Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Announces 3-Year Fee Waiver for Sports-Related IP Registrations on World IP Day

• On World IP Day 2026 (26 April), Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced a 3-year fee waiver across all IP categories for sports-related registrations in India.
• Aligns with the WIPO 2026 theme "IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate" — pushing India to convert sporting ideas into protected IP assets ahead of the country's bid for the 2036 Olympics.
• Examinable as a convergence of GS-II (government schemes), GS-III (IPR, innovation, economy) and current-affairs angles on DPIIT, GI tags (Kashmir Willow), FTAs.