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India has made a steady climb from 48 rank in 2020 to 38 in 2025.  \n• At the same time, smaller cities are also steadily contributing to the momentum with around 50% of the startups emerging from Tier II/ III cities.  \nGovernment Initiatives  \n• AI Centers of Excellence: Establishing dedicated AI hubs and innovation centers across the country to support AI startups and research.  \n• India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI): Combines public funding with private sector innovation to drive digital transformation.  \nIndia’s First National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers  \n• Context: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) is organizing India’s first National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers on Strengthening Health Outreach in Tribal Areas.  \nKey Facts  \n• The initiative will recognize and integrate tribal and indigenous healers as trusted community-level partners within India’s public health ecosystem.  \n• Tribal healers remain the most culturally trusted touchpoint for healthcare-seeking behaviour, especially in remote habitations where frontline staff mobility and Institutional access remain limited. Healers possess deep-rooted ethnomedicinal knowledge, are accessible to the community, and often act as the first point of health contact.  \n• An MoU will be signed between ICMR – Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) and MoTAto establish India’s first National Tribal Health Observatory – the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory (B-THO) under Project DRISTI. It will institutionalize tribe-disaggregated health surveillance, implementation research, and research driven disease elimination initiatives in tribal districts.  \n• The capacity building programme is being organized with strong technical and knowledge partnerships involving leading national and international institutions. 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