GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX-2019

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• Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, launched the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 in New Delhi. This is the first time that the GII is being launched in an emerging economy.
  
  
• Theme: The theme of the 2019 GII is Creating Healthy Lives - The Future of Medical Innovation, which aims to explore the role of medical innovation as it shapes the future of healthcare.
  
  
• Bodies involved: The GII rankings are published every year by Cornell University, INSEAD and the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and GII Knowledge Partners.
  
  
• Methodology: This is the 12th edition of the GII rankings of 129 economies based on 80 indicators ranging from intellectual property filing rates to mobile-application creation, education spending and scientific and technical publications.
  
  
• Top raked countries: Switzerland remains number one is the GII index followed by Sweden, the United States of America, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, Singapore, Germany and Israel.