Prime minister Modi praised the youth for increasing the number of patent applications in India. prime minister Modi said that the increase in patent applications in india proves the growing innovative interest of our youth and this is a very positive sign for the times ahead. In the last 9 years of prime minister Modi's rule, a lot of work has been done for skill development. Due to this the number of patent applications has increased. This has also given rise to hope that india will become a hub of innovation in the days to come. Data shared by the government shows that the number of inventions related to patents, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property in india has increased rapidly in recent years. india currently lags behind many countries, including china, but seeing an increase in the number of patent applications in india, there is hope for a change soon. china filed the most patents in 2019, according to a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) report. It is followed by the United States. india ranks 10th globally in terms of patents and 8th globally in terms of trademarks. The Patents Act 1970 and the Patent Rules 2023 are the frameworks for patents in India. The speed and transparency of processing, review and cancellation of patent applications has increased due to recent changes in the rules. The number of patents examined was around 23 thousand in 2014-15, but it has increased to over 80 thousand in 2019-20, the statistics say. This number is constantly increasing.