“We are also bringing out a new industrial policy soon and we are proposing to include a substantial chapter and paragraphs on the importance of design, and how it should be taken forward,” he said at a CII event here.
DIPP, in August last year, floated a draft industrial policy with the aim to create jobs for the next two decades, promote foreign technology transfer and attract USD 100 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) annually.
The proposed policy will completely revamp the Industrial Policy of 1991.
Among other things, the policy would endeavour to reduce regulations and bring new industries in focus.
The DIPP Secretary also said that enforcement of intellectual property rights was being improved through better training of police officers and judiciary.
“In principle the department (DIPP) would like to fully support the setting up of a National Design Centre. We can see how it can be done, it can be done through the mechanism of the India Design Council,” Abhishek said.