NITI Aayog released the third edition of India Innovation Index on Thursday. Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh have topped in their respective categories in the think tank’s India Innovation Index. It highlights the scope of innovation analysis in the country by drawing on the framework of the Global Innovation Index.
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The India Innovation Index is a comprehensive tool for the evaluation and development of the country’s innovation ecosystem. It ranks the states and the union territories on their innovation performance to build healthy competition amongst them. It is prepared by NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness.
While Karnataka has topped again in the ‘Major States’ category, Manipur is leading the ‘North East and Hill States’ category and Chandigarh is the top performer in the ‘Union Territories and City States’ category.
The number of indicators has increased from 36 in the India Innovation Index 2020 to 66 in the India Innovation Index 2021. The indicators are now distributed across 16 sub-pillars, which, in turn, form seven key pillars.
The five ‘Enabler’ pillars measure inputs and the two ‘Performance’ pillars measure output. All the indicators in the Enabler pillars cover features crucial for promoting innovation within a state and union territory. Indicators in the Performance pillars represent a nation’s output in knowledge creation and competitiveness.
“Innovation is the key to sustainable and inclusive growth. It can help us solve the biggest challenges of our times: bringing millions out of poverty, generating livelihood opportunities, and paving the way for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” said Dr VK Saraswat.
The India Innovation Index 2021 is a testament to the Government of India’s continued commitment to transforming the country into an innovation-driven economy.
“I would like to reaffirm NITI Aayog’s continued commitment to monitoring the state of innovation in India through the India Innovation Index. We strive to improve the innovation ecosystem across the nation in partnership with the states and other stakeholders,” said Parameswaran Iyer.
The Index also contributes to the Government’s effort to monitor select global indices through the Global Indices to drive Reform and Growth (GIRG) mechanism.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery released the index in the presence of Member Dr Saraswat, CEO Iyer and Senior Adviser Neeraj Sinha, and Institute for Competitiveness Chairman Dr Amit Kapoor.