Jitendra Singh calls grassroots innovators as India`s silent nation builders
Describing grassroots innovators as India’s silent nation builders, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has highlighted their power and importance in the growth of the economy. He said grassroots innovators’ contributions often remain outside formal institutional systems despite their significant societal and economic value.
According to Singh, promoting grassroots innovators can strengthen India's rural economy and reduce regional imbalance through inclusive, innovation-led growth. The Minister also expressed need for grassroots innovators to become active stakeholders in India’s economic transformation, as their traditional knowledge, local skills and practical innovations hold immense potential for livelihood generation, decentralized growth and national development.
Further, Singh said grassroots innovation is fundamentally a bottom-up process and stressed the need to connect local innovators with scientific institutions, modern technology, validation systems and market opportunities. He said the challenge is not merely to identify innovators, but to create pathways for scaling their innovations into viable products and community solutions.
Minister also emphasized that grassroots innovation must also be viewed as an economic and developmental priority. He said India cannot emerge as a leading global economy unless rural economies are strengthened and growth becomes regionally balanced. He added that grassroots innovation can play a major role in employment generation, community entrepreneurship and reducing developmental disparities.
