New IPR policy to push economic growth: Minister
The Dollar Business Bureau The national Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy is in the offing and release of this policywill give India much-needed push in its economic growth and socio-economic developmental agenda,Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said. The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution was speaking at the International Conference on Illicit Trade – Threat to National Security and Economy, organised by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries Committee Against Smuggling & Counterfeiting Activities Destroying Economy ((FICCI CASCADE). Paswan said that the country’s views on IPR and enforcement laws domestically are increasingly important to its international trading partners and to prospective business investors. “Given the key role of technology, invention and innovation in India’s current ...
Industry-lab Interface, key for 'Make in India': Minister
The Dollar Business Bureau Collaboration between private and state-run science and technology laboratories is the key to success of the government’s “Make in India” campaign, said Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology. The minister asked private players in the field of scientific research to look within to achieve technological competitiveness and breakthrough products. He said ‘‘Make in India’ is already happening in the laboratories of the Centre of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and other institutions. In his address to the media after visiting the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) in Thiruvananthapuram, the minister expressed concern over the lack of cooperation between private science laboratory operators and the government in the country. “Our scientists are getting ...
