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2022 Apps & Web Portal

Table of Contents
2022 Apps & Web Portal - January ................................................................................................................................ 5
2022 Apps & Web Portal – February ............................................................................................................................. 7
2022 Apps & Web Portal - March ................................................................................................................................... 9
2022 Apps & Web Portal - April ..................................................................................................................................... 9
2022 Apps & Web Portal - May .................................................................................................................................... 13
2022 Apps & Web Portal – June ................................................................................................................................... 18
2022 Apps & Web Portal – July .................................................................................................................................... 21
2022 Apps & Web Portal – August ............................................................................................................................... 24

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APP & WEB NAME
www.pmawards.gov.in
UNNATI portal
federalinstaloans.com
Urban Forest Parks
Saa₹thi
Raksha Pension Shikayat Nivaran
Portal (Raksha पें शन)
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Dr Jitendra Singh Union Minister of State (MoS) (Independent
Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science and
Technology (MoST) MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space,
launched the Web Portal for PM’s (Prime
Minister’s) Awards for Excellence in Public
Administration for the year 2021-22
(www.pmawards.gov.in). The registration for the
awards is initiated on January 3, 2022. The total
number of Awards under this will be 18.
Jai Ram Thakur Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister (CM) of Himachal
Pradesh(HP) has launched the UNNATI portal and
the mobile application(app) of the Himachal
Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation
Limited (HPSIDC). He also launched the website of
the HPSIDC.The UNNATI portal will allow the user
to work in collaboration with others and focus on
individual projects.
Federal Bank Federal Bank, a private sector lender, launched an
online lending platform federalinstaloans.com, to
ease credit approvals of up to Rs 50 lakh for Micro,
Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across
India.The platform enables borrowers to avail loans
in less than 30 minutes digitally by simply
uploading their income tax (I-T) returns, bank
account statement and online verification of Goods
and Services Tax (GST) details.
Forest The Forest Department of Telangana launched 1st
Department of of its Kind mobile app namely ‘Urban Forest Parks’
Telangana that gives all information about theme based Urban
Forest Parks and facilitates the visitors to plan their
visits and journey.
✓ It was launched by the state’s Forest
Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy.
It is developed by PamTen Software Solutions
Private Limited.
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
launched a mobile app “Saa₹thi” based on investor
education in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Saa₹thi
app aims to create awareness and provide
education to investors about the basic concepts of
the securities market. It will provide knowledge
about KYC (Know Your Customer) process, trading
and settlement, mutual funds (MF), market
developments, investor grievances redressal
mechanism, etc.
The Headquarters of SEBI is Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Defence Ministry On the Occasion of the 6th Armed Forces Veterans
Day, 14th January 2022, Defence Ministry has
launched an online portal – Raksha Pension
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Shikayat Nivaran Portal (Raksha पेंशन) – to

resolve pension-related grievances of ex-
servicemen (ESM) and their dependents.
The portal will help existing and future military
pensioners and enable the ESM to file grievances
directly with the Department of Ex-Servicemen
Welfare (DESW).
Spice Xchange India Som Parkash, India’s first virtual platform for spices exports
(spicexchangeindia.com) namely ‘Spice Xchange India
(spicexchangeindia.com)’ was launched by
Minister of state (MoS) Som Parkash, Ministry of
Commerce and Industry during a hybrid event held
in Kochi, Kerala.Notably, India exports 225
different spices and spice products to more than
180 countries.
Launched by Spices Board India, it is an artificial
intelligence (AI)-based 3D virtual platform to
connect spice buyers with exporters in India.
Koyla Darpan Dr Anil Kumar Dr Anil Kumar Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, has
Jain launched the ‘Koyla Darpan’, a portal to share the
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to the
Coal Sector.To enable maximum public outreach,
the portal can be assessed through the website of
the Ministry of coal.
Yogyata Common Services Common Services Centers (CSC) launched the
Centers (CSC) “Yogyata” mobile application, which will provide
vocational education and skill enhancement
opportunities to youth and citizens living in rural
areas. The Yogyata app will reach the rural and
remote areas of India to provide opportunities to
access courses on skill development to increase
employability of the youth.
Apna Kangra Jai Ram Thakur Chief Minister (CM) of Himachal Pradesh (HP), Jai
Ram Thakur launched ‘Apna Kangra’ app and
hampers handcrafted by self-help groups (SHGs) at
Dharamsala, HP. The app aims to provide a hassle-
free experience for tourists and to boost sales of
local handicrafts.The CM also virtually inaugurated
Radhe Krishna Cow Sanctuary at Luthan in
Jawalamukhi Vidhan Sabha area of Kangra.
MyCGHS & (www.cghs.gov.in) Mansukh Union Minister for the Ministry of Health and
Mandaviya Family Welfare (MoHFW), Dr.Mansukh Mandaviya
virtually launched the revamped version of Central
Government Health Scheme (CGHS) website
(www.cghs.gov.in) and mobile app, ‘MyCGHS’ with
multiple user friendly features. The launch also saw
the presence of Minister of State for MoHFW, Dr.
Bharati Pravin Pawar.
The Website was developed in accordance with
GIGW (Guidelines for Indian Government
Websites), in compliance with 3Us -Usable, User-
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National Institute of Mansukh Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers

