Govt Launches City Innovation Exchange Platform To Foster Innovative Practices In Urban Ecosystem representative image (Girish Srivastava /Hindustan Times via GettyImages)Â The government on Thursday (25 February) launched the City Innovation Exchange (CiX) to foster innovative practices in cities. The CiX platform was launched by Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra at an online event in Delhi. "The platform will be a significant addition to the growing innovation ecosystem of India and focuses on fostering innovative practices in cities. CiX, through an âopen innovationâ process, engages with innovators to design-test-deliver on solutions to pressing urban challenges," the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said in a statement.