NITI Aayog has launched an interactive platform that puts state-level science and technology data in one place to support evidence-based policymaking and comparison between states.

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• NITI Aayog launched the India Science and Technology (S&T) Scoreboard in New Delhi on 3 November 2026.
• The launch took place at the Civil Services Officers' Institute on KG Marg, and NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri unveiled the platform.
• The Scoreboard is an interactive platform that gives an integrated view of the science and technology landscape of states and Union Territories.
• It was developed by NITI Aayog's Science and Technology Division to address the lack of robust, comparable state-level data on science and technology.
• The platform covers 36 states and UTs and compares them on research, patents, startups and innovation across 11 priority areas.
• Its data spans research institutions, deep-tech startups, incubators, publications and patents.
• NITI Aayog Senior Adviser Prof. Vivek Kumar Singh said it was built to go beyond research output and capture quality, impact and collaboration.
• NITI Aayog Member (S&T) Prof. Abhay Karandikar said sound science and technology policy must rest on reliable and comparable evidence.
• Vice Chairman Lahiri stressed that further progress in science and technology needs a more active role from state governments.
• The tool is meant to help states assess performance, identify gaps and benchmark themselves against others, in line with the Viksit Bharat@2047 goal.
• NITI Aayog is an executive body set up by a Union Cabinet resolution in 2015, not a constitutional or statutory body, and it replaced the Planning Commission.

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