70. The Government has set up Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in NITI Aayog with a view to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. Which of the following is/ are the initiatives identified under the Mission,
i) Tinkering Laboratories in Schools.
ii) Incubation Centres
iii) Grand Challenge awards.
70 Ans D
Explanation:
Atal Innovation Mission
The Government has set up Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in NITI Aayog with a view to Promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.
The key initiatives identified under the Mission include:
I. Setting up of Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools for fostering curiosity, creativity and imaginations in young minds, and inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc.
II. Setting up Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) for creating high class incubation facilities across India with suitable physical infrastructure in terms of capital equipment and operating facilities, coupled with the availability of sectorial experts for mentoring the start-ups.
III. Providing scale up support to Established Incubation Centres (EICs) in different parts of the country for upgrading their capacity.
IV. The Mission will also launch Atal Grand Challenge (AGC) awards for developing novel disruptive technologies/ solutions for stubborn socio-economic problems of the country that are ultra-low cost, low maintenance, durable and customized to the local conditions of the country