The NITI Aayog has launched Atal New India Challenge under Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) with aim to developing innovations and technologies relevant to the people and bringing them in usage.
For this initiative, AIM has partnered with Ministries of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministries of Road Transport and Highways, Ministries of Agriculture and farmers Welfare, Ministries of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministries of health and family welfare.
The programme will be open to Indian companies registered under Companies Act 1956 and 2013, MSMEs, Start-Ups or private R&D organizations, academic institutions, academicians, or even individual innovators.