Abstract:Although India is the only country which utilize Five year plan(FYPs)to be its main development policy tool, there is few research on this topic. This research has studied India’s STI plan history, structure, strategic guideline, budget& funding and recent major changes from its 1st to 12th FYPs. The conclusion is: STI will play an ever-important role in India’s rising; PM Modi’s India government has put STI an enabler role to its economic development. The paper forecasts three major changes in India’s STI governance. The conclusion is major changes have happened in Modi’s India STI agenda, first of which being strengthened power-oriented and market-oriented. The second feature of India’s STI plan will have three characteristics, being long and mid-term, being out of fiscal budget and being participative.