: Centre to formulate new STIP policy #FinanceIndia #StockMarketNEWS #Business PTI New Delhi Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday held detailed consultations with the states for the formulation

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New Delhi

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday held detailed consultations with the states for the formulation of Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) 2020, the Department of Science and Technology said.

Addressing a virtual meeting with the state ministers and senior officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Vardhan said the policy aims to re-energise the country’s scientific ecosystem and redefine the priorities and sectoral focus so as to directly translate efforts in S&T for the benefit of the society and economy.

He said through extensive deliberations, the STIP 2020 proposes institutionalisation of Centre-State STI engagements and creation of pathways to successfully percolate the policy instrument to the grassroots level.

There is a need to identify national priorities that are driven by the needs of the states. Through development of formal linkages, we hope to carry out continuous highest level of engagements, extensive capacity-building exercises, technology development support programs, and other related activities, the Union Science and technology Minister said.

Vardhan said this would also help in streamlining resource mobilisation to avoid duplicity of efforts within the ecosystem, thereby leading to exponential growth.

This engagement is imperative at both the policy-making and implementation processes and is achievable through greater communication and collaboration between the Centre and states, Vardhan pointed out.

We would like to make this truly an inclusive policy in all aspects each and every state should become an equal partner and should share ownership and responsibility not only in formulation of this policy but also in implementing them with full rigour, he said.

K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the government, said proactive participation of states would make the entire STIP-2020 formulation process truly inclusive and decentralised.

DST Secretary Professor Ashutosh Sharma explained the crucial role of the state-level consultation in providing valuable inputs for the policy and expressed DST’s keenness in facilitating them for creating a robust, bottom-up, and inclusive policy that shapes the New India.

Vardhan said the current pandemic stands witness to the immediate need for indigenous STI development and growth that can be achieved through harmonised Centre-State relationships based on the ideals of cooperative federalism.

Centre-state cooperation thus remains at the heart of building a truly Atmanirbhar Bharat, he added.

Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Yumnam Joy Kumar Singh, Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur, Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura, Dinesh Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh also lauded the Centre’s initiative and assured their cooperation in STIP-2020 process.