India secured the 39th position out of a total of 133 economies with a score of 38.3 in the recently released Global Innovative Index (GII) 2024 — a slight improvement of one rank from last year when the country was placed at the 40th rank with a score of 38.1.

According to the report, India continued to top the charts as the best innovation economy in the Central and Southern Asian region. Further, India was one of the countries in the lower-middle income group to have performed above expectations on innovation relative to…