NITI Aayog’s Vernacular Innovation Program
On 22nd December, 2021, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, launched the Vernacular Innovation Program (VIP) to enable innovators and entrepreneurs to have access to the innovation ecosystem in 22 scheduled languages.
Need
- According to the 2011 census, only 10.4% of Indians speak English, most as their second, third, or fourth language. Only 0.02% of Indians spoke English as their first language.
- Hence, India needs to create equal opportunity for the vernacular innovators who represent around 90% of our population.
About VIP
- It is an initiative to lower the language barrier in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship and will ....
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