Smart India Hackathon 2026 · Problem statementsThe hard part isn’t building it. It’s picking it.
The portal tells you what each SIH problem statement is. This tells you whether you can win it — and shows its working, so you can disagree with it.
Either way, what you keep lands in your shortlist — put your finalists side by side, then send the list to your team as a link.
What each SIH problem statement carries
- Summary
- What the ministry actually wants, in plain English.
- What to build
- The concrete artifact, plus the smallest demo that wins the room.
- Five scores
- Feasibility, innovation, clarity, effort, demo-ability.
- Flags
- What is in its favour. What will bite you in week five.
- Verdict
- Strong pick, or a trap — with the reason attached.
Analysed by Claude Opus226/226A first opinion with its reasoning attached, not a ruling — cross-check before you commit.
All 226 SIH problem statementsIn portal order · sort or filter below
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About the SIH 2026 problem statements
- What are the SIH 2026 problem statements?
- They are the briefs published for Smart India Hackathon 2026 by ministries, departments and partner organisations. Each one names a real problem the sponsor wants solved and the broad shape of the solution expected. There are 226 in total for 2026, split across software and hardware, and every one of them is analysed here.
- How many problem statements are there in SIH 2026?
- 226 — 172 software and 54 hardware, spread across 18 themes and 30 ministries. All 226 are read and scored on this site.
- How do I choose an SIH problem statement?
- Judge it on whether you can build and demonstrate it, not on how impressive it sounds. Check that the hardware exists at a price you can afford, that the dataset is actually supplied rather than assumed, that the theme is not already crowded, and that a judge can see the thing work in about ninety seconds. Every statement here carries those checks as scores with the reasoning written next to them.
- Where is the official SIH problem statement list?
- The official list lives on the Smart India Hackathon portal at sih.gov.in, which is the source of record for titles, numbers and submission rules. This site is an independent reading of that list and is not affiliated with SIH — always cross-check a statement against the portal before committing to it.
- Which SIH 2026 problem statements are the easiest to win?
- The ones scoring high on acceptance potential tend to share a shape: a clearly specified deliverable, obtainable data, moderate build effort and a demo a judge can grasp immediately. 45 statements are marked Strong pick here, and the list can be sorted by acceptance potential to put them first.
Not affiliated with Smart India Hackathon or any ministry. The official list is published at sih.gov.in.