Pharmaceutical Education and Mandaviya Mansukh Mandaviya launched National Institute of
Research (NIPER) Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
Research Portal in New Delhi.The purpose of the
portal is to spread information about all the NIPERs
research activities, patents filed and Publication
information at one place.
Digital Sansad Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha secretariat has launched a new app,
Secretariat ‘Digital Sansad’, an initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker,
Om Birla, to make the Parliament proceedings
accessible to the public at large. The app helps in
accessing services such as checking personal
updates like status of their notices, House bulletins,
and so on.

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Swarajability Vijay Raghavan A beta version of Swarajability, India’s 1st job
portal powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for
specially-abled jobseekers has been launched by
Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the
Union Government.The portal is developed by
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad,
Telangana in association with Youth4Jobs, Visual
Quest and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
eInvest Edelweiss Asset Edelweiss Asset Management launched Mutual
Management Fund (MF) investing mobile application (app)
eInvest to help investors for easy investment

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experience. The eInvest app comes with an Insta

Money feature. It is a mutual fund savings account
with an instant withdrawal facility to the registered
bank account.
Quit Tobacco App World Health To help people quit tobacco use in all forms
Organization including smokeless and other related products.It is
(WHO) a first-of-its-kind app which helps users identify the
triggers, set their targets, manage cravings, and
stay focused on quitting tobacco.
India’s first Night Navigation Himanta Biswa Chief Minister (CM) of Assam, Himanta Biswa
mobile application Sarma Sarma launched India’s first Night Navigation
mobile application (app) for ferry services on the
Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, Assam. It was
developed by the State Transport Department in
association with K Raju, the principal scientist of
IIT(Indian Institute of Technology) Madras.
The first night journey of the IWT (Inland Water
Transport) ferry between Guwahati and North
Guwahati was started on 19 February 2022.
Janbhagidari Empowerment Jammu and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir hosted the
Kashmir hosted ‘Janbhagidari Empowerment’ portal on a different
server with higher bandwidth to provide easy and
ready accessibility to the general public. The portal
can be accessed by logging on to the website
https://janbhagidari.jk.gov.in/.
It aims to minimize the digital divide and encourage
the citizens to access the website to gain awareness
and information about the works in their respective
areas.
KISAN Indian Institute of Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Roorkee
technology (IIT) organized a regional farmers’ awareness
Roorkee programme as part of the ‘Gramin Krishi Mausam
Sewa’ (GKMS) project and launched KISAN
mobile application for the farmers. The app will
provide agro-meteorological services to the
farmers.
A booklet in Hindi titled ‘Agrometeorological
Advisory Services for Cereal Crops, Horticultural
Crops, and Livestock‘was released at the event.
Ombudsperson App Giriraj Singh Union Minister for Rural Development and
Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh launched the
‘Ombudsperson App’ for Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a
step towards e-governance for ensuring
transparency and accountability.The
Ombudsperson App has been developed by the
‘Ministry of Rural Development’.

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Religare Pre Apply LIC IPO Religare Broking Religare Broking Limited (RBL), a full-service
App Limited (RBL) broking house and securities firm has launched
‘Religare Pre Apply LIC IPO App’, which will be a
one-stop solution for investors to open a demat
account and share intent to pre-apply for the Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Initial Public
Offering (IPO).
All types of investors, including existing LIC policy
holders and first-time investors can register their
interest by filling up their name, email ID and
mobile number.
My EV Delhi Government The Delhi government launched an online ‘My EV‘
(My Electric Vehicle) portal to the purchase and
registration of electric autos in Delhi. It is accessible
to all users on the website of the transport
department of Delhi.Under the Delhi Electric
Vehicle Policy, 5% interest rate subvention will be
provided on the purchase of e-autos on loans and
became the first state to provide such a facility.
Dishaank Karnataka Geographical The Dishaank is the mobile application, which is
Information System (K- developed under the Karnataka Geographical
GIS) Information System (K-GIS) program of the
Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications
Center (KSRSAC) to provide seamless access of land
records to the people of Karnataka.
✓ KSRSAC works under the Department of
Personnel and Administrative Reforms (e-
Governance), Government of Karnataka.
It provides information about the land, which
includes the name of the landowner, area of land,
type of ownership, type of land, litigations, land
category and other related information.

