In the recently announced India Innovation Index 2019, Karnataka tops the list and is followed by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Delhi. NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner have been responsible for the study towards the release of India Innovation Index (III) 2019. The study is in line with the thought that recognizes the role of innovation as a key driver of growth and prosperity for India, The report 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.
The study comprised extensive research and analysis, and has looked holistically at the innovation landscape of India by examining the innovation capabilities and performance of Indian states and union territories. The Index has been calculated as the average of the scores on two dimensions – Enablers and Performance. The Enablers being 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 keeps in consideration the value leveraged by the nation from the inputs, across the areas of: (6) Knowledge Output and (7) Knowledge Diffusion.
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- eastern & 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 study examines the innovation ecosystem of Indian states and union territories and is aimed at enabling the creation of a holistic tool that would empower policymakers across India to identify the challenges and suitably address them. This would also enable them to establish the strengths to build on when designing the economic growth policies for their regions. For this study, the states have been classified as: major states, north-east, and hill states, and union territories/city states/small states.
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