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NATIONAL POLICY ON ELECTRONICS
and products in ESDM sector.
a.
To facilitate IP development and acquisition by
4. Developing and mandating standards
industry, academic and R & D institutions.
4.1.
To curb inflow of sub-standard and unsafe electronic
b.
To set up a“ Fund of Funds " to create need based
products by mandating technical and safety standards
“ Daughter Funds " for various innovation and
which conform to international standard.
manufacturing stages. All Funds to be
a.
To develop Indian standards to meet specific Indian
professionally managed.
conditions including climatic, power supply and
c.
To give special thrust to innovation and R & D for
handling conditions etc., by suitably reviewing
Inclusive Products, Green Technologies,
existing standards.
Convergence and Broadband Technologies.
b.
To mandate technical standards in the interest of
d.
To promote entrepreneurship in ESDM sector in
public health and safety
active collaboration with Industry, Industry
c.
Set up an institutional mechanism within
Associations and Academia
Department of Information Technology for
e.
by ensuring availability of Angel Funds and Venture
mandating compliance to standards for electronics
Capital Funds.
products.
f.
To set up Incubation Centers in the country for VLSI
d.
To develop a National Policy Framework for
and other ESDM related sectors in association with
enforcement and use of Standards and Quality
Software Technology Parks of India( STPI)
Management Processes.
/ Academic Institutions / Industry.
e.
Strengthening the lab infrastructure for testing of
g.
To design and develop India Microprocessor for
electronic products and encouraging development
diverse specific / strategic applications.
of conformity assessment infrastructure by private
h.
To provide for effective IP protection strategy
participation.
especially semiconductor IP protection
f.
Creating awareness amongst consumers against
8. Electronics in Other Sectors
sub-standard and spurious electronic products.
8.1
Automotive Electronics: To develop a Centre of Excellence
g.
To build capacity within the Government and public
for the development of Micro controller Units( MCUs),
sector for developing and mandating standards.
Micro-electro mechanical systems( MEMS) and other
h.
To actively participate in the international
advanced electronic devices to enable India to
development of standards in the ESDM sector.
consolidate India ' s position as one of the global auto
5. Cyber security
hubs.
5.1
To create a complete secure cyber eco-system in the country, careful and due attention is required for creation of well defined technology and systems, use of appropriate technology and more importantly development of appropriate products & solutions. The
8.2
Avionics: To support the growth of aviation industry by facilitating the development of research and development and outsourcing of engineering design and related software for avionics and Maintenance,
Repair and Overhauling of avionics in the country.
priorities for action will be suitable design and
8.3
LED: To encourage the usage of LED lighting solutions
development of indigenous appropriate products
especially in rural markets through innovative products
through frontier technology / product oriented research,
like solar LED lamps, public places like street lighting,
testing & validation of security of products meeting the
traffic lights etc. to promote the manufacture of LED
protection profile requirements needed to secure the
and LED lights.
ICT infrastructure and cyber space of the country.
8.4
Industrial Electronics: To develop a Centre of Excellence
6. Strategic Electronics
for innovation in Industrial Electronics with focus on
6.1
To promote manufacturing capacities for sourcing
ESDM in strategic and core infrastructure sectors-
Defence, Atomic Energy, Space, Railways, Power,
Telecommunications, etc. a.
To create long-term partnerships between domestic
ESDM industry with strategic sectors for sourcing electronic products domestically. b.
Defence offset obligations for electronic procurement to be met through ESDM products.
7. Creating eco-system for vibrant innovation and R & D in ESDM sector including nanoelectronics
8.5
8.6
making affordable standardized products which help
India to maintain its growth in industrial segments in which it has core competence, including textiles, food processing, steel, engineering and electrical gods like motors, compressors, inverters, etc.
Medical Electronics: To consolidate the design and development of affordable medical electronic device industry and to develop downstream manufacturing activities through sector specific cluster.
Solar Photovoltaic: To build manufacturing capacity of solar photo-voltaics to support the generation of 20
GW of solar power by 2020.
7.1
To create an Electronic Development Fund to promote
Innovation and IP and R & D, commercialization of products, etc. in the ESDM, nanoelectronics and IT sectors, including mobile applications by providing appropriate funding incentives to Industry / Academic /
R & D institutions.
8.7
8.8
Information and Broadcasting: To create an eco-system for manufacture of set-top boxes and other broadcast equipment in the country as part of the digitalization of the broadcast network of the country.
Telecommunications: To support the development of manufacturing capacities within the country by
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