In the plans of the ministries of higher education, the ministries of education of the USSR and union republ lcs, as wei I as other ministries and departments, comprising higher educational lnstltutlons within their system. Expenditures• associated with mastering and Introducing new technologies In the national economy, as wei I as capital Investments for the constru­ ction of objects of science, ere envisaged In the respective sections of the plans of the corresponding branches of the national economy In the Industry. Planning of expenditures for research and development Is effected In the USSR by the USSR State Committee for Science and Technology. The plan for financing scientific-research work envisages the total scope of expenditures for scientific-research work with a wages fund for the workers of scientific-research organizations, and determines the sources for financing this work. The USSR State Committee for Science and Technology coordinates with the USSR State Planning Committee and USSR Ministry of Finance the total scope of expenditures, the wages fund and the allocations from the budget tor science In the USSR for the planned period. The draft plan for financing scientific-research work Is elaborated by the USSR ministries and departments, Councils, of Ministries of the union republics for the group of organizations planned In the establ !shed order by the USSR State Committee for Science and Technology. Draft plans for financing scientific-research work In the union republics are elaborated for the republ lc and for each ministry and department separately, Including union-republics ministries of the union republ lcs. The USSR union-republican ministries elaborate draft plans for the whole branch, for the USSR union-republican ministry and for each ministry of simi tar profile In the union republic. The USSR Ministries and departments and the Councils of Ministers of the union republ lcs supplement the draft plan for 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the planning and financing of scientific research and development in the USSR, with a focus on the role of various ministries and committees in implementing this planning. The language used is technical and bureaucratic, suggesting a focus on administrative processes rather than specific scientific or technological topics.

**Category**
Science and technology, Education