As per the information provided by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the number of patent applications filed by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during the last three years and the current year are as under:

Government of India has taken several steps to create awareness about intellectual property rights among MSMEs in the country. DPIIT has conducted 54 awareness programmes during past three years. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has conducted 84 awareness programmes / seminars including 2 international workshops till date. Furthermore, Ministry of MSME has also conducted 40 awareness programmes, 1 National Level Workshop, 10 IP Yatra, 13 programmes (on World IP day) under IPR component of MSME innovative Scheme.

This information was given by Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

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