New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the University of Kashmir, on Thursday launched the ATL Sarthi and Frontier Region Programme, with the announcement of 500 new Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in Jammu & Kashmir.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that Jammu & Kashmir holds the promise to be the torchbearer of India’s journey to Destination 2047.

Speaking at the event, Dr Singh said that as India’s economy moves up from rank 4 to rank 3 and further upward, the value addition will come from regions and resources hitherto under-explored, and J&K qualifies on both counts.

He added that the region began receiving its due attention only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014, and its vast resources of the Himalayas and

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