India’s first floating elementary school inaugurated on Manipur’s Loktak Lake

India’s first floating(तैरनेवाला)  elementary school inaugurated on Manipur’s Loktak Lake 

India’s first floating elementary school particularly for drop outs has been inaugurated on Loktak lake at Langolsabi Leikai of Champu Khangpok floating village in Manipur on the occasion of World Wetlands Day on February 2, 2017. The school named as Loktak Elementary Floating School has

GNFC township becomes India’s first cashless Township

GNFC township becomes India’s first cashless Township

India’s first cashless township(बस्ती)  “Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals (GNFC) township”was inaugurated by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani on February 13, 2017. Nearly 10,000 residents in GNFC have embraced(संमिलित करना)  various digital mode of payments instead of(के बजाय) cash.

India’s first social innovation centre Launched in Nizamabad by Telanagana Government

India’s first social (सामाजिक) innovation centre Launched in Nizamabad by Telanagana Government The Telangana government launched India’s first social innovation centre the ‘Kakatiya Hub For Social Innovation’ in Nizamabad on February 6, 2017.The launch was announced at the one-day Development Dialogue, an international social entrepreneurship ecosystem (पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र)

Kangra first ever district to geo-tag all assets under MGNREGA

Kangra first ever district to geo-tag all assets under MGNREGA

Kangra village in Himachal Pradesh achieved the geo-tag 100 per cent of the assets generated under the MGNREGA  said by Himachal Pradesh CM Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Kangra was the first district in India to achieved this target. It would help people in integrated development of all sectors like

Manipur’s Karang is India’s first cashless island

Manipur’s Karang is India’s first cashless island Karang, a small lake island in Manipur, has become the country’s first cashless island. The Union ministry of electronics and information technology under its Digital India programme announced Karang as the first cashless island in India on Friday. Confirming it, deputy commissioner M Harekrishna of Bishnupur district said the island fulfilled

Trial run of India’s first 700 MW PHWR expected in 2017

Trial run of India’s first 700 MW PHWR expected in 2017 The trial run of India’s first 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor(PHWR) at Kakrapar, Gujarat, is expected to take placein middle of 2017. ii. India’s atomic power plant operator NPCIL is building four 700 MW PHWRs, two each at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat and Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in

Sikkim Adjudged India’s First Fully Organic State In 2016

Sikkim Adjudged India’s First Fully Organic State In 2016

Sikkim has emerges as the India’s first fully organic state by converting around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally certified Fully Organic State Status to Sikkim at a sustainable agriculture conference in Gangtok earlier in 2016.

First Cyber Crime Police Station inaugurated in Himachal Pradesh

First Cyber Crime Police Station inaugurated in Himachal Pradesh  Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh inaugurated the state’s first Cyber Crime Police Station was inaugurated at the state police headquarters, Shimla.  Objective: To deal with increasing incidents of crime in cyberspace. It will register and probe cyber crimes such as hacking of government web sites and its data, online fraud

Himachal Pradesh Raj Bhawan adopts cashless system after PM’s appeal

Himachal Pradesh Raj Bhawan adopts cashless system after PM’s appeal

Himachal Pradesh, the Raj Bhawan has adopted cashless system after the Prime Minister’s appeal in this regard. Governor Acharya Devvrat has directed Rajbhawan’s official in Shimla to use cashless system or cheque in all kind of payments. The payments of Rajbhawan would be made online, through

Gumthala Garhu becomes first Wifi hotspot village in Haryana

Gumthala Garhu Village near Pehowa in Kurukshetra district in Haryana became the first Wifi hotspot village in Haryana circle. The service was inaugurated by Chief Minister Manohar Lal from Chandigarh under the bulk plan of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to provide internet services to rural areas. Key Facts The Wifi hotspot facility at the village uses bandwidth of 10 mbps

India’s first Nuclear Suppliers’ Insurance Policy unveiled by INIP

The India Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP) on 12 August 2016 unveiled India’s first Nuclear Suppliers’ Insurance Policy. New India Assurance Company Limited and INIP will issue the policy and administer the claims on behalf of the pool. The INIP has become the 27th such insurance pool in the world as countries such as France, Russia, South Africa and the U.S. have put in place such similar risk transfer mechanisms.

India’s first bio-CNG plant inaugurated in Pune

India’s first bio-CNG plant was on 13 August 2016 inaugurated in Pune, Maharashtra. The plant was jointly inaugurated by Union Minister of Transport Nitin Gadkari and Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. It was commissioned by the city-based Primove Engineering Private Limited.  It will use agricultural residue to generate compressed natural gas (CNG) that can be used in automobiles as fuel.