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India Innovation Index

A State's capacity to innovate, across enablers such as human capital, investment, infrastructure and business environment, and the knowledge output and diffusion those produce.

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Edition
India Innovation Index 2021
Published 21 July 2022
Covers
36 States & UTs
1 edition stored
Placing
Rank within group
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How this publisher places States

NITI Aayog ranks each group separately, so first place in one group is not the same standing as first place in another. The groups are never combined into a single national order.

Major States17 States and UTs

India Innovation Index, India Innovation Index 2021, Major States
PlacingState / UTInnovation score
1 / 17Karnataka18.01
2 / 17Telangana17.66
3 / 17Haryana16.35
4 / 17Maharashtra16.06
5 / 17Tamil Nadu15.69
6 / 17Punjab15.35
7 / 17Uttar Pradesh14.22
8 / 17Kerala13.67
9 / 17Andhra Pradesh13.32
10 / 17Jharkhand13.1
11 / 17West Bengal12.98
12 / 17Rajasthan12.88
13 / 17Madhya Pradesh12.74
14 / 17Gujarat12.41
15 / 17Bihar11.58
16 / 17Odisha11.42
17 / 17Chhattisgarh10.97

NE and Hill States10 States and UTs

India Innovation Index, India Innovation Index 2021, NE and Hill States
PlacingState / UTInnovation score
1 / 10Manipur19.37
2 / 10Uttarakhand17.67
3 / 10Meghalaya16
4 / 10Arunachal Pradesh15.46
5 / 10Himachal Pradesh14.62
6 / 10Sikkim13.85
7 / 10Mizoram13.41
8 / 10Tripura11.43
9 / 10Assam11.29
10 / 10Nagaland11

UT and City States9 States and UTs

India Innovation Index, India Innovation Index 2021, UT and City States
PlacingState / UTInnovation score
1 / 9Chandigarh27.88
2 / 9Delhi27
3 / 9Andaman and Nicobar Islands17.29
4 / 9Puducherry15.88
5 / 9Goa14.93
6 / 9Jammu and Kashmir12.83
7 / 9Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu12.09
8 / 9Lakshadweep7.86
9 / 9Ladakh5.91

Coverage

All 36 States and UTs across three separately ranked groups: major States, NE and hill States, and UTs and city States.

Limitations

The third edition, published in July 2022, is the most recent. NITI Aayog invited expressions of interest in 2025 to prepare a further edition, so this standing is several years old and should be read as such. The three groups are ranked separately and are never comparable.

NITI Aayog India Innovation Index 2021 NITI Aayog State Rankings
Source
NITI Aayog — NITI Aayog India Innovation Index 2021
Edition published
21 July 2022

Data provenance

Edition published
21 July 2022
Coverage
All 36 States and UTs across three separately ranked groups: major States, NE and hill States, and UTs and city States.
Limitations
The third edition, published in July 2022, is the most recent. NITI Aayog invited expressions of interest in 2025 to prepare a further edition, so this standing is several years old and should be read as such. The three groups are ranked separately and are never comparable.
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