-The Hindu IPR PoLICy will promote indigenous knowledge on water conservation steps. The National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) PoLICy will send a clear message to Washington that India’s IPR regime is not regressive, Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. The comments come ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S. next month when the issue of greater protection and enforcement of IPR may come up for discussions. Sitharaman, however, said India...
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Intellectual Property Rights poLICy may hinder drug access -Vidya Krishnan and Puja Mehra
-The Hindu The poLICy fails to acknowledge that IP is a market-driven model’ India’s National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) poLICy, unveiled on Friday, could pose a “serious” hurdle to allowing access to affordable drugs and the South Asian nation missed a chance to put in place a progressive poLICy, according to experts. The poLICy left the country’s patent laws intact and specifically did not open up Section 3(d) of the Patents Act, which...
More »All you need to know about the new IPR PoLICy
-The Hindu The new Intellectural Property PoLICy, unveiled by the Finance Minister is in compliance with TRIPS. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released India’s National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) PoLICy recently. The PoLICy which is in compliance with WTO's (World Trade Organisation) agreement on TRIPS (Trade Related aspects of IPRs), aims to sustain entrepreneurship and boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet scheme 'Make in India.' Here are the highlights: >> The PoLICy aims to...
More »Counting the girls -P Anima
-The Hindu Business Line In Sirsa, Haryana’s westernmost district, the fight to end female foeticide includes tip-offs, thrilling chases and decoys “Chhori hai ! Kal marna tha , aaj mar gayi” (It’s a girl! She’ll have to die tomorrow, she died today). Deputy civil surgeon Viresh Bhushan’s face twists into a grimace as he recalls the incident at Sirsa’s Civil Hospital four years ago. A grandmother in her fifties had strangled to...
More »From Plate to Plough — The big thirst -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express It’s not that Maharashtra has spent less on irrigation. The real problem is its high cost. Latur in Maharashtra has become a symbol of acute water scarcity. Several “jal doots” (water trains) had to ferry water to thirsty Latur. The Maharashtra government also imposed Section 144 to maintain law and order near water bodies/ distribution points. The high court intervened in the case of IPL matches and asked these...
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