The Government of India, the State Governments of Karnataka and Odisha have signed a loan agreement with the World Bank of the total worth of $115 million (INR 869 crore) for Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) Programme.
India has been ranked at 43rd place in the 2022 International Intellectual property (IP) Index released by the Global Innovation Policy Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.