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         Science and technology is the field that shapes the
         future of any country. In India, post-2014, there has
         been a lot of emphasis on this for promoting a good
         governance system, in addition to exploiting the
         potential of future technologies for fast development
         in the coming years. One of these is Artificial
         Intelligence. Along with this, the central government
         changed the rules of patents and trademarks to
         promote innovation and research.



        n In the budget of 2018-19, the central government
           has given the responsibility of formulating a
           comprehensive strategy to the NITI Aayog on the
           use of artificial intelligence. A task force has been           Number of patents filed
           constituted for this. Along with this, a seven-point          during FY 2021-22 reached
           strategy has also been prepared in October 2020.              66440. It was 42763 in the
           CBSE in association with Intel has launched the 'AI          financial year 2014-15. This
           for All program' with the objective of providing basic
           knowledge of AI in India.                                     is an increase of more than
        n In view of the low number of patents and trademarks,           50 percent over a period of
           the Central Government introduced the Intellectual                    seven years.
           Property Policy in 2016. The central government
           amended the patent rules in 2016, 2017, 2019,
           and 2020 to solve the problems of the patent
           applicants. Also, to promote research, the patent fee
           of educational institutions has been reduced by 80           Today one of the mainstays
           percent.                                                     of India's current economic
        n Trademark applications used to have 74 forms,                recovery is technology-based
           but now they have been reduced to only eight, and             development. Because we
           similarly, all forms for patents have been abolished         are supporting innovation in
           and there is only one form for this. The time taken                  every sector.
           for verification of patents for various technological              -Narendra Modi
           areas, which used to take 72 months in 2016, has                    Prime Minister
           been reduced from 5 to 23 months.



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