The policy proposed to start short-term training programmes and courses by design institutes especially to sectors such as agro products, handicrafts and handlooms. It has emphasised on setting up of new institutes and sector-specific design education centres in different parts of the country.
The draft policy stated that considering the far-reaching effects of designs in the areas of intellectual property rights, income generations, copyright and internationalisation of intellectual trade practices, it is proposed that the design-promotion initiatives need to be dovetailed with the parameters of a regulatory as well as an institutional set up.
Setting up of a regulatory mechanism in this sector is also suggested. The draft informed that the Designs Act 2000 has put in place a framework for documentation, classification, representation, registration, acceptance, inspection, cancellation, certification and on legal redressal. Similarly, the design-promotional activity needs to be specifically defined within the regulatory set up.
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