Challenge COVID-19 Competition (C3)

IN NEWS:

• National Innovation Foundation, under the Department of Science and Technology has come up with a call inviting innovative citizens to participate in its Challenge Covid-19 Competition (C3)
• Innovators are welcome to participate with their creative ideas and innovations for problems or issues like reducing transmission of Corona virus.
• Ideas are also invited for gainful engagement of people at home, healthy food for nutrition and boosting immunity, personal protection kits, rapid diagnostic testing facilities, rethinking contactless devices for the post-Corona implementation and varying needs of the different segment of the population during COVID-19.
• The selected technological ideas and innovations will be supported for incubation and dissemination.

NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION:

• It is India's national initiative to strengthen the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge.
• It was set up in March 2000 with the assistance of Department of Science and Technology as an autonomous institute.
• NIF scouts, supports and spawns grassroots innovations developed by individuals and local communities in any technological field, without any help from formal sector.
• NIF, along with the Department of Science and Technology implements the INSPIRE Award - MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge)

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Which of the following statements regarding the Challenge Covid-19 Competition (C3) are correct:

1. It is created by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF)

2. Selected ideas and innovations will be supported for incubation and dissemination

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:   

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question