Correct answer: (b) NITI Aayog
Explanation
- A
Ministry of Human Resource Development
(a) Ministry of Human Resource Development. School and higher-education briefs sit here (now Education Ministry); AIM is not an HRD flagship.
- B
NITI Aayog
(b) NITI Aayog. Atal Innovation Mission is NITI Aayog’s flagship for Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Incubation Centres and entrepreneurship. Official key.
- C
Ministry of Social Justice and Impowerment
(c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. That ministry runs welfare of SCs, OBCs and persons with disabilities, not AIM.
- D
Ministry of Science and Technology
(d) Ministry of Science and Technology. DST/DBT fund science schemes; AIM’s institutional home is NITI, not this ministry.
Summary. Official key is (b) NITI Aayog. AIM was set up in 2016 under NITI Aayog to build innovation and entrepreneurship networks in schools and startups. HRD, Social Justice and Science & Technology are neighbouring ministries and do not own this mission. The keyed parent is NITI.
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