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India revealed its new science policy that puts greater thrust on innovation, establishing research institutes and to encourage women scientists with an aspiration to position the country among the top five scientific powers in the world by2020. India first unveiled its Scientific Policy Resolution in 1958 which resolved to "foster, promote and sustain" the cultivation of science and scientific research in all its aspects. The Technology Policy Statement of 1983 focused on the need to attain technological competence and self reliance.

The policy of 2013 is a revision of the 2003 policy which sought to bring science and technology together and emphasized on the need for higher investment intoR&D to address national problems. The key features of the STI Policy 2013 include making careers in science, research and innovation attractive, establishing world-class infrastructure for R&D for gaining global leadership in some select frontier areas of science.The following are the salient features of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy, 2013:1.The policy speaks of modifying the intellectual property regime to provide formarching rights for social good when supported by public funds and co-sharing of patents generated in the public private partnership mode.2.The policy also aims at producing and nurturing talent in science, to stimulate research in universities, to develop young leaders in the field of science andto reward performance.

3.The policy seeks to create a policy environment for greater private sector participation in research and innovation and to forge international alliances and collaborations to meet the national agenda, he said

4.The policy talks of raising gross expenditure in R&D to 2 per cent of GDP fromthe current one per cent in this decade by encouraging enhanced private sectorcontribution.5.The policy also seeks to trigger an ecosystem for innovative abilities to flourish by leveraging partnerships among diverse stakeholders and by encouraging and facilitating enterprises to invest in innovations.6.One of the aims of the policy is to accelerate the pace of discovery, diffusion and delivery of science-led solutions for serving the aspirational goals of India for faster, sustainable and inclusive growth.

7.The policy also includes linking contributions of science, research and innovation system with the inclusive economic growth agenda and combining priorities of excellence and relevance.8.It also stresses on creating an environment for enhanced private sector participation in R&D, enabling conversion of R&D outputs into societal and commercialapplications by replicating successful models as well as establishing of new public-private partnership structures.