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Programme. For citizens, various aspects of the registration process have been
made available online: citizens can review the property details using e-Search
facility; citizens can carry out data entry in the system before going to the SR
offices using the public data entry portal; appointment slots can also be booked
using the eStepIn system, and make online payment using GRAS.
Invest India
The government has established "Invest India" as the National Investment
Promotion and Facilitation Agency, as a joint venture between the Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), state governments and the Federation
of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). A full-fledged
"Investment Facilitation Cell" has been set-up in 'Invest India', which supports
all investment queries apart from handholding and liaisoning with various
agencies on behalf of potential investors. To further Government of India's 'Make
in India' vision of increasing investments, Department of Industrial Policy &
Promotion has provided project-based funding support to Invest India to enable
the company operate as a full-fledged investment promotion agency. Invest
India acts as a facilitation arm for the Government of India for two of its key
initiatives - "Make in India" and "Start-up". Investment India provides complete
end-to-end facilitation support to companies looking at investing in India by
working very closely with the relevant stakeholders in the Government of India,
Industry Associations, Private companies and Indian Embassies abroad.
Intellectual Property Rights
The term Intellectual Property (IP) reflects the idea that its subject matter is
product of mind or intellect. These could be in the form of patents; trademarks;
geographical indications; industrial designs; semiconductor integrated circuits
layout-design; plant variety protection and copyright. IP, protected through
law, like any other form of property, can be a matter of trade, i.e., it can be
owned, bequeathed, sold or bought. IP is also foundation of knowledge-based
economy. It pervades all sectors of economy and is increasingly becoming
important for ensuring competitiveness of enterprises. India has a wellestablished
legislative, administrative and judicial framework to safeguard
Intellectual Property Rights, which meets its international obligations while
utilizing the flexibilities provided in the international regime to address its
developmental concerns. India has a Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) compliant, robust, equitable and dynamic IPR regime.
The Indian IP system maintains a fine balance between private rights
through IPRs on one hand, and rights of the society as public interest on the
other hand. TRIPS Agreement has allowed policy space to countries to evolve a
regime that best suits its condition. This policy space is a sine qua non for
sustainable development of the country. India is a party to Doha Declaration
on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health which clarifies that TRIPS agreement
does not and should not prevent members from taking measures to protect
public health. India was the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty which