Lok Sabha Question No. 1302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: IPR Awareness
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1302. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2022.

## IPR AWARENESS

## 1302.  SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has made necessary interventions to check on the lack of awareness amongst the general public and disrespect that exists with regard to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and access rules in recent times;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has conducted awareness drives or short-term IPR awareness educational programmes in the country; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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): Yes. The  Government  continues  to  have  comprehensive  awareness activities  on  IPRs  in  different  parts  of  the  country  through  Intellectual Property  Rights  Promotion  and  Management  (IPRPM)  scheme.  This scheme was launched in 2017 under National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016 adopted on 12.05.2016 as a vision document to guide future development of IPRs in the country. The first and foremost objective of the policy is IPR Awareness: Outreach and Promotion. As a result, the number of IP filings in India has improved considerably and India's ranking in global indices like Global Innovation Index has improved from 81 in 2015 to  40  in  2022.  The  details  of  awareness  activities  and  educational programmes conducted are at Annexure-I.

(c): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1302 FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2022.

1. The awareness and sensitization programs are carried out at schools, colleges, universities and industry bodies where specially curated resource material on IPR is disseminated. The work is conducted through CIPAM, the Cell for IPR Promotion and Management, set up under the aegis of Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal trade (DPIIT) of this Ministry with a mandate to effectively implement the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. The details of course material prepared and activities undertaken are as under:
- i. Study  content  on  IPRs  prepared  and  included  in  NCERT  Curriculum  of Commerce for Class XII.
- ii. A  chapter  on  'IPR,  Innovation  &  Creative  Works'  included  in  NCERT's 'Handbook on Entrepreneurship for Northeast Region (NER)'.
- iii. Study  content  on  IPRs  included  in  'Legal  Studies'  chapter  in  Class  XII textbook for ICSE.
- iv. India's first IP Mascot- ' IP Nani ', comics and animated videos on IPR was launched to make learning IPR more interesting for students and others.
- v. More than 150 IPR Cells established in Colleges and Universities across India.
- vi. More than 1,00,000 school and college students, and faculties reached out through  the  Satellite  Instructional  Television  (SlT)  Programs  on  IPR conducted via Vigyan Prasar . The Edusat Utilisation Program with the help of Satellite, named EduSat (Education Satellite) was used in a manner so as to create state-wise SATCOM networks disseminating quality education programs for different levels of the academia.
- vii. More  than  2700  rural  students  of  Rajasthan  academy  also  reached  via SATCOM.
- viii. More  than  1150  awareness  sessions  and  training  programs  covering around 3000 academic institutions (including school/colleges/universities) were conducted.
- ix. Awareness workshops in collaboration with various school societies/institutions like Army Welfare Society (AWES), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (iHub) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) were also conducted.
- x. A Training of Trainers (ToT) course was jointly organized with the Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat for police officials, faculties and researchers on awareness of Intellectual Property Rights. These trained master trainers are further strengthening the enforcement mechanism for IPRs by training the officials in their respective States on the subject and academic institutions including universities.
- xi. IPR Chairs established in 14 Central and State Universities under 'Scheme for  Pedagogy  and  Research  in  IPRs for  Holistic  Education  &  Academia' (SPRIHA) for supporting IPR education.
- xii. 12 Technology Innovation Support Centres (TISC) were also set up as part of WIPO TISC initiative in various Universities, Industry bodies and State Council for Science & Technology across the country for boosting IP filings and enhancing IP commercialization.
- xiii. Over 19 roadshows for industries and 193 workshops at state level were conducted for MSME clusters.