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divyang-friendly Kiren Rijiju Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister for Law & Justice,
inaugurated the new website to provide citizens
with a one-stop platform for all digital initiatives of
the Department of Justice, at the event held at
Jaisalmer Bhawan, New Delhi, Delhi.
The new website is launched on the S3WaaS
platform (Secure, Scalable and Sugamya Website as
a Service) and uses the technology to generate
secure websites using GIGW (Guidelines for
Government Websites).
Temple 360 Meenakshi Lekhi Union Minister of State(MoS) for Culture Meenakshi
Lekhi has launched the website ‘Temple 360’

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Broadcast Seva (BS) Portal
Mukhya Mantri Bagwani
Bima Yojana
Kaaval Uthavi
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Temple 360: a digital platform that will enable
people to visit or do darshan of famous temples
from any location. This will allow people to
participate in e-Darshan, e-Prashad, and e-Aarti and
keep people connected.
Presently it livestreams rituals from four temples:
Somnath (Gujarat), Kashi Vishwanath (Uttar
Pradesh), Trimbakeshwar and Ghrishneshwar
(Maharashtra).
It will also feature live streams from 12 Jyotirlinga
and 4 Dhams: Dwarka (Gujarat), Badrinath
(Uttarakhand), Puri (Odisha) and Rameshwaram
(Tamil Nadu).
Anurag Singh Thakur Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting (MIB) unveiled
‘Broadcast Seva (BS) Portal’ in New Delhi (Delhi).
It is an online facility for people for speedy filing
and processing of applications of broadcasters for
licenses, permissions, registrations, etc. it is
integrated with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
portal.
Developers: Broadcast Engineering Consultants
India Limited (BECIL) and Tata Consultancy Service
(TCS) Limited, the Technology Partner.
J P Dalal The Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal
launched the portal of ‘Mukhya Mantri Bagwani
Bima Yojana’ with an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore
for the scheme.
Objective: to compensate the farmers for the
damage caused to their crops due to adverse
weather and natural calamities. The scheme covers
21 crops: 14 vegetables; 2 spices and 5 fruits.
The scheme will be optional for all those farmers
who will get registered under ‘Meri Fasal Mera
Byora’ (a web portal through which the problems of
the farmers of the state will be resolved).
M K Stalin The Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu (TN), M K
Stalin launched ‘Kaaval Uthavi’ app having 60
features that will provide police assistance to the
people particularly women during any emergency
situation.
The app features a facility to dial 112/100/101 to
make direct calls with the police control room. The
Dial 100 facility has been integrated with the app.
The user’s live location will be shared with the
control room by pressing the emergency red
button.
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www.iccr.almaconnect.com Indian Council for The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Cultural Relations launched an India Alumni Portal which acts as a
(ICCR) platform to connect with foreign students around
the world who have studied in India. The minister
of state for External Affairs (MEA) Meenakshi Lekhi
launched the portal with the presence of ICCR
President Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe.
Tata Neu Tata Group Tata Group launched India’s first super app, Tata
Neu, for the public. Tata Neu, developed by TATA
Digital – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, is
a platform that combines all the Tata-owned brands
like BigBasket, 1mg, Croma, AirAsia, IHCL, Qmin,
Starbucks, Tata Cliq, Tata Play, and Westside into
one application and offers exclusive privileges and
benefits across categories.
Click here to know more.
Corruption-Free Pushkar Singh Dhami The Vigilance department of Uttarakhand has
Uttarakhand App- 1064 developed an anti-corruption mobile app,
‘Corruption-Free Uttarakhand App- 1064’. The app
was formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister
(CM), Pushkar Singh Dhami. The app will be
available in both Hindi and English.
It aims to make the state corruption-free and
ensure good governance carried out in a
transparent manner.
Uttarakhand: Governor-Gurmit Singh; Stadium-
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
AVSAR portal Manoj Sinha Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor
Manoj Sinha has launched two projects in the Union
Territory of J&K that helps Ease of Doing Business
(EoDB) and achieving Self Sufficiency in power
sector respectively.
AVSAR portal under ‘Connect to Opportunities
Initiative’ by Mission Youth, aimed at providing
real-time information on pre-placement activities
and job opportunities available for the J&K youths.
The Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited
(RHPCL) and Megha Engineering and Infrastructure
Limited (MEIL) has signed a contract for the
turnkey execution of 850-Megawatt (MW) Ratle
Hydel Power Project on the Chenab River in
Kishtwar district of Union Territory of J&K.
Click here to read more about the projects
Kotak FYN Kotak Mahindra Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) launched its
Limited (KMBL) new enterprise portal ‘Kotak FYN’ exclusive for
Business Banking and Corporate Clients. The portal
can be used to carry out all trade and services
transactions.
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e-DAR (Digitised Detailed
Accident Report)
Computerized Registration
of pesticide (CROP) & Plant
Quarantine Management
System (PQMS)
Khelo India Uni Games 2021
Jan Nigrani
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will include services like account services,
payments and collections.
Aim: To provide customers with a seamless
experience in a unified view across all product
platforms.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited: MD&CEO– Uday
Kotak; Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Ministry of Road The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Transport and (MoRTH) in consultation with the Insurance
Highways (MoRTH) companies has launched a portal e-DAR (Digitised
Detailed Accident Report).
Purpose: To provide information on road accidents
instantaneously, helping easier claims under
insurance and check on fake claims conducting a
search of vehicles involved in the accident, the date
of accident, and the First Information Report
number.
The Portal was developed under the direction of the
Supreme Court bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan
Kaul and Justice M.M. Sundresh.
Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW)
