Atal Innovation Program
Q. Which of the following are major schemes under Atal Innovation Program?
1) Tinkering laboratories
2) New incubation centres
3) Scaling-up established incubation centres- Published on 30 May 16a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- Three major schemes under Atal Innovation Mission - (a) establishing tinkering laboratories in schools (b) establishing new incubation centres and (c) scaling-up established incubation centres.
- AIM will provide financial support to academic and non-academic institutions (companies/technology parks/group of individuals) to establish new incubation centres across India. These will be called Atal Incubation Centres (AIC).
- They will be established in subject specific areas such as manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education, agriculture, water and sanitation, etc. These incubation Centres will provide pre-incubation facilities, common infrastructure and services such as technology development assistance, networking and mentoring, funding access, training and development, business support services (entrepreneurship development, marketing, finance and accounting, research, legal, regulatory, etc.) to innovators and start up entrepreneurs for developing solutions.
