600% increase in number of patent filings in India (from 2000-2007)

According to India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and Intellectual Property Rights, the number of patents filed in India increased by 600 per cent between the fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2006-2007.
“In the era of globalisation, the importance of IPR is growing and has become imperial to the growth of Indian economy.” — Sujit Gulati, IAS, state [...]