launched two redeveloped portals, one for the
Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and
the other for Plant Quarantine Management System
(PQMS).
The PQMS portal provides a transparent system
with no physical touch points for the applicants and
ensures convenience to the users, through an online
system including e-payments and uploading of
documents, online accreditation etc.
In a First of its kind initiative, ‘Khelo India Uni
Games 2021’ – a mobile app was launched for
the 2nd edition of Khelo India University Games,
which was organised by the Department of Youth
- Empowerment and Sports along with the Jain
Deemed to be University, Bangalore, Karnataka.
The Mobile app promises to be a one-stop solution
for all information regarding the event, which is
scheduled to be held from April 24 to 03 May, 2022.
Jammu and Kashmir The Department of Rural Development and
Panchayati raj, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), under
the e-governance initiative has launched an app ‘Jan
Nigrani’, intended to help people lodge their
complaints related to various schemes online.
The Jan Nigrani app is a 24×7 internet-based
platform aimed at reporting and resolving the
grievances of the residents of J&K, against various
government schemes launched by the department.
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APP & WEB NAME
National Open Access Registry (NOAR)
Vehicle Movement Tracking System (VMTS)
Shaili
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Government of The Government of India (GoI) has
India launched the National Open Access
Registry (NOAR) website, a move closer
to promoting open access in the power
sector. On May 1, 2022, the platform
started operations successfully.
✓ NOAR is an integrated single-
window electronic platform for
the electronic processing of
short-term open access
applications, that is accessible to
all power sector stakeholders,
including open access customers
(both sellers and buyers), power
traders, power exchanges, and
National/Regional/State Load
Despatch Centres (LDCs). NOAR
is a part of the Ministry of Power,
GoI.
Click here to read more about the NOAR
platform
Manohar Lal Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar Khattar launched a Vehicle Movement
Tracking System (VMTS) mobile app that
will help in tracking vehicles carrying
sand and other mining material. This
App has been designed and developed
in-house by National Informatics Centre,
Haryana.
✓ The app will be used at different
checkpoints in all the districts of
Haryana and vehicle details. All
the travel history of the vehicle
will be stored in repositories
which can be viewed through the
app at any time.
Haryana: Governor – Bandaru
Dattatreya; Lakes – Brahma Sarovar,
Sannihit Sarovar, Surajkund, Tilyar Lake,
& Badkhal Lake
Government of The government of Kerala is set to
Kerala launch an Android App ‘Shaili’, aimed
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CAPF Punarvaas
National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP)
Gatishakti Sanchar Portal
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at diagnosing and controlling lifestyle
diseases among the people in the state of
Kerala.
✓ The app has been set up as part
of the population-based
screening project launched by
the Kerala State Health
Department under the ‘Nava
Kerala Karma plan’.
Kerala: Governor – Arif Mohammad
Khan; Birds Sanctuary (BS)
– Kumarakom BS (Vembanad BS),
Kadalundi BS
Ministry of Home The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has
Affairs (MHA) launched a portal ‘CAPF Punarvaas’ for
the benefit of personnel belonging to
Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) like
CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and
BSF (Border Security Force) seeking re-
employment after their retirement.
It will help retired personnel seeking re-
employment to find an appropriate
match by uploading their personal
details on the Welfare & Rehabilitation
Board (WARB) along with their area of
expertise and preferred employment
location.
National Which aims to improve access and use of
Institution for published Indian government data.
Transforming ✓ The platform provides
India (NITI) standardised datasets from
Aayog across India’s vast landscape of
administrative data. NDAP helps
users to search, merge, visualize
and download datasets with
ease.
NITI Aayog: CEO – Amitabh Kant;
Establishment – 1 January 2015.; HQ –
New Delhi, Delhi.
Ashwini The Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Vaishnaw Ministry of Communications (MoC),
Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (Meity) launched the
Gatishakti Sanchar Portal for
Centralised Right of Way (RoW)
approvals. It was launched on the lines
of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan
(NMP).
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(https://ncte.gov.in/Website/admin_Panel.aspx) National Council
Biological Research Regulatory Approval
Portal (BioRRAP)
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✓ This portal will provide a robust
mechanism to achieve the goal
of Broadband for All as
envisaged in the National Digital
Communication Policy (NDCP)-2.
✓ The portal has been developed
by Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
(MP)-based MP state
Electronics Development
Corporation on behalf of
Department of
Telecommunications (DoT), MoC.
Click here to read more about the
Gatishakti Sanchar Portal
The National Council for Teacher
for Teacher Education (NCTE), a part of the Ministry
Education of Education, has launched an online site
(NCTE) to streamline the entire process of
HEIs/TEIs recognizing their teacher
education programmes, from inviting
applications for courses to issuing
recognition orders, which includes
inspection of institutions.
✓ This portal would bring a
paradigm shift in the functioning
of NCTE as the portal utilises an
automated robust framework
which would enhance
accountability, transparency and
ease of doing business.
✓ Integrated Teacher Education
Programme (ITEP) would be
processed through this newly
launched portal.
NCTE: Founded: 1995;
Chairperson: Prof. Dinesh Prasad
Saklani
Dr. Jitendra In the spirit of One Nation, One Portal,
Singh Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of
State (Independent Charge), Ministry of
Science and Technology (MoS&T), has
established a Single National Portal-
Biological Research Regulatory
Approval Portal (BioRRAP)-for
Biotechnology researchers and start-ups.
✓ The “BioRRAP” portal will assist
all those seeking regulatory
approval for biological research
and development activities in
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India, providing a significant

