New Delhi, June 15 -- In a significant policy shift aimed at streamlining the research environment in India, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday announced a set of policy reforms to enhance the "Ease of Innovation" and "Ease of Doing Research", providing long-awaited relief to innovators, researchers scholars, scientists and institutions across the country, the Ministry of Science & Technology said in a release on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference at the National Media Centre in the national capital, Dr. Jitendra Singh unveiled decisions enabling academic and research institutions to bypass some of the most cited hurdles in their day-to-day functioning, ...