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NITI Aayog released the second edition of the India Innovation Index 2020.

India Innovation Index 2020

• The India Innovation Index 2020 seeks to rank the states and union territories based on their relative performance of supporting innovation and to empower them to improve their innovation policies by highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
• The first was launched in October 2019.
• The states and union territories have been divided for effectively comparing their performance:
  • 17 ‘Major States’
  • 10 ‘North-East and Hill States’
  • 9 ‘City-States and Union Territories’
• The index captures the trends and provides detailed analyses of the various factors that drive innovation at the country, state, and district levels.