scientific preparation for production In the branch. Instead of a number of sources for financing. namely. allocations from the budget. deductions from the prime cost of commerlcal products for scientific-research work aimed at mastering new machinery. receipts for the fulfilment of scientific-research and experimental-designing work In compliance with contracts. etc., a single fund for the development of science and technology has been establ !shed for the ministries. It Is formed mainly by deduction from the planned profit of the enterprises by the normative for ministries In percent to the commodity produce anc In certain branches. to the normative net produce. The normative for determlng the planned volume of expenditure for R and 0 activities and the normative for the formation of the single fund tor the development of science and technology are closely I Inked with one another. The stated fund is a source for financing the entire cycle "science-production": scientific-research. experimental-designing and technological work, developments and mastering of new types of products and technologies. as well as additional expenditures for the introduction of scientific organization of labour. improvement of the product qual lty. and heavy expenses during the first years of manufacturing the product. The Slagle Eynd The size of the single fund for the development of science and technology regulates the volume of financial resources 384 alloted for production masterini of the results of R and 0 activities for compensating heavy expenses during the first years of manufacturing the new product. A pert of the fund, except the means for financing Rand 0 activities •. stands as a planned volume of expenditures for· the Introduction and productlon mastering of new·machlnery, and Improving the product qua~lty. 1he establishment of an economically substantiated normatlv• for the single fund for the development of science and technology ts highly slgnltlcant as well as allocation of the fund for 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the establishment of a single fund for the development of science and technology, which is used to finance scientific-research, experimental-designing, and technological work, as well as the introduction of new products and technologies. It also mentions the deduction of funds from the planned profit of enterprises and the allocation of funds for the production mastering of new products. This suggests that the text is related to the development of science and technology, which is a key driver of economic growth.

**Category**
Industry, Science and technology