Question: Rashtrapati Bhavan hosted from March 12 to 19, 2016 a week long Festival of Innovations in collaboration with the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). During this the President also launched a national portal for start-up entrepreneurs, it is named as-
(a) Startup MITRA
(b) SIDBI startup MITRA
(c) Innovation MITRA
(d) Enterprise MITRA
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- From March 12 to 19, 2016 a week long Festival of Innovations (FOIN-2016) was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
- The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated exhibition of grassroots innovations in Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 12, 2016 kicking off thereby a week-long Festival of Innovations from March 12-19, 2016.
- The six day Festival of Innovations was hosted by Rashtrapati Bhavan in collaboration with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and National Innovation Foundation (NIF) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
- A total of 65 grassroots innovations were the part of this Exhibition.
- The President also launched a national portal for start-up entrepreneurs called “SIDBI STARTUP MITRA” developed by SIDBI.
Reference:
http://presidentofindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/awards/foin2016_outline.pdf
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137405
http://nif.org.in/festival-of-innovation-foin-2016
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/hindirelease.aspx?relid=46466
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138093