How a small innovator can get his talent identified?

It is found that maney small innovators are suppressed from getting their innovation patented. Some times some departments like NRDC asks details of the innovation and they say you have to manufacture and sell the item to get patent. An innovator is not in a position to do so and his disclosed innovation is given to some one who is in a position to manufacture and sell. Thus the actual talented innovator is sidelined. Some times idea or model may not be fesible to manufacture and sell, but if new idea is hylited and appreciated some body from the mases may use the same idea and may do some thing more. thus India may be in a position to get more fesible patents. Hence what is to be done to protect the idea or a simple model presented by an origional innovator and regard his talent?