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More Card
More Card is a rechargeable smart card for paying transportation fares in public transport systems in India. Tipped as a nationwide interoperable transport card, the card aims to be a single point of transaction, applicable in state buses, Metro and even parking. The card was launched in 2012 in Delhi, initially acting as a common card for the Delhi Metro and its feeder buses. Name and logo The brand name More has been chosen to signify the national bird peacock (in Hindi & related Indian languages - such as those using the Devanagari script - मोर ormeans peacock) as also literally, to convey that you get more and more by using this card. The logo of the card is an illustration of peacock. History In a move to aid commuter convenience, and to mitigate its cash handling pains, BEST, adopted a new alternative method of paying for bus fares. From January 2007, the multi-application card system called GO Mumbai card was made available to the desired commuters. The purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaipur City Transport Services Limited
Jaipur City Transport Services Limited (JCTSL) is a city bus service for Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ... state in India. It is operated by RSRTC. History The system has been running from many years, but was heavily modified in 2007. RSRTC extended travelling facility to the colonies and sub-urban towns in and around Jaipur. Bus service was initially only on the main roads, but it later operated in residential areas too. Now it also operates in congested areas. JCTSL was established to cater the increasing needs of Jaipur City.RSRTC covered travelling facility to the colonies, urban, sub-urban town, historical places, and tourist places and around Jaipur. Passenger amenities To solve the transportation problems of Jaipur, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart Cards
A smart card (SC), chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card), is a card used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an Embedded system, embedded integrated circuit (IC) chip. Many smart cards include a pattern of metal contacts to electrically connect to the internal chip. Others are Contactless smart card, contactless, and some are both. Smart cards can provide personal identification, authentication, data storage, and application processing. Applications include identification, financial, public transit, computer security, schools, and healthcare. Smart cards may provide strong security authentication for single sign-on (SSO) within organizations. Numerous nations have deployed smart cards throughout their populations. The universal integrated circuit card (UICC) for mobile phones, installed as pluggable SIM card or embedded eSIM, is also a type of smart card. , 10.5billion smart card IC chips are manufactured annually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debit Card
A debit card, also known as a check card or bank card, is a payment card that can be used in place of cash to make purchases. The card usually consists of the bank's name, a card number, the cardholder's name, and an expiration date, on either the front or the back. Many new cards now have a chip on them, which allows people to use their card by touch (contactless), or by inserting the card and keying in a PIN as with swiping the magnetic stripe. Debit cards are similar to a credit card, but the money for the purchase must be in the cardholder's bank account at the time of the purchase and is immediately transferred directly from that account to the merchant's account to pay for the purchase. Some debit cards carry a Stored-value card, stored value with which a payment is made (prepaid cards), but most relay a message to the cardholder's bank to withdraw funds from the cardholder's designated bank account. In some cases, the payment card number is assigned exclusively for use on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICICI Bank
ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai with a registered office in Vadodara. It offers a wide range of banking and financial services for corporate and retail customers through various delivery channels and specialized subsidiaries in the areas of investment banking, life, non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management. ICICI Bank has a network of 6,613 branches and 16,120 ATMs across India. It also has a presence in 11 countries. The bank has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Canada; branches in United States, Singapore, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Qatar, Oman, Dubai International Finance Centre, China and South Africa; as well as representative offices in United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. The company's UK subsidiary has also established branches in Belgium and Germany. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has identified the State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank as Domesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automated Fare Collection System
An automated fare collection (AFC) system is the collection of components that automate the ticketing system of a public transportation network – an automated version of manual fare collection. An AFC system is usually the basis for integrated ticketing. System description AFC systems often consist of the following components (the "tier" terminology is common, but not universal): * Tier 0 – Fare media * Tier 1 – Devices to read/write media * Tier 2 – Depot/station computers * Tier 3 – Back office systems * Tier 4 – Central clearing house In addition to processing electronic fare media, many AFC systems have equipment on vehicles and stations that accepts cash payment in some form. Fare media AFC systems originated with tokens or paper tickets dispensed by staff or from self-service vending machines. These have generally been replaced with magnetic stripe cards. Since their introduction in 1997 with the Octopus card in Hong Kong, contactless smart cards have becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is a body of the Government of Maharashtra that is responsible for preparation oRegional Plan for MMRand the infrastructure development of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The MMRDA was created on 26 January 1975 under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974 Government of Maharashtra. The agency is responsible for planning and coordination of development activities in the Region. Composition The MMRDA comprises 17 members and is chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri. Eknath Shinde, who is also the minister of urban development. It is the most well-funded state owned organization in India. The Government of Maharashtra has said it plans to establish similar agencies: PMRDA, NMRDA and NMRDA for Pune, Nagpur and Nashik respectively. In 2017, MMRDA announced it was investing up to to overhaul the entire rail network by introducing new services, coaches, and signalling equipment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Metro
The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Delhi and the adjoining satellite cities of Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh in the National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region of India. The system consists of #Network, 10 colour-coded lines serving List of Delhi Metro stations, 289 stations, with a total length of 395 km (245 mi). It is India's Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, largest and busiest Urban rail transit in India, metro rail system and the second-oldest, after the Kolkata Metro. The metro has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using 5 ft 6 in gauge railway, broad-gauge and standard-gauge tracks. The metro makes over 4,300 trips daily. Construction began in 1998, and the first elevated section (Shahdara metro station, Shahdara to Tis Hazari metro station, Tis Hazari) on the Red Line (Delhi Metro), Red Line opened on 25 December 2002. The first underground section (Vishwa Vidyalaya metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Capital Region (India)
The National Capital Region (NCR; ) is a region centred upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The NCR and the associated National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) were created in 1985 to plan the development of the region and to evolve ''harmonized policies for the control of land-uses and development of infrastructure'' in the region. Prominent cities of the NCR include Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Noida. The NCR is a ''rural-urban'' region, with a population of over 46,069,000 and an urbanisation level of 62.6%. As well as cities and towns, the NCR contains ecologically sensitive areas like the Aravalli ridge, forests, wildlife and bird sanctuaries. The Delhi Extended Urban Agglomeration, a part of the NCR, had an estimated GDP of $370 billion (measured in terms of GDP PPP) in 2015–16. Despite being a part of the NCR, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Transport Corporation
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is a public sector passenger road transport corporation that manages bus services in Delhi, India. It was incorporated in November 1971 as a wholly-owned corporation of the Government of India to provide an efficient, economical and properly coordinated road transport service in Delhi. Its administrative control was transferred to the Department of Transport, Government of Delhi with effect from 5 August 1996. As of November 2023, DTC is the largest CNG-powered bus service operator in the world, and also has the largest number of electric buses in India. It operates from 37 depots and three Interstate Bus Terminals in Delhi: Kashmere Gate ISBT, Anand Vihar ISBT, and Sarai Kale Khan ISBT. History The Ministry of Transport, Government of India, took over local bus services in Delhi in May 1948 when the services offered by the incumbent service provider Gwalior and Northern India Transport Company Ltd. was found to be insufficient fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned public road transport corporation company in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka. It serves routes to 31 districts and as well as to towns and cities in the southern part of Karnataka and connects it to the rest of the state and the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa and the Union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. In June 2021, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KSRTC was awarded the acronym Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, KSRTC by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks, which is part of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India when Kerala filed a case against Karnataka SRTC in response to a legal notice by the Karnataka SRTC to stop using the acronym KSRTC. As of April 2024, it has a fleet strength of 8837 vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
