Atal New India Challenge UPSC: Relevance
- GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
Atal Innovation Mission UPSC: Context
What is ANIC?
- AIM has launched over 24 Atal New India Challenges to create product and service innovations having national socio-economic impact.
About ANIC
- One of the primary goals of the ANIC program is to support innovations in areas critical to India’s development and growth – Education, Health, Water and Sanitation, Agriculture, Food Processing, Housing, Energy, Mobility, Space Application etc.
- The Atal New India Challenge aims to address the Commercialization Valley of Death – supporting innovators scale over the risks associated with access to resources for testing, piloting and market creation.
- ANIC solicits innovations from start-ups and MSMEs in the prototype stage and after a competitive process of selection supports them through to the commercialization stage over a course of 12 – 18 months with a funding of up to INR 1 crore along with other associated support from the AIM’s innovation ecosystem.
ANIC challenges
ANIC 2.0 will see 18 challenges being thrown open from 7 sectors.
Sector: E-mobility
- Challenge 1: Electric Vehicles – Innovations in indigenous Electric Vehicle and EV component technology
- Challenge 2: EV charging Infrastructure – Solutions for easier and faster charging of EV batteries
Sector: Road Transportation (in partnership with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways)
- Challenge 1: Safe Transport – Innovations to improve rider / driver safety
- Challenge 2: Smart Mobility – Smart solutions to develop Intelligent Transport Systems
- Challenge 3: Sustainable Mobility – Sustainable innovations in mobility
Sector: Space Technology and Application (in partnership with Department of Space – Indian Space Research Organization)
- Challenge 1: GIS Solution – GIS solutions across sectors – agriculture, water, forestry, urban affairs, road transport etc.
- Challenge 2: Propulsion – Innovations in green propellants, electric propulsion, advanced air-breathing.
- Challenge 3: Navigation – NavIC based navigation solution in IoT applications
- Challenge 4: AI/ML Modelling – AI/ML models for space applications
Sector: Sanitation Technology (in partnership with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment)
- Challenge 1: Preventing Human Intervention – Innovations to mechanize cleaning of septic tanks, drainages and manholes.
- Challenge 2: Protecting Humans Engaged in Sewage Cleaning – Protective gears, equipment and other solutions for ensuring the health and safety of humans engaged in sewage cleaning.
Sector: Medical Devices and Equipment
- Challenge 1: Portable point-of-care (POC) diagnostic or monitoring devices.
- Challenge 2: Low-cost Consumables & Implants.
- Challenge 3: Advanced Surgical and Non-Surgical Equipment.
- Challenge 4: Advanced Assistive and Rehabilitative Devices.
Sector: Waste Management
- Challenge 1: Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Challenge 2: E-waste Management
Sector: Agriculture
- Challenge 1: Climate Smart Agriculture
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