The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy, 2013, is a revision of the 2003 document which sought to bring science and technology together and emphasised on the need for higher investment into R&D to address national problems.
The STI Policy is scheduled to be released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on January 3 at the centenary edition of the Indian Science Congress in Kolkata.
Officials said the aim of the policy is to accelerate the pace of discovery, diffusion and delivery of science-led solutions for serving the aspirational goals of India for faster, sustainable and inclusive growth.
The key features of the STI Policy, 2013 include making careers in science, research and innovation attractive and establishing world-class infrastructure for R&D for gaining global leadership in some select frontier areas of science.
India first unveiled its Scientific Policy Resolution in 1958 which resolved to "foster, promote and sustain" the cultivation of science and scientific research in all its aspects.
Technology was then assumed to flow from the country's diversified science infrastructure, the officials said.
The Technology Policy Statement of 1983 focused on the need to attain technological competence and self-reliance.
The Science and Technology Policy of 2003 sought to bring science and technology (S&T) together, they said.
