Jharkhand

• 16 Oct 2023

Jharkhand Ranks Sixth in the Country in Terms of Giving Ideas under the Inspire Award Standard.

Why In News?

According to information received from the media on October 15, 2023, Jharkhand ranks sixth in the country in terms of giving ideas under the prestigious INSPIRE Award Standard (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge) run by the Government of India.

Key Points:

• It has been started to develop scientific thinking in children. On behalf of Jharkhand, 40833 students have registered their ideas this year, while the Education Department had set a target of 45 thousand registrations in the session 2022-23.
• Palamu (3575), Giridih (3180) and Bokaro (3140) are among the top three districts in terms of registration from Jharkhand. 2382 ideas have been registered from the capital Ranchi. Ranchi is in fifth place, while Latehar (723), Ramgarh (793) and Pakur (849) have performed poorly.
• Jharkhand is ahead of Bihar in this matter, while it is behind Odisha. Bihar ranked ninth with 36399 registrations. 59909 students from Odisha have registered their ideas for the INSPIRE award.
• The highest number of registrations have been made from Rajasthan (158128), Karnataka (112744) and Chhattisgarh (77719).
• The ideas given by the students will be scrutinized by the Government of India. After scrutiny, students will be given 10-10 thousand rupees to make the selected idea a model. Also, to make it better, students will be able to get help from teachers and nodal officers of their states.