About:
- Objective: The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) including Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) is Government of India's endeavor to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship esp. in technology driven areas.
- Mission HQ: New Delhi.
- Background: In 2016, Union Cabinet approved the establishment of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) in NITI Aayog.
- It has two core Functions: (1) Entrepreneurship promotion through Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation wherein innovators will be supported to become successful entrepreneurs and (2) Innovation promotion to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated.
Components:
Following are the three platforms established by AIM to promote entrepreneurship in the country.
- Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs): ATLs will be established in school across India as a workspace where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands-on do-it-yourself mode, and learn innovation skills.
- Atal Incubation Centres (AICs): To be established across India to help start-ups expand quicker and enable innovation-entrepreneurship, in core sectors such as manufacturing, transport, energy, education, agriculture, water and sanitation, etc.
- Scale-up support to Established Incubators (EIC): Under it, the start-up ecosystem in the country will be transformed by upgrading the Established Incubation Centres to world-class standards.
