Context: Science & Technology minister dedicates an Innovation Portal developed by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India to the nation.
About

• Innovation Portal is developed by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India, which is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
• The National Innovation Portal (NIP) is currently home to about 1.15 lakh innovations scouted from common people of the country, covering Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary and Human Health.
• In terms of domain areas, presently the innovations cover Energy, mechanical, automobile, electrical, electronics, household, nutraceuticals etc.

About National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India

• An autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST); set up in February 2000 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Objective- To provide institutional support for scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up the grassroots innovations across the country.
• Its mission is to help India become a creative and knowledge-based society by expanding policy and institutional space for grassroots technological innovators.