Central Government to Rank States on Innovations
- The Central Government and NITI Aayoghave launched 'India Innovation Index' to rank states on innovations.
- India Innovation Index is India’s first online innovation index portal that will collect innovation data from all the states across the country.
NITI Aayog, in collaboration with CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) and DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion), has launched ‘India Innovation Index’ with a purpose to rank states on the basis of innovation that is taking place in the country. NITI Aayog, DIPP and CII are aiming to make India an innovation-driven economy.
India Innovation Index is India’s first online innovation index portal that will capture data on innovation from all the states across the country. The collected data will be updated regularly on the portal. NITI Aayog’s move to launch India Innovation Index comes from the central government’s motive to enhance the quality of education, research and innovation in higher learning institutes across the nation.
RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan) will provide adequate support to state governments for enhancing quality research, incubation hubs and incubation centres. So far, the central government released Rs. 12.03 crore under RUSA for three states namely Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and Maharashtra.
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Earlier, the central government launched Smart India Hardware Hackathon and Smart India Hackathon to improve the innovative abilities of the students in higher learning institutes. There was a gigantic response for the first Smart India Hackathon. The government will conduct it as an annual event and promote innovative spirit. The government also launched projects like UAY (Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana) and IMPRINT to promote research and innovation. The Start-Up India initiative of the government also focuses on incubating new ideas.
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Similarly, TBIs (Technology Business Incubators) and RPs (Research Parks) are some of the initiatives that are being promoted by the government to promote and nurture the innovative ideas until they become commercial ventures. The government has set up Research Parks in some of the top IITs across the country.