IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY-2020

• STIP-2020 was a draft policy prepared by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) and the Department of Science & Technology (DST); it was never formally notified, so no budget was earmarked/spent under STIP-2020 itself.
• Government has instead operationalised STIP's intent via parallel instruments — ANRF, RDI Scheme, National Quantum Mission — making this a classic UPSC "policy vs implementation" case study.
• Relevant for GS-III (Science & Tech, R&D) and GS-II (government policies, institutions).