Hyderabad: A day after cracking the list of very most interesting states for open-up ecosystems, Telangana on Thursday ranked second amongst ‘most fundamental states’ in the NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021 and likewise ranked first in the ‘performers’ category.
Telangana used to be preceded by Karnataka and adopted by Haryana in the innovators below the ‘most fundamental states’ category, which comprised 17 states, with other classes along with 10 north-east and hill states, and 9 Union territories and city-states.
IT minister Ok.T. Rama Rao took to Twitter to hail Telangana’s achievements. Rao tweeted: “Delighted that the 3-I mantra; Innovation, Infrastru-cture & Inclusive growth of #Telangana is paying rich dividends @NITIAayog has ranked Telangana as No-1 in performers category & total as 2nd very most interesting in the country. Kudos to Hon’ble CM KCR for his visionary leadership(sic)”.
Finance minister T. Harish Rao tweeted: “#Telangana ranked 2nd in India Innovation Index & stands 1st as a performer by @NITIAayog. That is testomony to Hon’ble #CMKCR garu’s vision, as even Central govt acknowledged that ICT labs enjoy doubled; Enrolments in greater training, Deepest R&D devices & Startups enjoy elevated.”
The India Innovation Index 2021 used to be living in opposition to the backdrop of the pandemic, which disrupted the world demographic landscape. The index examines innovation capacities and ecosystems on the sub-nationwide level and highlights the recent factors and catalysts for selling disaster-pushed innovation.
The index used to be released by NITI Aayog’s Vice Chairman Suman Bery in the presence of Chief Govt Officer Parameswaran Iyer on Thursday. It has been developed on the lines of the World Innovation Index.
Among the many worst performers were Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar, which ranked on the bottom of the ‘most fundamental states’ category for the third yr in a row, whereas Karnataka topped the index for the third consecutive yr.
Among Union territories, Chandigarh topped the chart, whereas Manipur occupied the highest living amongst north-east and hill states.
Iyer acknowledged he want to reaffirm Aayog’s persisted commitment to monitoring the articulate of innovation in India in the course of the India Innovation Index. “We strive to toughen the innovation ecosystem one day of the nation in partnership with states and other stakeholders,” he acknowledged.
NITI Aayog member V.Ok. Saraswat acknowledged that innovation is the important thing to sustainable and inclusive growth. “It will support us solve the greatest challenges of our cases, bringing millions out of poverty, producing livelihood alternatives, and paving the device in which for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” he acknowledged.
The most fundamental and second editions of the India Innovation Index were released in October 2019 and January 2021.
An legitimate assertion acknowledged that the third model strengthens the scope of innovation analysis in the country by drawing on the framework of the World Innovation Index (GII). The recent framework offers a extra nuanced and entire outlook for measuring innovation efficiency in India, with the introduction of 66 recent indicators, as when compared to the 36 indicators feeble in the outdated model (India Innovation Index 2020), it added.
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