Karnataka has topped among the major states in the Niti Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021.
Telangana and Haryana are next in the list. Among the North-Eastern and hilly states, Manipur is the best performer, followed by Uttarakhand and Meghalaya.
For the Union territories and city-states, Chandigarh is the top performer, followed by Delhi.
Karnataka also scores high in the ‘performer’ dimension, with the highest share of ICT exports and GI registrations.
Among the 17 large states, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar have come at the bottom in the innovation scale.