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Source: The post is based on the article “Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh Top NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021” published in PIB on 21st July 2022.
What is the News?
NITI Aayog has released the India Innovation Index 2021.
What is the India Innovation Index?
Prepared by: NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness.
Purpose: It 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.
Indicators: The number of indicators has increased from 36 to 66. These indicators are now distributed across 16 sub-pillars, which, in turn, form seven key pillars—five ‘Enabler’ pillars measure the inputs and two ‘Performance’ pillars measure the output.
What are the key rankings of the index?
Karnataka topped in the ‘Major States’ category.
Manipur emerged as a winner in the ‘North East and Hill States’ category.
Chandigarh was the top performer in the ‘Union Territories and City States’ category.
