India Innovation Index-2020

•  Niti Aayog's second Innovation Index released on January 20.
• Top five states - Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Kerala.
• Bottom three states - Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
• The index has been developed in the lines of Global Innovation Index.
• Index ranks the states and union territories based on their relative performance of supporting innovation.
• It aims to empower them to improve their innovation policies by highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
• The states and union territories have been divided into 17 'major states', 10 'North-East and hill states', and 9 'city states and Union Territories', for effectively comparing their performance.
• Overall, the framework of India Innovation Index 2020, consists of 36 indicators, which include hard data (32 indicators) and four composite indicators.

India Innovation Index-2020