Nidhi) is a sanskrit term meaning, treasure With the aim to provide contemporary standards of facilities and services, the ministry of tourism has a voluntary scheme for classification/reclassification of operational hotels It is generally used to indicate the nine treasures called navanidhi (sanskrit
Navanidhi) belonging to kubera, the god of wealth
Ocioeconomic development through wealth and job creation
The key stakeholders of nidhi include various departments and ministries of the central governm. Department of science & technology has launched a nidhi program (national initiative for developing and harnessing innovations) under which programmes for setting up of incubators, seed fund, accelerators and ‘proof of concept’ grant for innovators and entrepreneurs have been launched. The national initiative for developing and harnessing innovations (nidhi) program was launched in 2016 It is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the innovation & entrepreneurship division, department of science & technology.