India innovation index by NITI Aayog reports (2020) shows the Index framework. Performance output from Macroeconomic indicators. These Indicators compared with some of the significant innovation index studies for the difference in the outcomes and implications. The analysis also brings out a few challenges identified. The findings of this study are that some of the areas critical as innovation capital remain unexplored by this India innovation index framework. Knowledge management has some lacuna, especially for following the Innovation success and outcomes within the Indian systems. The paper identifies these challenges and problems for future work to address them. Furthermore, the findings are the challenges to the present index where there is no recourse to a regulation mechanism as these are aggregates. Moreover, the inconsistencies in the measures for year-on-year patterns are further critically observed. The implication of this study is the three challenges identified. Moreover, human resource development has been analyzed for five years, with inconsistencies. The paper critically analyses the implications of the resilient Innovation Index for India

Regional Competencies, Innovation Index, Innovation Indicators, Innovation Framework, Regional Economic Developmen