New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- DPIIT, in partnership with the National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, has launched an Innovation Challenge to develop 'portable devices for testing drinking water quality'. The innovation challenge is available on the Startup India website. Further, the challenge stands open to Startups, MSMEs, Innovators and Corporate Entities. All the selected innovations will receive handheld support and deployment opportunities.

About the challenge

Drinking water supply in rural areas is from both from groundwater (80%) and surface water (20%) sources. However, due to the depleting groundwater level, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, the use of surface water is on the rise. For bo...