New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A young mechanic turns a motorcycle into a tractor while another one uses bio-waste to run a diesel engine.
One farmer finds a herbal cure for animals hit by a breast infection called mastitis. And about 5,000 men have been delivering homemade lunches to 200,000 workers for more than a century in what is hailed as a recession-proof service in a financial hub of Mumbai.
India's databank of grass roots inventors is swelling as the nation officially marks the 2010s as a decade of innovation.
The country's National Innovation Foundation (NIF) has 140,000 entries compared with 10,000 when it was set up by the federal government in 2000.
But 10 years later, India acknowledges that bringing its innumerable small-scale experiments to the masses remains a challenge in an economy that is attracting businesses worldwide partly because of high-tech capabilities and a growing middle class.
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Author: Harmeet Shah Singh
