Schemes in news
- August 2, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
Schemes in news
Subject : Government Scheme
Concept:
| Scheme | Initiated by | Beneficiary | Salient features |
| Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
1. Sub schemes
A) Atal innovation center (AIC)
B) Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) | Niti Aayog | Atal innovation center (AIC): AIC is an initiative of the AIM, NITI Aayog to foster innovation and entrepreneurial spirit while creating a supportive ecosystem for start-ups and entrepreneurs in India.
Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC): ACIC is envisaged to serve the unserved/underserved areas of the country with respect to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. | Atal innovation center (AIC): Each AIC is supported with a grant of up to INR 10 crores over a period of 5 years. Since 2016, AIM has established 68 Atal Incubation Centres across 18 states and 3 UTs which have supported more than 2700 startups.
Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC): Each ACIC is supported with a grant of up to INR 2.5 crores over a period of 5 years. AIM has established 14 Atal Community Innovation Centres across the country. |
| School Innovation Council (SIC) | Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) was launched on 1 July 2022 | It is a council of teachers, students, and experts from industry and academia to conduct round the year activities for students and teachers on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, monitored through the SIC portal of the MIC, to record the influence at the ground level. | 1. It enables the mindset change, awareness, and training on Ideation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, design thinking, Intellectual Property Rights, start-up finance, and HR among teachers and students.
2. It will also enable the ranking system for schools on the level of innovation-oriented activities.
3. All registered schools are encouraged to perform innovation-related activities as per the SIC Calendar Activities that includes Leadership talk, motivation sessions, webinars, sessions, awareness, boot camps inviting innovative ideas from the student, developing the prototype, and national level exhibition of the best prototypes etc. |