India Innovation Index 2019

Current context: NITI Aayog has released the India Innovation Index (III) 2019, with Institute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner.

• The top ten states in the overall ranking of the index are (mainly concentrated in southern and western India):

1. Karnataka (topped the Index)
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Maharashtra
4. Telangana
5. Haryana
6. Kerala
7. Uttar Pradesh
8. West Bengal
9. Gujarat
10. Andhra Pradesh

• The index aims to benchmark the performance of 29 state and 7 Union territories with each other through a holistic tool to identify challenges in the economic growth and promote competitive federalism.
• The states are bifurcated into three categories:

1. Major states
2. North-east, and hill states
3. Union territories/city states/small states.

• The index is calculated as the average of 2 dimensions:

1. Enablers: Human Capital, Investment, Knowledge Workers, Business Environment, and Safety and Legal Environment.
2. Performance: Knowledge Output and Knowledge Diffusion

• Karnataka ranked at the number one position in the overall ranking.
• Among the category of major states, Maharashtra performs the best in the dimension of Enablers. Sikkim took the top spots among the northeastern & hill states, and Delhi among the union territories/city states/small states.

Question: 

Q.1 Which state has topped the India Innovation Index 2019 in the overall ranking?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Gujarat
d. Telangana