*FIRST TIME IN INDIA*
π India's first *live payment bank* – *Airtel* at *Rajasthan*
π First state *to start India's first Cherry Blossom Festival* – *Meghalaya*
π First-ever *Indian Institute of Skills* of the country at *Kanpur* in *Uttar Pradesh*
π *Dhasai* village in Thane district has become the first *cashless village* in *Maharashtra*
π *Maharashtra* is the *first state* in the country *to have a cyber police station in each district* simultaneously.
π *Maharashtra* became the first Indian state *to adopt Fly Ash Utilisation Policy*
π *Goa* prepares itself to become the first state *to operate cashless in the country* from *31 Dec 2016*
π *Nagpur* is declared as the first *digital district of India*
π First *Children’s Court* inaugurated in *Hyderabad*
π *Haryana* - first state to *implement the benefit of 7th Central Pay Commission*
π *Gujarat* becomes the first state *to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs* under *Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)* scheme.
π *Lanura*, a village in *Budgam* district of *Jammu & Kashmir*, became the first village in the state *to go cashless*.
π *Punjab* government has launched country's first *amphibious bus project* at the *Harike wetland near Amritsar*.
πIn *Himachal Pradesh*, the first *Cyber Crime Police Station* has been opened at *Shimla*.
π *Hailakandi* has become the first district in *Assam* to *pay wages to tea garden workers* through individual bank accounts.
π *Chhattisgarh* has become the first state *to adopt a resolution welcoming the demonetization of high-value currency notes*
π *Palampur* Assembly Constituency of *Kangra district, HP* became the first *e-assembly constituency of the country*
π *Jharkhand* has become the first state in the country *to implement Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene*
π First *underwater restaurant* – *Ahmadabad*
π First *railway university* – *Vadodara*
π First *rail auto transportation and logisti
Latest Schemes And Apps Launched By Banks
πΌ1. Vijaya Bank launched 3 innovative apps VPAYQWIK, Vijaya *99# and VeConnect+.
πΌ2. MobiKwik launched Bubble Pin as an onestep offline payments mode, which allows users to make payments without data connection.
πΌ3. ICICI Bank became first Indian Bank to deploy ‘Software Robotics’
πΌ4. DCB Bank launched mVisa, a mobilebased payment solution that will make payments at retail outlets much easier
πΌ5. India’s first banking robot Lakshmi launched by Kumbakonam based City Union Bank (CUB) in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). Lakshmi will be first onsite huamanoid (robot) in India.
πΌ6.Airtel launched India’s First Payments Bank services (in name of Airtel Payment Bank Limited) in Rajasthan.
πΌ7.Yes Bank launched “Yes Mobile 2.0” as new mobile banking app with multiple more features and support for banking transactions on Apple and Androidbased SmartWatches
πΌ8. Yes Bank launched SIMsePAY service
that allows any account holder to do money transfers, pay utility bills and other mobile banking services, without need for smart phones or internet, based on simsleeve technology
πΌ9. State Bank of India (SBI) launched State Bank MobiCash Mobile Wallet, in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).
πΌ10. South Indian Bank introduced NRI focused mobile banking application SIB Mirror+
πΌ11. RBL Bank launched ‘Aadhaar Payment Bridge System’ (APBS) for small ticket microfinance loan disbursement
πΌ12. Indian ecommerce Firm Paytm launched tollfree number 180018001234 to enable transaction through mobile phones without internet connection
πΌ13. ICICI Bank launched EazyPay mobile application for merchants that allows all in one acceptance payments platform
πΌ14. Railways launched IRCTC Rail Connect a new ticketing App to facilitate booking of train tickets in a faster and easier way.
πΌ15. Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched Contactless Credit Card Wave N Pay (on Visa Platinum platform), for transactions up to INR 2000
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