Saturday 28 February 2015

ATAL Innovation Mission (Aim) to be Set up

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has stated his intentions to establish the ATAL Innovation Mission(AIM) in NITI. Presenting the General Budget 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha here today, the Finance Minister stated that AIM will be an Innovation Promotion Platform involving academics, entrepreneurs and researchers and draw upon national and international experiences to foster a culture of innovation, R&D and scientific research in India. Shri Jaitley said that the platform will also promote a network of world-class innovation hubs and Grand Challenges for India. Initially a sum of Rs.150 crore wail be earmarked for this purpose. 

 courtesy: pib.nic.in
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1 comment:

suril desai said...

this is probably the highlight of the Union Budget 2015-2016 for me

28 February 2015 at 14:07

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