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Detailed explanation-1: -“Recently, in the Global Innovation Index 2022, India which was at 81st position earlier has come up to the 40th position, ” she further said, underlining the importance of start-ups.

Detailed explanation-2: -For a twelfth consecutive year, Switzerland ranks first in the GII (Figure 9). The United States of America (US) overtakes Sweden to climb to 2nd position, and continues to head the league table of scoring best in the world on 15 of the 81 GII 2022 innovation indicators (Box 1).