boost to “Ease of Science and
Ease of Business.”
✓ The Portal will also enable
stakeholders to view the
approvals granted to a specific
application using a unique
BioRRAP ID.
Click here to read more about BioRRAP
portal
Indian Business Portal Smt. Anupriya Union Minister of State for Commerce &
Patel Industry Smt. Anupriya Patel launched
the Indian Business Portal – An
International Trade Hub for Indian
Exporters and Foreign Buyers in New
Delhi.
✓ Federation of Indian Export
Organisation (FIEO) in
partnership
with GlobalLinker, has designed
and developed the “Indian
Business Portal” which would
serve as an International Trade
Hub to connect Indian Exporters
with Foreign/Overseas
Merchants.
✓ It is a B2B digital marketplace to
empower SME exporters,
artisans and farmers to identify
new markets for their products
and grow their sales globally.
FIEO: President – Dr A Sakthivel; HQ
– New Delhi, India; Founded – 1965.
Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) National Health The National Health Authority (NHA),
mobile application Authority (NHA), the implementing agency of Ayushman
the Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has
implementing launched the revamped version of
agency of Ayushman Bharat Health
Ayushman Account (ABHA) mobile
Bharat Digital application with new User Interface
Mission (ABDM) (UI) and added functionalities.
✓ Any individual can create an
ABHA address
(username@abdm) that can be
linked through a randomly
generated 14-digit ABHA
number.
✓ ABDM compliant health lockers,
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physical health records for easy

to access digital certificates.
Health records such as diagnostic
reports, prescriptions, CoWIN
vaccination certificates etc, can be stored
in digital format with this feature.
agrimachinerypb.com Bhagwant Singh Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh
Mann Mann launched a portal to facilitate
farmers opting for the direct seeding of
rice (DSR) technique for paddy sowing.
✓ The portal can be accessed at
‘agrimachinerypb.com’ which
would be instrumental in
compiling data about each and
every farmer who opted for the
DSR technique.
✓ Under the DSR technique, paddy
seeds are drilled into the field
with the help of a machine that
does seeding of rice and spray of
herbicide simultaneously.
Punjab: Capital – Chandigarh;
Governor – Banwarilal Purohit; Dance
forms – Jaago, Dankara,and Luddi
SAMBHAV Arvind Kumar Uttar Pradesh (UP) Minister for energy
Sharma and urban development Arvind Kumar
Sharma launched ‘SAMBHAV’
(sambhav.up.gov.in)
platform/portal that would monitor
the grievances from the public/citizens
related to the schemes, programmes and
policies of the departments under the
ministry.
✓ SAMBHAV means Systemic
Administration Mechanism for
Bringing Happiness and Value.
✓ It is a multi-modal platform to
dispose of public grievances
swiftly and effectively and
provide good governance and
make the public service delivery
transparent and accountable.
✓ It would serve as an Information
and Communication Technology
(ICT) platform for reporting
public complaints to the
appropriate officers who would
resolve such grievances through
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UP: CM – Yogi Adityanath; Governor

– Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel; Capital –
Lucknow
AAYU Basavaraj Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj
Bommai Bommai launched a new health and
wellness app AAYU to address and help
heal chronic diseases and lifestyle
disorders through yoga and meditation.
✓ Swami Vivekananda Yoga
Anusandhana Samsthana (S-
VYASA) collaborated to develop
the App with RESET TECH, an AI-
driven integrated health-tech
platform that aims to deal with
chronic diseases and lifestyle
conditions through yoga and
meditation.
✓ The App would provide users
with personalised wellness
solutions and offer doctor
consultations based on an
individual’s personal history and
monitor its progress enabling
them to accelerate healing and
recovery.
Karnataka: Governor – Thawar Chand
Gehlot; Capital – Bengaluru

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Jan Samarth Government of India The government of India (GoI) is set to
launch a ‘Jan Samarth’ portal to improve
the ease of living for the common man.
This is a common portal for the delivery of
various schemes run by different
ministries and departments.
✓ The new portal plans to onboard
15 credit-linked government
schemes, as a part of GoI’s vision of
Minimum Government Maximum
Governance.
The portal aims to bring together several
schemes on a single platform and enable
the beneficiaries to access them without
any hassle.
ACB 14400 YS Jagan Mohan Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Reddy introduced an app called ACB 14400 to

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combat corruption in government offices
across the state. People can file corruption-
related complaints against state officials
using this app.The app was developed by
the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of
Andhra Pradesh (AP).
✓ Anyone can use the mobile
application to attach
documentation, such as audio or
video documents to report a
corruption case. This software has
a mechanism that ensures that the
evidence is recorded and related to
the complaint.
✓ When the app is launched, two
categories will appear on the
mobile screen: ‘Live Report’ and
‘Lodge Complaint’. Following the
receipt of the Complaint, ACB
authorities will take the
appropriate action based on the
contents of the Complaint.
AP: Governor: Biswa Bhusan
Harichandan; National Park – Rajiv
Gandhi National Park, Papikonda National
Park, and Sri Venkateswara National Park
(biosphere reserve)
Department of Union Minister of State (Independent
Science and Charge) Ministry of Science and
Technology (DST) Technology Dr Jitendra Singh released a
under the Ministry of book and its e-Version on 8 Years of
Science and Administrative and Pension reforms
Technology in (2014-2022).
collaboration with ✓ The Department of Science and
National Informatics Technology (DST) under
Centre (NIC) the Ministry of Science and
Technology in collaboration with
National Informatics
Centre (NIC) launched the Self
Certification Portal for conveying
adherence to provisions of
Geospatial Guidelines by
Individuals, companies,
organisations, and Government
agencies.
✓ Self-Certification Portal Link:
https://geospatial.dst.gov.in/.
DST: Secretary of DST – Dr. Srivari
Chandrasekhar
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Rashtriya Puraskar Portal Union Government The Union Government has launched a
(https://awards.gov.in) common portal,
the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal
(https://awards.gov.in) for inviting
nominations for national awards of the
various Ministries, Departments and
agencies.
✓ Aim – To facilitate citizens to
nominate individuals and
organisations for various national
awards under one platform,
instituted by the Government of
India.
With this portal, for the first time in the
history of India, information regarding all
national awards would be available to the
public on a single digital platform including
their eligibility criteria, selection
procedure, and details of past awardees.
Beach Vigil App Pramod Sawant The chief minister (CM) of
Goa Pramod Sawant launched a ‘Beach
Vigil App’, a collaboration between
Information Technology (IT) sector and
tourism sector that aims to benefit tourists
and the institutions working in the beach
tourism sector in a holistic management of
beaches.
The app will cover everything from
reporting illegal hawkers and illegal
massage services to beach cleanliness.
✓ Through the Beach Vigil App, the
Drishti workers, police and other
stakeholders can raise issues for
safeguarding the interest of the
tourist’s
Goa: Governor – P.S. Sreedharan Pillai;
Wildlife Sanctuaries – Bhagwan Mahavir
Wildlife Sanctuary, Cotigao Wildlife
Sanctuary, Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary;
Festivals – Goa Mango Festival
SIB TF Online South Indian Bank South Indian Bank (SIB) has introduced a
new portal named “SIB TF Online”, for its
corporate EXIM (Export-Import)
customers.
✓ The ‘SIB TF Online’ portal
facilitates a platform for trade-
related payments to foreign entities
remotely.

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✓ SIB TF Online is hosted on the

home page of Corporate Internet
Banking (SIBerNet) and will allow
corporates to transact 24×7 in a
secure and paperless manner.
SIB: MD & CEO – Murali Ramakrishnan;
HQ – Thrissur, Kerala; Tagline –
Experience Next Generation Banking.

