Grand Innovation
Challenge
NITI
Aayog has launched the first phase of the ‘Grand Innovation Challenge’ to seek
citizen inputs on the key developmental challenges facing India. The ‘Grand
Innovation Challenge’ is being launched on the MyGov portal.
What is it all about?
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It aims at
involving citizens at the very first stage in innovating for India’s
development. The idea is to work together with the States and every citizen as
Team India to ensure progress leaving no one behind.
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The focus is on
the social sector, the most vulnerable sections and to involve citizens in
crowd sourcing ideas to address challenges facing India’s development.
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It will be
implemented in two phases-
Phase 1:
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In Phase I of the
Grand Innovation Challenge, NITI Aayog will seek the views of the citizens on
the key challenges facing India, across areas significant for the country’s
development.
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The idea is to
find out from the people what are the critical issues which need to be
addressed to develop the social sector and the challenges which need to be
tackled on a priority basis. Phase I of the Grand Challenge ends on April 25th.
Phase 2:
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In Phase II, a
shortlist of the urgent challenges as suggested by citizens would be prepared
and innovative solutions would be sought from the people to address them using
appropriate technology.
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The idea is to
encourage innovation, entrepreneurship & citizen-led solutions to problems
through this Grand Challenge.
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NITI Aayog will
ensure that the best, innovative solutions to pressing challenges receive full
backing from the Government of India – from funding, mentoring, technical &
academic support to scaling it up across the country and absorbing them in
government schemes.
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These solutions
should be specifically designed for India, be made in India, and adopted by
Government of India to radically develop India.
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Citizens are
expected to pick one of 14 given, crucial, sectors that need to be addressed on
priority to ensure that most vulnerable, and maximum number of citizens, are
best impacted.
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At the end of the
phase, NITI Aayog will identify and acknowledge 10 most pressing challenges
from among those suggested by the citizens of India.
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