not what is holding back Indian research

The article argues that U.S. tariffs are not the primary impediment to India's research and innovation. Instead, India's low overall R&D spending, its concentration in a few sectors (pharmaceuticals, automobiles), and the lack of research investment in older manufacturing industries are the real challenges. It highlights the government's new ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation scheme, which targets frontier technologies, but suggests a need to link trade relief and incentives to research efforts in exposed sectors and improve R&D data measurement.