Global Innovation Index: Startup ecosystem propels India into top-50

New enterprises have helped India overcome inadequate govt R&D as well as innovation infrastructure. India now has the third highest number of startups in the world, after the US and UK

Global Innovation Index: While traditional scientific power houses Switzerland, Sweden, USA and UK again occupied the top four spots in the global innovation rankings, the most enthusiastic backers of the exercise are now mostly the middle-income Asian countries, particularly those that have broken into the top 50. And among them is India, which feels it should have been ranked better than the 46th position it has reached. 

Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, speaking at the India launch of the Global Innovation Index (GII), said the report “does not capture the full range of Indian innovations like the JAM trinity and that