Environment Minister has released a publication on climate action titled 'India - Spearheading Climate Solutions' which mentions the key actions India has taken under various sectors towards combating and adapting to climate change. Some of the major initiatives mentioned in the publication include the Union Ministry's National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC), Climate Change Action Programme (CCAP), State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC), International Solar Alliances (ISA), and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).

The government launched NCAP, a time-bound national level strategy to tackle increasing air pollution. The NCAP will be a mid-term, five-year action plan with 2019 as the first year. However, the international experiences and national studies indicate that significant outcome in terms of air pollution initiatives are visible only in the long-term, and hence the programme may be further extended to a longer time horizon after a mid-term review of the outcomes.

In Bloomberg 2019 Innovative Index, India has debuted among the world’s most innovative countries and has grabbed the 54th position among 95 countries with a total score of 47.93 out of 100. The top 20 nations in 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index are: South Korea, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, Singapore, Sweden, United States, Japan, France, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, China, Norway, UK, Australia and Canada.

Indian motorcycle giant and the world’s largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer, Hero MotoCorp, have announced their first R&D Centre in Stephanskirchen, Germany and is simply called the Hero Tech Center Germany GmbH. The centre will focus primarily in the development of new vehicles concepts and future technologies. This new facility in Germany will only help the company move further into creating newer products and maybe even bigger international markets.

Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Setting up of a new company under Department of Space (DoS), to commercially exploit R&D work carried out by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Centers and constituent units of DOS.  The cabinet decision will definitely encourage the private sector to indulge more in production of launchers and satellites.

Cabinet has approved Continuation of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), and for incurring expenditure up to Rs. 1000 crore (€125 million) till 2019-20 by Atal Innovation Mission for expanding Atal Tinkering Labs to 10,000 schools in view of their huge success at school level. The aim of the government's flagship initiative is to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. 

Volkswagen, German multinational automotive manufacturing company, opened a new R&D facility in Pune as part of the group’s ‘India 2.0’ plan that calls for a Rs 2,000-crore (250 miilion euros) investment into R&D, helping enhance the local content in the cars to be sold in the world’s fastest-expanding major economy. 

A new National industrial policy, aimed to develop global value chains, and to boost India’s manufacturing competitiveness, is awaiting cabinet approval.  Manufacturing cannot happen end to end only in one geography, and it has to be part of a global value chain and global supply chain. That is why a new industrial policy focusing on developing mutually beneficial value chain and supply chains is required.

The government has reduced the allocation for Startup India programme but added more monies to the Make in India kitty in the Budget 2019-20. The allocation for Startup India programme has been slashed to Rs 25 crore (about €3 million) for 2019-20 from Rs 28 crore (€3.5 million) in 2018-19.  On the other hand, the total allocation for Make in India initiative was increased to Rs 473.3 crore (€ 59 mn) for 2019-20 as against Rs 149 crore (€18.6 mn) in 2018-19.

Hon'ble Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi inaugurated National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)’s first indigenously build supercomputer ‘Param Shivay’ at IIT, BHU, Varanasi.   NSM is being implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and MeitY Jointly and led by C-DAC and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The mission supports the government's vision of 'Digital India' and 'Make in India' initiatives.