Indian States, Karnataka and Delhi top the India Innovation Index 2020 ranking
FollowNITI Aayog released the second edition of India Innovation Index on January 20, 2021. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the innovation infrastructure and performance of the states and the union territories. It is also an objective of the report to instill a healthy competitiveness among the states and the union territories thereby promoting competitive federalism.
The states and union territories were categorized into three categories, viz., Major states, Union Territories / City States and North-East and Hill States.
Among Major states, Karnataka topped the group followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Among Union Territories / City States, Delhi took the pole position followed by Chandigarh and Daman & Diu. Finally, among NE and Hill states, Himachal Pradesh ranked first followed by Uttarakhand and Manipur.
Complete rankings:
|
Rank |
Major States |
Score |
|
1 |
KARNATAKA |
42.50 |
|
2 |
MAHARASHTRA |
38.03 |
|
3 |
TAMIL NADU |
37.91 |
|
4 |
TELANGANA |
33.23 |
|
5 |
KERALA |
30.58 |
|
6 |
HARYANA |
25.81 |
|
7 |
ANDHRA PRADESH |
24.19 |
|
8 |
GUJARAT |
23.63 |
|
9 |
UTTAR PRADESH |
22.85 |
|
10 |
PUNJAB |
22.54 |
|
11 |
WEST BENGAL |
21.69 |
|
12 |
RAJASTHAN |
20.83 |
|
13 |
MADHYA PRADESH |
20.82 |
|
14 |
ODISHA |
18.94 |
|
15 |
JHARKHAND |
17.12 |
|
16 |
CHHATTISGARH |
15.77 |
|
17 |
BIHAR |
14.48 |
|
Rank |
UT/ City States |
Score |
|
1 |
DELHI |
46.60 |
|
2 |
CHANDIGARH |
38.57 |
|
3 |
DAMAN & DIU |
26.76 |
|
4 |
PUDUCHERRY |
25.23 |
|
5 |
GOA |
24.92 |
|
6 |
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |
22.74 |
|
7 |
ANDAMAN & |
18.89 |
|
8 |
JAMMU & KASHMIR |
18.62 |
|
9 |
LAKSHADWEEP |
11.71 |
|
Rank |
NE/ Hill States |
Score |
|
1 |
HIMACHAL PRADESH |
25.06 |
|
2 |
UTTARAKHAND |
23.50 |
|
3 |
MANIPUR |
22.78 |
|
4 |
SIKKIM |
20.28 |
|
5 |
MIZORAM |
16.93 |
|
6 |
ASSAM |
16.38 |
|
7 |
ARUNACHAL |
14.90 |
|
8 |
NAGALAND |
14.11 |
|
9 |
TRIPURA |
12.84 |
|
10 |
MEGHALAYA |
12.15 |
The report is a useful indicator for the states and union territories to retrospect their policies and prevailing innovation ecosystem and come up with more aggressive intellectual property policies and schemes to improve the innovation capabilities of their state.
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