Telangana is adjusted as 4th most innovative state overall in the country, it has outsmarted neighbouring state Andhra comprehensively, the latter state stood at 10th position according to NITI Aayog annual report.

     NITI (National institute of Transforming India) Aayog has released its annual report of Innovation index ranking to the states, according to the report, Telangana state is at 4th position overall in the country, Karnataka clinched first position,  followed by Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra at second and third positions respectively. Bihar, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh were last in terms of innovation.

  Interestingly neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh stood at tenth position way behind Telangana, delhi was adjusted no.1 in Union territories category, sikkim stood at first position in north eastern state. NITI Aayog divided states, union territories, north eastern states in three different categories. The categories were ‘Major states’, ‘Union Territories’, ‘North east and hill states'.

     2019 innovation index ranking was on standards of Global Innovation index (GII), the Aayog assessed parameters of innovation eco-system in each category to give ranking accordingly. This will help the least ranking states to re-assess the eco-system to rank better in successive years. 

       Human capital, Investment, Knowledge workers, safety, and legal environment are the five basic parameters for calculating the index.

 

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