Question: India Innovation Index 2.0 is released by which organization?
a) Ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship
b) Niti Aayog
c) Gates Foundation
d) none of the above
Answer: b
Context
- NITI Aayog has released the second edition of the India Innovation Index on 20 January 2021, along with the Institute for Competitiveness.
Facts
- The index demonstrates the government’s continued commitment towards transforming the country into an innovation-driven economy.
- It aims to create an environment of constant evaluation of innovation in the country at sub nation level .It aims to do the task of Ranking of states and UTs based on their index scores,Recognizing opportunities and challenges for states and Assisting in tailoring governmental policies to foster innovation.
About Index
- The India Innovation Index measures innovation inputs through ‘Enablers’ and innovation output as ‘Performance.
- Five Enablers Pillars: Human Capital, Knowledge Output, Investment Knowledge Diffusion, Business Environment, Safety and Legal Environment Knowledge.
- Two Performance pillars: Knowledge Output, Knowledge Diffusion.
Rankings
- Karnataka retained its leadership position in the major States category, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar scored the lowest on the index, which put them at the bottom in the “major States” category.
- Delhi topped among Union Territories, and Himachal Pradesh among North-Eastern and Hill States.
By – Kameshwar Shukla