Daily Current Affairs Article 22th January 2021: NITI Aayog, along with the Institute for Competitiveness, released the second edition of the India Innovation Index. The report examines the innovation capabilities and performance of the states and union territories. The first edition of the index was launched in October 2019.
The India Innovation Index 2020 examines the innovation capabilities and performance of the states and union territories.
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In the ‘Major States’ category, Karnataka continued to occupy the top position, while Maharashtra moved past Tamil Nadu to reach the second place.
Four southern states—Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Kerala—occupied the top five spots under the ‘Major States’ category this year.
Overall, Delhi retained its first rank, while Chandigarh made a big leap since 2019 and landed in the second place this year.
Under the ‘North-Eastern/Hill States’ category, Himachal Pradesh moved up from the second position to emerge as the top ranker this year.
The innovation inputs were measured through five enabler parameters, and the output through two performance parameters.
‘Human Capital’, ‘Investment’, ‘Knowledge Workers’, ‘Business Environment’, ‘Safety and Legal Environment’ were identified as enabler parameters.
‘Knowledge Output’ and ‘Knowledge Diffusion’ were chosen as the performance parameters.
