Question: India Innovation Index is launched by-
(a) NITI Ayog
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
Related facts:
- On 2 February 2017 NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on launched “India Innovation Index”.
- It is country’s first online innovation index portal which will rank states based on their innovations.
- It will be a “first-of-its-kind online platform” where Global Innovation Index (GII) indicators and India-centric data from various states will be updated periodically.
- This will be a one-stop data warehouse and will track progress on each indicator at the National level and the State level on real-time basis.
- The access to the portal will be hosted on the NITI Aayog website.
- The index was launched in collaboration with Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
- The India Innovation Index Framework will be structured based on the best practices followed in Global Innovation Index (GII) indicators and additionally by adding India-centric parameters those truly reflect the Indian innovation ecosystem.
- This initiative will be the point of reference for all international agencies to collect India’s up to date data points for global indices and analytic.
- India Innovation Index, which will be jointly developed by NITI Aayog, DIPP and CII, in consultation with World Economic Forum, the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University, OECD, UNIDO, ILO, UNESCO and ITU .
Reference:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/niti-ayog-launches-india-innovation-index/articleshow/56940608.cms
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157941