Lok Sabha Question No. 501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: IPR Awareness
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2021.

## IPR AWARENESS

## 501.   SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  encourage  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) awareness among  tribals, cultural artists, tribal entrepreneurs in NER;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Ministry has taken any action on setting up of an IP Museum as per the National IPR Policy 2016 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Ministry  has  released  awareness  campaigns,  audio/visual/print material in tribal languages of NER; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री सोम प्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a) & (b): Focusing  on  the  Northeast  region,  the  Department  for  Promotion  of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) through its professional body, Cell for  IPR  Promotion  and  Management  has  conducted  various  IPR awareness events. The list of events conducted is as below:

| Schools/Colleges                                                                                                                                 | DATE                       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Roing, Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                           | January, 2020              |
| Department of Sociology, St Joseph's college (Autonomous), Jakhama, Nagaland 'Intellectual property rights for academic and research visibility' | 22 nd - 23 rd October 2021 |
| Roadshows                                                                                                                                        |                            |
| Guwahati, Assam                                                                                                                                  | 17 th June 2016            |
| Imphal, Manipur                                                                                                                                  | 21 st June 2016            |

| DPIIT in collaboration with MSME      | DPIIT in collaboration with MSME   |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Overview of IPR, Assam                | 3 rd Mar. 2020                     |
| Introduction to IPR, MSME DI Guwahati | 26 th Mar. 2021                    |
| Assam, Guwahati                       | 26 th Feb 2019                     |
| Assam, Jorhat                         | 6 th Mar 2019                      |
| Guwahati , Assam                      | 22 nd Oct 2019                     |
| Guwahati, Assam                       | 22 nd Nov 2019                     |

As an initiative to promote GIs of different regions of India, CIPAM-DPIIT has launched a video on Muga Silk of Assam, one of the registered GI of North East.

CII in association with DPIIT organised a GI Festival of India, a mega virtual exhibition and conference from 9 th  Jan 2021 to 8 th  February 2021. Six  GI  Exhibitors  from  the  various  states  of  North  East  actively participated in this virtual exhibition and conference and promoted their GIs.  These  exhibitors  included  MUGA  SILK  (ASSAM),  JOHA  RICE (ASSAM), KAJI NEMU (Assam), CHOKUWA RICE (ASSAM), CHAKSHESANG SHAWL (Nagaland), IDU MISHMI TEXTILES (Arunachal  Pradesh).  This  exhibition  helped  connect  consumers  and producers  and  show  case  &  promote  the  registered  GIs  of  different regions  of  the  country  with  an  opportunity  to  improve  livelihood  and economy of rural community.

(c) to (e): No such steps have been taken at present

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