1) Which of the following is/are true?
1) Atal Tinkering Laboratories will be setup in every college and university of India.
2) It will have its focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
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Explanation
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ANSWER: Only 2
Explanation:
- To foster creativity and scientific temper in students, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) will establish 500 Atal Tinkering Laboratories in schools.
- It will provide one time establishment grant-in-aid of Rs. 10 lakh for establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) in schools (grade VI – XII) across India.
- Further, an amount of Rs. 10.0 lakh would also be provided for each ATL over a period of 5 years for operational expenses of ATLs. Thus, an amount of Rs. 20 lakhs per Atal Tinkering Laboratory in each selected school will be spent.
- Young children will get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
- Competitions at regional and national scale will also be organised to showcase the innovations developed by the children.
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2) Which of the following are major schemes under Atal Innovation Program?
1) Tinkering laboratories
2) New incubation centres
3) Scaling-up established incubation centres
a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
Explanation:
- Three major schemes under Atal Innovation Mission - (a) establishing tinkering laboratories in schools (b) establishing new incubation centres and (c) scaling-up established incubation centres.
- AIM will provide financial support to academic and non-academic institutions (companies/technology parks/group of individuals) to establish new incubation centres across India. These will be called Atal Incubation Centres (AIC).
- They will be established in subject specific areas such as manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education, agriculture, water and sanitation, etc. These incubation Centres will provide pre-incubation facilities, common infrastructure and services such as technology development assistance, networking and mentoring, funding access, training and development, business support services (entrepreneurship development, marketing, finance and accounting, research, legal, regulatory, etc.) to innovators and start up entrepreneurs for developing solutions.
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