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Mrunal [Policy] Science Technology & Innovation (STI) Policy 2013: Salient features, highlights, criticism Print
[Policy] Science Technology & Innovation (STI) Policy 2013: Salient features, highlights, criticism
1. Timeline 2. SRISHTI 3. Key features of the STI policy 2013
#1: Cash power #2: Manpower #3: Business #4: Climate change #5: PPP #6: IPR #7: Participation #8: Public awareness 4. Criticism #1: private sector =no social good #2: Indian private sector is lazy in research #3: no lesson from past #4: No structural / fundamental reforms #5: Conflicting Goals And Policies
Timeline
1958 Indias first Scientific Policy Resolution. New policy. focused on the need to attain technological competence and self reliance. This new policy wanted to 2003 1. Bring science and technology together 2. Bring higher investment into R&D to address national problems. Yet another science-tech policy. (made by Department of Science and Technology).
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SRISHTI
Goal of new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STI) policy = SRISHTI. SRISHTI= Science, Research and innovation system for High technology led path for India. (that is not SRISHTI.that is SRISHTLPFI, but these Government officials will forcibly turn any scheme into a catchy phrase to harass the UPSC aspirants.)
#2: Manpower
Well promote the spread of scientific temper amongst all sections of society. Well try to attract talented and bright minds towards careers in science, research and innovation. Well increase the number of R&D personnel by 66% in next five years. Well create environment for women to enter in R&D field. well setup inter university centers= bringing together different disciplines of
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#3: Business
Well identify 10 sectors of high potential and put more resources into it for S&T. Indias share in high tech products is around 8% globally. We want to double this. Well increase R&D intentsity in Service sector, small and medium scale enterprises. The investment in S&T is risky. So, We (Government) will share the risk with private sector, this will increase their confidence. Well provide new financing mechanisms for entrepreneurs (=loans at cheaper interest rate) so they can venture in R&D without the fear of failure. Well create a public procurement policy that favors indigenous innovations. (for example, if new type of pencil is developed by Indians and S.Koreans, then Government departments will buy Indian pencils rather than Korean pencils) Well achieve synergy between R&D policy for agriculture vs. STI policy.
#5: PPP
Well setup a National science, Technology and innovation foundation. This will help investing in S&T projects via PPP. Well setup large scale R&D facilities via PPP mode. When it comes to giving public funds, well treat private sector R&D institutions at par with public sector institutions.
#6: IPR
Well modify the Intellectual property rights(IPR) for social goods, IPR generated under PPP. Well launch Technology business incubators (TBIs) and science-led entrepreneurship. Well provide incentives for green manufacturing. For sharing IPRs between Investors and inventors, well setup regulatory and legal framework.
#7: Participation
Inclusion
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Well increase accessibility, availability and affordability of innovations, especially for women, differently-abled and disadvantaged sections of society.
NGOs
Well give NGOs pivotal role for delivery science-tech-innovation outputs especially related with rural / grassroot level. Lot of new grassroot innovations are taking place, but they donot transform into commercial applications, well try to bridge this gap. Various ministries associated with socio-economic sectors, are already running schemes for R&D in their sector. Under new STI policy, well try to leverage and coordinate these spending.
State Governments
State Governments are important stakeholders, so well setup state specific plans under new STI policy and well also strengthen the Sci-Tech councils / boards in the States. Centrally developed plans for investments are rigid. Well provide flexible approach, to fine-tune Five year plan schemes in response to rapid changes in S&T.
International
Well forge strategic partnerships and alliances with other nations through both bilateral and multilateral cooperation in science, technology and innovation. Modern science requires truckload of resources. So well setup some international consortia with other countries to create high cost global infrastructure. Science diplomacy, technology synergy with other countries.
Criticism
#1: private sector =no social good
1. On one hand, STI policy wants inclusive Development and social goods. But on the other hand, it says the investment in R&D sector is very low and well bring more investment from private sector.
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2. Here comes the problem: When private sector invests in R&D, their aim is always profitability. 3. Theyre not much interested in delivery of social goods. 4. For example a drug company would rather prefer to do research on new diabetes related drug / supplement rather than some new product to combat malnutrition. Same way, iphone6 vs. clean energy / water recycling. In this policy, Government says additional R&D investment will come from private sector = indirectly theyre hinting that we (the State) are not interested in R&D investment because we want to control fiscal deficit. But history tells us that no country, has developed without massive State investment in R&D.
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Policy document repeatedly emphasizes that both economic growth and social good will be pursued through STI. But there are two sets of problems here, 1. Can private sector funded R&D directly deliver social goods? 2. Can science really tackle the social sector problems (gender parity, inclusiveness) on its own, without the necessary political will?
Mock Questions
Mains
1. Write a note on the New Science Tech Innovation Policy of 2013. (12/15 marks)
Essay
1. Gender Parity 2. Green Economy 3. Role of Science technology and innovation in social empowerment.
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