♦ NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission and CFA Institute, a global not-for-profit organization on 19 November 2025 formalized a strategic partnership to boost financial literacy, governance across country’s innovation ecosystem. A Joint Statement of Intent in this regard was signed in New Delhi. 

♦ NITI Aayog said that this collaboration marks a significant step toward strengthening financial literacy, ethical decision-making, and governance standards across country’s rapidly expanding innovation and entrepreneurship landscape.

♦ It said that the partnership will extend substantial support to Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Incubation Centres, Atal Community Innovation Centres, and early-stage startups. It aims to introduce structured capacity-building programmes, specialised financial education modules, and global best practices aligned with India’s long-term goals of fostering responsible and future-ready innovators. Under the collaboration, school innovators under Atal Tinkering Labs will gain access to structured learning modules on financial literacy and ethics.