- xiv. To counter online piracy, CIPAM, DPIIT collaborated with National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Maharashtra Cyber and Digital Crime Unit (MCDCU),  to  suspend  over  380  infringing  websites  on  the  basis  of incomplete  KYC.    Also,  launched  an  Anti-Piracy  Video  Campaign  in collaboration with Film and Television Producers Guild  of India using the popular film personalities to raise awareness on piracy.
2.  The Government is also actively engaged in popularizing Geographical Indications (GIs), an another form of IPR, among general public and consumers. A common GI logo and tagline for all Indian GIs was launched on August 01, 2018 which is currently being used by various stakeholders. Details of GI awareness initiatives conducted are as follows:
- i. A social media campaign to promote India's GIs were conducted wherein interesting  stories  and  factoids  on  GI  were  shared.  The  campaigns included 'Gift a GI' during festive seasons to encourage purchase of GI products, and 'Spot the GI' to spread awareness on GIs through interesting factoids.  In  order  to  create  awareness  to  get  due  recognition  of  Indian Handicrafts and handloom, a campaign on 'Winter GI Accessories' was also run.
- ii. To create awareness about the GIs in the urban populace, an article on GIs was published in India Today English magazine's 45th Anniversary Special Issue in January, 2021.
- iii.  17  promotional  videos  covering  various  Indian  GIs  was  prepared  in collaboration  with  TV  History  and  aired  on  various  channels  of  the  TV History 18 network such as History TV18 -SD, History TV18 - HD in 202122.
- iv.   A  one-day  awareness  workshop  was  conducted  for  local  artisans  in collaboration  with  IIT  Roorkee  to  create  awareness  on  GI  Protection, Enforcement,  its  significance,  marketing  avenues  through  e-commerce platform, etc.  in Kalsi, Dehradun on 26 th  April, 2022.
- v. On the  occasion  of  'World  Intellectual  Property  Day  2022',  a  'National Photography Contest' was conducted on the theme of capturing various aspects of Geographical Indications and their uniqueness, diversity, and artistry.
- vi. A  number  of  events  were  also  conducted  in  collaboration  with  various stakeholders  where  exclusive  GI  products  showcased  Indian  tradition, culture and enterprising activities under a single umbrella, such as
23.  GI Pavilion (Aahar 2022) in ITPO for five days from 26th -30th April 2022.
24.  03 day India GI fair at the India Expo Center and Mart, Greater Noida from 26th-28th Aug 2022.
25.  A weekly GI Mahotsav at Trade facilitation Center, Varanasi from from 16th -21st October 2022.
26.  An exclusive GI pavilion was again set up at IITF 2022 organized by ITPO at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from from 14th -27th November 2022.
- vii. During these events, various knowledge sessions were organized for the GI holders wherein officials had an interactive session with the GI holders.
3. Regular  awareness  and  public  outreach  activities  and  specialized  training programs  are  also  conducted  by  the  Office  of  Controller  General  of  Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), a Sub-ordinate Office of DPIIT.
- i. The  O/o  CGPDTM  has  conducted  more  than  33,000  activities  for students, teachers, MSMEs,  startups  etc., either separately or in collaboration with Universities, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Industry Associations via online/offline/hybrid mode during last three years.
- ii. The  O/o  CGPDTM  has  also  undertaken  a  flagship  program  to  impart Intellectual Property (IP) awareness and basic training to more than one million  students  and  faculty  as  part  of  celebrating  ' Azadi  Ka  Amrit Mahotsav '  under  the  mission  namely,  National  Intellectual  Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) launched on 8th December, 2021. Under this mission, around 10,05,272 students at two levels: Level A- Schools (Class  9th  to  12th),  and  Level  B-  Universities/Colleges  covering  3,662 educational institutions spread across 28 States and 7 UTs were covered.
- iii. A National Intellectual Property (IP) Awards are also conferred every year to  recognize  and  reward  the  top  achievers  comprising  individuals, institutions,  organizations  and  enterprises,  for  their  IP  creations  and commercialization, which have contributed towards strengthening IP ecosystem in the country and in encouraging creativity and innovation. The National IP Awards 2022 have been conferred to 11 different categories of Indian applicants including top individuals, academic institution, R & D institution, top MSME etc. on 15th October 2022.

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