National Innovation Council (NIC) has written to various states to set up state-level innovation council.
Such councils are needed in every state and the agenda given here might help states which really wish to transform the polity and make it more inclusive. National Innovation Foundation (NIF) is trying to link with each state to strengthen the dissemination as well as scouting of grassroots innovations and promote creativity among children.
Centre for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS), set up on the basis of recommendation of 13th Finance Commission, is trying to pool innovations in public systems and find ways of replicating the same across sectors.
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Author: Anil Gupta