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Pariksha Sangam Central Board of To streamline all CBSE board exams and result
Secondary related activities for classes 10th and 12th. It
Education is a one stop portal for all CBSE board exam
(CBSE) activities. It aims to combine all exam-related
processes conducted by the school regional
offices and the headquarters of the CBSE
board.
✓ Under the portal information like –
CBSE circular, Latest CBSE news,
reference material, sample paper,
model paper, Question Bank, school
results etc will be provided to the
school students, Regional offices and
Head Offices.
The portal has three sections-
Schools (Ganga), Regional
Offices (Yamuna) and Head
Office (Saraswati). CBSE: Chairperson-Nidhi
Chibber; Founded-1929; HQ-New Delhi, Delhi.
ICICIdirect iLearn ICICI A learning app for investors (beginners or
Securities (I-Sec) expertise) to easily learn about several
financial products and market topics.
Aim –To provide investors with well-
researched and simplified content by expertise
for taking better investment decisions.
✓ A platform ‘iCommunity’ will soon be
launched to enable an opportunity of
learning through fellow investors.
I-Sec is a subsidiary of ICICI Bank Limited.
Chairman – Vinod Kumar Dhall;
Establishment – 1995; HQ – Mumbai,
Maharashtra
‘Muthoot Online’ Muthoot Finance Muthoot Finance, a Non-Banking Financial
(https://online.muthootfinance.com/) Company (NBFC), has launched the new
upgraded version of ‘Muthoot Online’

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ApnaArohan
Schemes of Department of Sports
(https://dbtyas-sports.gov.in/)
Knowledge Portal (www.coek.in)
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(https://online.muthootfinance.com/)
web application, offering an extended range of
features which promises an omni channel
experience to its customers.
The features in the web application include all
types of loan repayments such as repayment of
Gold Loan, Home Loan, Personal Loan and
Vehicle Loans offered by Muthoot Finance.
Arohan Financial Non-Banking Financial Companies –
Services Microfinance Institutions (NBFC-
MFIs) Arohan Financial Services launched a
digital lending app, ApnaArohan, for its
existing customers having a good repayment
track record to provide them an experience
equivalent to that of privilege banking and to
raise collection efficiency ratio.
The app, ApnaArohan, will help its customers
make repayments and other transactions
through the digital mode and reduce physical
interaction with the loan officers of the MFI.
Anurag Singh Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur,
Thakur Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS),
launched revised schemes for Cash Awards,
National Welfare and Pension to
sportspersons, Web Portal for Schemes of
Department of Sports (https://dbtyas-
sports.gov.in/) and National Sports
Development Fund website (nsdf.yas.gov.in) in
New Delhi, Delhi.
✓ The Department of Sports is one of
the two departments of MoYAS
with the other one being the
Department of Youth Affairs.
The MoYAS has made significant amendments
to the following schemes in order to make
them more user-friendly, accessible, and
transparent.
✓ Scheme of Cash Award to Medal
Winners in International Sports
Events and their Coaches,
✓ Scheme of Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyay National Welfare for
Sportspersons (PDUNWFS) and
Scheme of Pension to Meritorious
Sportsperson. Click here to read more
KVIC (Khadi and The KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries
Village Commission) launched a Knowledge Portal to
Industries provide design directions to the Khadi
Commission)
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institutions. It was developed by the Center of

Excellence (CoE) for Khadi.
✓ The CoE for Khadi has been set up by
KVIC, Ministry of MSME (Ministry of
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) at
National Institute of Fashion
Technology (NIFT), Delhi to support
Khadi Institutions.
The portal will disseminate design knowledge
to a broader section of Khadi Institutions in
India.Four stories/design directions have been
conceptualized and presented in Volume I. of
the portal. Every story has been separated into
two segments – Home and Apparel.
Canara ai1 Canara Bank Canara Bank has launched its mobile banking
app namely, Canara ai1, which is a one-stop
solution with more than 250 features to cater
to the banking needs of its customers. It is
available in 11 languages to cater to multiple
sections of society in their preferred language.
✓ The app has advanced features such as
an intuitive user interface (UI) and
user experience (UX) with
personalization.
✓ It caters to various social security
schemes including Public Provident
Fund (PPF) accounts, Sukanya
Samriddhi Accounts, Senior Citizens’
Savings Accounts, Kisan Vikas Patra,
and others.
Canara Bank: Establishment– 1906
(Nationalization- 1969); MD & CEO – Lingam
Venkata Prabhakar; HQ– Bengaluru,
Karnataka.
AadhaarFaceRd Unique The Unique Identification Authority of India
Identification (UIDAI) has developed and launched new
Authority of mobile app ‘AadhaarFaceRd’ which is a face
India (UIDAI) authentication feature to verify Aadhaar
number holder’s identity. However, face
authentication is consent-based.
✓ It will enable citizen to use face
authentication for several other apps,
including Jeevan Pramaan, Ration
Distribution (PDS), Co-Win Vaccination
App, Scholarship schemes, and Farmer
welfare schemes like PM-KISAN
(Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi).
✓ Face authentication is based on a 1:1
match, which means that the facial

