Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the two schemes ‘Lucky Grahak Yojna’ and ‘Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojna’ to encourage cashless transactions. These 2 schemes will further incentivise digital payments. “Strategic push towards increased cashless transactions. A big boost to move towards cashless and corruption free India. Two new schemes launched,” Earlier, ...
Read More »Portal launched for tracking drinking water: Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the ‘Smart Water Distribution Monitoring’ web interface through which people can check the status of drinking water in the water tanks nearby. Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Commissioner G. Veerapandian, who met the Chief Minister on this occasion, explained to him about the Supervisory Control and ...
Read More »Time to carry your Digital Wallet- ‘AP Purse’ : Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Government has launched ‘AP Purse’ mobile application to promote digital transactions among the people. It was launched by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada to solve the cash crunch problem in the state following demonetization of high value old currency notes. The application features 13 mobile banking ...
Read More »Punjab gets a bus that can swim too: Harike Cruise
Punjab government launched its ambitious amphibious bus project at the Harike wetland near Amritsar. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal launched the bus and took the inaugural ride with officials and media. “We had promised to launch the amphibious bus that will travel on land and in water. Our opponents ...
Read More »Digital India Awards: 2016
The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. With the penetration of internet and its availability on wide range of devices, delivery of information and services to the citizen across the ...
Read More »Rail Insurance Cover upto Rs.10 Lacs: Absolutely Free for you now!
[tii_pullquote]“In the age of Information, Ignorance can be a costly Affair” [/tii_pullquote] Indian Railways came up with a scheme of accident travel Insurance cover in September with bumper benefits upto Rs. 10 lacs. [tii_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCe0woRhZjo”] We heard couple of news about accidents of derailing trains in past month. There were ...
Read More »Harness the Energy of the Sun: Solar Power policy, 2016: Haryana
Objectives To promote generation of green and clean power in the State using solar energy. To create conditions conducive to the participation of private and public sector as well as PPP in the promotion and setting up of up Solar Energy based power projects in the State. Productive use of ...
Read More »Modi to make India “A Cashless Society” by a package of these 11 incentives
PM Narendra Modi’s master plan to handle the after-effects of the demonetisation has a lot to offer to the comman man of the country. In the aftermath of the cancellation of the legal tender character of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, there has been a surge in the ...
Read More »RBI Relaxes 2-Factor Authentication Norms for Transactions Under Rs. 2,000
New Delhi: In a bid to speed up small value online transactions, the RBI today relaxed norms for 2-factor authentication for payments up to Rs. 2,000. Relaxing the norms for 2-factor authentication requirement for transactions up to Rs. 2,000 for online CNP (card not present) transactions, the RBI said only ...
Read More »NITI-Aayog to give district collectors incentives for motivating people to go cashless
NEW DELHI: The National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, the government’s policy think-tank, today announced it will give district collectors, district magistrates, and deputy commissioners Rs 10 for every citizen who performs at least two cashless transactions. Such citizens should use one of five modes for their transactions – ...
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