This Modi Scheme Can Turn You Into A Crorepati

Anvesh Reddy

This Modi Scheme Can Turn You Into A Crorepati: Yes, you read that right! Here's the Atal New India Challenge. Have you heard the name? Well, if you haven't, and are innovative, here's something you should know. Atal New India Challenge is for an idea worth ten million bucks, literally! It is designed by the Narendra Modi government to support innovators "to create products/solutions...in areas of national importance and social relevance." The mechanism is grant-based. So, you never know 'kaun banega crorepati' (who can become a millionaire) under the this initiative named after former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

How does Atal New India Challenge work? The initiative has a two-fold vision. In the first place, it helps create products from existing technologies which are of national importance and have social relevance. Secondly, it helps new deep-tech products in the process of commercialization in the Indian context.

Atal New India Challenge seeks to promote innovation in a big way in critical areas which would spur India's growth such as health, hygiene, housing, energy and water. It also addresses the issue of taking innovations to the market or the commercialization stage.

Who is eligible?

Atal New India Challenge, according to the website, is "an open call to design and demonstrate market-ready products based on cutting-edge technologies" in selected thrust areas. Capability, intent and potential to turn these ideas into products, or the successful application of technology will fetch a grant of up to a crore of rupees, "on a milestone basis."

What are the identified focus areas? These are some of the thrust areas mentioned on the website:

* Climate-smart agriculture

* Fog vision system for road and rail

* Systems to predict, identify and recognize rail failure using technologies

* Alternative Fuel-based transportation

* Smart mobility

*Waste management, recycling and reuse

* Safe transport

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Check out the website given here and try your luck at turning into a crorepati!

http://aim.gov.in/atal-new-india-challenge.php