India moved up six spots to feature in the top-half of the Global Innovation Index (GII) in 2017. From the 66th position in 2016, India now ranks 60th among 127 countries in the world with top-ranking in Central and South Asia. While Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and the UK lead the 2017 GII rankings, China too moved three places to 22 from 25th last year.