The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by

The Atal Innovation Mission is set up under NITI Aayog, the government's policy think tank. Option B is the right choice even though its wording is garbled ("Impowerment" is a typo for the word that was meant). The core job of AIM is to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, through Atal Tinkering Labs in schools, Atal Incubation Centres, and Atal Community Innovation Centres.

• A) Ministry of Human Resource Development: Wrong. This ministry handled school and higher education. It was renamed the Ministry of Education in 2020, so if you see the old name in a question, it still refers to the same ministry, but AIM does not belong to it.
• C) Ministry of Social Justice: Wrong. It deals with welfare of SCs, OBCs and other vulnerable groups, not innovation.
• D) Ministry of Science and Technology: Wrong. It runs bodies like DST and DBT. It is a common confusion because innovation sounds like science, but AIM sits with NITI Aayog.

Mains angle: AIM is a good example of how NITI Aayog moved from planning to implementing flagship programmes, which links to discussions on the role of think tanks in governance.

Trap: Choosing the science ministry because innovation sounds technical. Remember the institution that owns AIM.