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TMI BlogNITI Aayog launches India Innovation Index 2019X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... NITI Aayog launches India Innovation Index 2019 - News and Press Release Dated:- 17-10-2019 - News - NITI Aayog launches India Innovation Index 2019 Karnataka tops the Innovation Index followed by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Delhi NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner released the India Innovation Index (III) 2019. Karnataka is the most innovative major state in India. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh form the remaining top ten major states respectively. The top ten major states are majorly concentrated in southern and western India. Sikkim and Delhi take the top spots among the north- easte ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rn hill states, and union territories/city states/small states respectively. Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh are the most efficient states in translating inputs into output. The index was released in the presence of Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog; Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog; Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science; Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology and Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, AYUSH. Dr. Rajiv Kumar expressed hope that the India Innovation Index would create synergies between different stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem and India would shift to competitive good governance. Shri Amitabh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Kant added that India has a unique opportunity among its myriad challenges to become the innovation leader in the world. Renu Swarup said, cluster-based innovation should be leveraged upon as the focal point of competitiveness. Shri Ashutosh Sharma said, The index is a great beginning to improve the environment of innovation in the country as it focuses on both the input and output components of the idea. Shri Vaidya Kotecha said, The index is a good effort to benchmark the performance of the state with each other and promote competitive federalism. States III Rank Enablers Rank Performance Rank ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Major States KARNATAKA 1 3 1 TAMIL NADU 2 5 2 MAHARASHTRA 3 1 3 TELANGANA 4 9 4 HARYANA 5 2 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 7 KERALA 6 4 8 UTTAR PRADESH 7 15 5 WEST BENGAL 8 11 6 GUJARAT 9 6 9 ANDHRA PRADESH 10 8 10 PUNJAB ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 11 7 13 ODISHA 12 10 11 RAJASTHAN 13 12 12 MADHYA PRADESH 14 13 14 CHHATTISGARH 15 14 17 BIHAR 16 16 15 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... JHARKHAND 17 17 16 NE and Hill states SIKKIM 1 1 11 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 2 5 UTTARAKHAND 3 4 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1 MANIPUR 4 3 4 JAMMU KASHMIR 5 5 3 TRIPURA 6 6 9 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 7 7 6 ASSAM 8 11 2 NAGALAND 9 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 9 7 MIZORAM 10 8 10 MEGHALAYA 11 10 8 Union Territories/City states/Small States DELHI 1 3 1 CHANDIGARH 2 2 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 2 GOA 3 1 5 PUDUCHERRY 4 5 6 ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLANDS 5 4 7 DAMAN DIU 6 7 3 DADRA NAGAR HAVELI 7 8 4 LAKSHADW ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... EEP 8 6 8 The study examines the innovation ecosystem of Indian states and union territories. The aim is to create a holistic tool which can be used by policymakers across the country to identify the challenges to be addressed and strengths to build on when designing the economic growth policies for their regions. The states have been bifurcated into three categories: major states, north-east, and hill states, and union territories/city states/small states. Background: Recognizing the role of innovation as a key driver of growth and prosperity for India, NITI Aayog with Instit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner has released the India Innovation Index 2019. The study is an outcome of extensive research and analysis, which looks holistically at the innovation landscape of India by examining the innovation capabilities and performance of Indian states and union territories. The aim is to create a holistic tool which can be used by policymakers across the country to identify the challenges to be addressed and strengths to build on when designing the economic growth policies for their regions. The index attempts to create an extensive framework for the continual evaluation of the innovation environment of 29 states and seven union territories in India and intends to perfor ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... m the following three functions- 1) ranking of states and UTs based on their index scores, 2) recognizing opportunities and challenges, and 3) assisting in tailoring governmental policies to foster innovation. The India Innovation Index 2019 is calculated as the average of the scores of its two dimensions - Enablers and Performance. The Enablers are the factors that underpin innovative capacities, grouped in five pillars: (1) Human Capital, (2) Investment, (3) Knowledge Workers, (4) Business Environment, and (5) Safety and Legal Environment. The Performance dimension captures benefits that a nation derives from the inputs, divided in two pillars: (6) Knowledge Output and (7) Knowledge Diffusion. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... The index presents the latest findings and highlights the regional catalysts and caveats for promoting innovation readiness. The Report offers a comprehensive snapshot of the innovation ecosystem of 29 states and seven union territories. It also includes a section on state profiles covering 33 indicators looking at the different facets of innovation in India. The index shows that the innovation ecosystem of the country is strong in south and western parts of India. In fact, three of the top five major states are from southern India. Delhi and Haryana seem to be an exception to this rule and seem to be doing well on the Index. Thus, there seems to be a west-south and north-east divide across th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e country. The states have been bifurcated into three categories: major states, north-east and hill states, and union territories / city states / small states. Karnataka is the leader in the overall rankings in the category of major states. Karnataka s number one position in the overall ranking is partly attributed to its top rank in the Performance dimension. It is also among the top performers in Infrastructure, Knowledge Workers, Knowledge Output and Business Environment. Among the category of major states, Maharashtra performs the best in the dimension of Enablers. This implies that it has the best enabling environment for innovation, even though the state comes in at the thi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rd position in the overall innovation index. The broad level learnings and some policy imperatives at the national level include increasing the spending on research and development, improving the capability of top rung educational institutions in the country to produce greater innovation outputs. There is also a need for greater coordination and collaboration between the industry and educational institutions for enhancing innovation capability. A collaborative platform consisting of all the stakeholders of innovation - innovators, researchers, and investors from the industry should be developed. This will help in strengthening the industry-academia linkages and will ease the process of technology transfer by p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... roviding a platform for innovators to showcase their inventions. At the state level, broad level key learning includes forming policies at the state level that seek to improve the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Cluster development programs are also an area in need of greater coordination and can benefit from a more open collaborative approach. Also, the industrial policies at the state level should focus more on innovation. At present only a few policies exist for innovation even in the most innovative states and union territories. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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