CURRENT AFFAIRS ..INDIAS FIRST

*INDIA’S FIRST*
👉 India's first *live payment bank* – *Airtel* at *Rajasthan*

👉 First state *to start India's first Cherry Blossom Festival* – *Meghalaya*

👉 First-ever *Indian Institute of Skills* of the country at *Kanpur* in *Uttar Pradesh*


👉 *Dhasai* village in Thane district has become the first *cashless village* in *Maharashtra*

👉 *Maharashtra* is the *first state* in the country *to have a cyber police station in each district* simultaneously.

👉 *Maharashtra* became the first Indian state *to adopt Fly Ash Utilisation Policy*

👉 *Goa* prepares itself to become the first state *to operate cashless in the country* from *31 Dec 2016*

👉 *Nagpur* is declared as the first *digital district of India*

👉 First *Children’s Court* inaugurated in *Hyderabad*

👉 *Haryana* - first state to *implement the benefit of 7th Central Pay Commission*

👉 *Gujarat* becomes the first state *to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs* under *Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)* scheme.

👉 *Lanura*, a village in *Budgam* district of *Jammu & Kashmir*, became the first village in the state *to go cashless*.

👉 *Punjab* government has launched country's first *amphibious bus project* at the *Harike wetland near Amritsar*.

In *Himachal Pradesh*, the first *Cyber Crime Police Station* has been opened at *Shimla*.

👉 *Hailakandi* has become the first district in *Assam* to *pay wages to tea garden workers* through individual bank accounts.

👉 *Chhattisgarh* has become the first state *to adopt a resolution welcoming the demonetization of high-value currency notes*

👉 *Palampur* Assembly Constituency of *Kangra district, HP* became the first *e-assembly constituency of the country*

👉 *Jharkhand* has become the first state in the country *to implement Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene*

👉 First *underwater restaurant* – *Ahmadabad*

👉 First *railway university* – *Vadodara*

👉 First *rail auto transportation and logistics hub* – *Chennai*

👉 First *defense park* – *Ottapalam, Kerala*

👉 First *LCD panel plant* – *Maharashtra*

👉 First *civil aviation park* – *Gujarat*
👉 First *ever gender park* – *Kerala*

👉 First *space park* – *Bengaluru*

👉 First *digital state* - *Kerala*

👉 First *cash giving app* - *CASHe*

👉 First *online interactive heritage portal* - *Sahapedia*

👉 First *textile university* - *Surat*

👉 First *tiger cell of India* - *Dehradun*

👉 World’s *tallest girder rail bridge* - *Manipur*

👉 India’s *first underground museum* – *New Delhi*

👉 India’s *first design yatra* - *Kerala*

👉 *Nagpur* – *first digital district* of India

👉 *Kerala* – *third* Open Defecation Free

👉 *Sikkim* – *First ODF* state

👉 *Himachal Pradesh* – *second ODF* state

👉 Asia’s *biggest Jungle Safari* – *Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh*

👉 Asia’s first *longest cycle highway* – *Uttar Pradesh*

👉 *Akodara village (Gujarat)* - first *digital village* in India


👉 India’s *first liquefied natural gas-driven bus* - *Kerala*


👉 First *island district* – *Majuli, Assam*

👉 First *WiFi hotspot village* – *Gumthala Garhu, Haryana*

👉 First *children’s court* – *Hyderabad*

👉 First *water metro project* – *Kochi*

👉 First state *to approve sewage and water policy* – *Rajasthan*

👉 First state *to adopt Street Lighting National program* – *Rajasthan*

👉 First state to implement *Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene* – *Jharkhand*

👉 First *Happiness Junction of India* – *Sonepur (Bihar)*