India May Soon Adopt An Open Data Policy For Publicly Funded Research

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Government of India has presented the draft of new Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020. The department says that the draft policy has been prepared to bring to an effect’ profound changes’ through short-, medium-, and long-term mission modes. The draft policy also focuses on ‘promoting traditional knowledge systems, developing indigenous technologies, and encouraging grassroots innovations’ particularly in the post-COVID world.