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is matched with the facial image
captured at the time of enrolment.
UIDAI: CEO– Dr. Saurabh Garg; HQ– New
Delhi, Delhi.
Repos Pay Narayan Tatu Union Minister Narayan Tatu Rane of the
Rane Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MoMSME) launched ‘Repos
Pay’—a ‘Mobile Electric Charging’ platform
and ‘Phy-gital’—a Fintech (financial
technology) platform at the ‘Fueling India
2022’ event in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
✓ “Repos Pay” is a platform through
which a person can order a Mobile
Electric Charging Vehicle on
application (app) and charge their
Phy-gital
vehicles.
‘Phy-gital’ is a Fintech Platform that will bring
credit to fuel customers (Buy Now, Pay Later)
through Technology. The energy fintech
platform will enable bulk consumers to obtain
fuel on credit. Click here to read more.

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Rashtriya Puraskar Union Government The Union Government has
Portal (https://awards.gov.in) launched Rashtriya Puraskar
Portal (https://awards.gov.in) to bring
together all the awards of the various
Ministries, Departments and agencies of
the government under one platform. This
has been launched to ensure transparency
and public partnership.
It also facilitates every citizen or
organisation to nominate
individuals/organisations for various
Awards instituted by the Government of
India (GoI).
(www.swachhsagar.org) Dr. Jitendra Singh To support the ongoing “Swachh
Sagar Surakshit Sagar/Clean Coast Safe
Sea” Campaign 2022—a 75-day citizen-
led campaign to improve ocean health
through collaborative action.
✓ He has also launched
the Campaign Logo “Vasuki”,
which is dedicated to the youth of
India, as they, like school students,

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National Integrated Database on
Arrested Narco offenders (NIDAAN)
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are interested in participating in
coastal and beach cleaning
activities.
✓ The campaign will conclude with
the largest beach cleaning event on
September 17, 2022, also known
as International Coastal Clean-up
Day 2022, covering 75 beaches
across India’s 7,500+ km
(kilometres) of coastline.
The “Eco Mitram” mobile app has been
launched to raise awareness about the
campaign and to encourage the general
public to volunteer for the beach cleaning
activities on September 17, 2022. Click
here to read more.
BOB Financial BOB Financial Solutions
Solutions Limited Limited launched credit card servicing
mobile application (app), bobcard, for
providing one-stop solution for customers
to manage their Bank of Baroda (BoB)
credit card services.
✓ The bobcard has been designed in
collaboration with IBM and is user
friendly with an attractive design
including secured access with face
ID, fingerprint lock & PIN, and a
smart eye feature that ensures the
card details of customers to
remain private.
BOB Financial Solutions Ltd: MD & CEO
– Shailendra Singh; Establishment
– 1994; HQ – Mumbai
Developed by the The first-of-its-kind database
Narcotics Control named- National Integrated Database
Bureau (NCB) on Arrested Narco offenders
(NIDAAN) was made operational for the
use by various central and State
prosecution agencies tasked to enforce
anti-drugs laws in India.
✓ It is part of the Narcotics
Coordination
Mechanism (NCORD) portal,
launched by Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on 30th July 2022 in
Chandigarh during the national
conference on ‘Drug trafficking
and national security’. The portal
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was developed by the Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB).
NIDAAN provides a one-stop solution for
all narcotics offenders-related data and
will help investigative agencies as an
effective tool while probing narcotics
cases.
Pinarayi Vijayan It is the first-of-its-kind initiative to be
introduced in India.
Objective: to encourage consumers to
upload invoices in a bid to curb Goods and
Service Tax (GST) evasion.
✓ It was developed by the State
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
department of Kerala and designed
by the Digital University Kerala
(DUK).
It will help in boosting tax collection and
also enable the government to examine
the status of tax return filings with the
help of bills uploaded by people.
Delhi International DIAL is among the first few airports to
Airport Limited introduce this system in India.
(DIAL) ✓ The new version will make the
boarding process faster and more
seamless. The customer’s face
would act as their documents, like
ID proof, Vaccine proof and also
act as a boarding pass.
DigiYatra’ is a Biometric Enabled Seamless
Travel experience (BEST) based on Facial
Recognition Technology.
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