National Intellectual Property Rights Policy

Only statement 1 is correct. India's National Intellectual Property Rights Policy (adopted in 2016) does reaffirm India's commitment to international agreements including the TRIPS Agreement and the Doha Development Agenda principles. However, statement 2 is incorrect: while the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP, now part of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry) coordinates IPR policy, intellectual property rights are regulated through multiple agencies including the Patent Office, Trademark Office, Copyright Board, and Design Office. There is no single nodal agency that solely regulates all IPR matters. > Key Insight: India's IPR policy aligns with international frameworks, but IPR regulation is distributed across multiple specialized offices, not centralized under one nodal agency. Answer: (a).