The aims of the policy are to develop India as a “Software Product Nation” and a global leader in conception, design, development and production of intellectual capital driven software products, thus, accelerating growth of entire spectrum of IT Industry of the country.
The Policy will lead to the formulation of several schemes, initiatives, projects and measures for the development of software products sector in the country. The Policy has five Missions.
1.To promote the creation of a sustainable Indian software product industry, driven by intellectual property (IP).
2.To nurture technology startups in software product industry, including in Tier-II and Tier-III towns.
3.To create a talent pool for software product industry.
4.To build a cluster-based innovation driven ecosystem by developing sectoral and strategically located software product development clusters.
5.To evolve and monitor scheme & programmes for the implementation of this policy, National Software Products Mission will be set up with participation from Government, Academia and Industry.
Link: https://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/national_policy_on_software_products-2019.pdf
