stimulation of work on new technologies. All the Industrial ~lnlstrles are functioning currently under these new conditions. The essence of the new system I& that the means, II loted earlier to the ministries for scientific-research work (from the budget and deductions from the prime cost of Industrial products), as wei I as the means of mastering and lntroducln~ new products and technologies are combined Into a single fund for the development of science and technology. This fund Is designed for financing scientific-research, experimentol•deslgnlng ·and techno• toglcal work and reimbursement of expenditures associated with the development adn mastering of new types of products end tech• nologles, Introduction of scientific organization of labour, as well as for financing additional expenditures for Improving the qual lty of products and elevated expenditures during the first years of manufacturing new products. This fund Is formed by deductions from the planned profit of sclentiflc•production associations (enterprises) and organiza­ tions In conformity with the normative establ !shed for the ministry (department) In percent to the pure (normative) or commodity product. Beside that, a part of the additional profit <sums of allowances to the wholesale price) from real lzlng new highly efficient products and products with a state Quality Mark Is also added to this fund~ The mechanism of forming the single fund tor the d!velopment of science and technology Is specified In the "Methodological Instruction on the formation and utilization of the single f~nd for the development of science and technoloigy", affirmed by the USSR State Committee for Science and Technology, USSR State Planning Cqmmittee, USSR Ministry of Finance and USSR State Committee for Prices. · The State plan for economic and social development of the USSR in 1981-1985 has affirmed for the first time the normatlves 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the allocation of funds for scientific research and development in the Soviet Union, specifically mentioning the formation of a single fund for the development of science and technology. This fund is used to finance various activities related to innovation, including scientific-research work, experimental design, and technological work. The text also mentions the state plan for economic and social development of the USSR, which suggests that the topic is related to economic development.

**Category**
Industry, Science and technology