First in India in 2022

First State to launch mobile app for night navigation on rivers- Assam
First State to implement dynamic maps to track land ownership- Bihar
First State in the country to offer direct financial assistance to landless agricultural labourers in rural areas- Chhattisgarh
First State to restore old pension scheme – Chhattisgarh
First State to recognize the Community Forest Resources rights in a national park – Odisha
First State to create a separate corporation to expedite the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-powered governance application- Haryana
First ‘Smoke-Free State’ in India- Himachal Pradesh
First 100% LPG enabled state – Himachal Pradesh
First State to give approval to drone policy- Himachal Pradesh
First State to introduce carbon-neutral farming methods- Kerala
First State to launch Balika Panchayat- Gujarat
First State to use drones in healthcare- Uttarakhand
First State to approve the plans of AMRUT 2.0 scheme- Jharkhand
First State Assembly to become completely paperless by implementing the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme- Nagaland
First state to develop an app for tracking and providing ICDS facilities to workers during their seasonal migration- Maharashtra
First State to install L-Route server for high speed internet connectivity at the state level- Rajasthan
First carbon neutral panchayat in- Jammu and Kashmir (Palli village- fully powered by solar energy)
First sanitary napkin-free village of India- Kumbalangi in Ernakulum district of Kerala
India’s first model tourism village- Kumbalangi village
First Village of Honey- Manghar in Maharashtra
First State to be formed on linguistic basis – Andhra Pradesh
First UT to have a district level Good Governance Index- Jammu and Kashmir
First UT to be integrated with National Single Window System- Jammu and Kashmir
First District to cover 100% households under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY)- SEHAT scheme- Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir
First District to have community libraries in all gram panchayats- Jamtara District of Jharkhand
First city to get a road made of steel waste- Surat (Gujarat)
First Open Rock Museum- Hyderabad
First Flow Chemistry Technology Hub opened in - Hyderabad
First Indian to compete NASA’s International Air and Space Program (IASP)- Jahnavi Dangeti (Andhra Pradesh)
First woman to lead all-male Army Ordnance Corps contingent during 26 Jan 2022 Parade- Lt. Manisha Vohra
First Smart managed EV Charging Station- Mayurvihar, Delhi- Commissioned by BSES Yamuna Power Limited
First fully equipped mobile ambulance for on-site treatment of animals- Chennai- Launched by Blue Cross of India
First 100% women-owned ‘Industrial Park’ – Hyderabad- Conceptualized in 2013
First Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) – Bengaluru
First Digital Water Bank – AQVERIUM - Bengaluru
First World Peace Centre –To be established by Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti- Gurugram
First Air Operated Bullet Proof Rubber Dam (65 metres length, 2 m height)- HURL-Gorakhpur
First Bus Service with “Tap in, Tap Out” or fully digital ticketing facility – Maharashtra
First Skill India International Centre- Skill Development Institute, Bhubaneswar
First steel slag road – built in Surat by Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India with CSIR and Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) and NITI Aayog
First Airline to use indigenous navigation system GAGAN (GPS Aided geo-Augmented Navigation)- IndiGo (ATR-72 Aircraft)
First AI powered Wargame R&D Centre- To be established- New Delhi (Project WARDEC)
First AI-powered digital Lok Adalat launched in - Rajasthan
First graphene innovation centre will be established in- Kerala (Industrial partner- Tata Steel Ltd)
First mobile biosafety lab inaugurated in- Nashik (ICMR designed it in partnership with Klenzaids)
First Lavender Festival- Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir (Lavender or Purple Revolution- increasing lavender cultivation)
First State owned over-the-top (OTT) platform will be launched by- Kerala (on 1 Nov 2022)- CSpace platform
First Geological Park of India to be built in- Lamheta Village (Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh)
First public sector corporation for film development in India- Kerala State Film Development Corporation
First Plastic waste neutral company in India - Dabur
First of its kind Plastic waste recycling factory established in- Raigad district of Maharashtra
First organic waste-powered EV charging station - Mumbai
First vacuum-based sewer system established in- Agra, Uttar Pradesh
First Green Booth was set up at- AP Sen PG College, Lucknow
First AICTE Idea Lab inaugurated in – Raipur, Chhattisgarh
First e-waste eco-park will be built in - New Delhi
First airport to run entirely on hydro and solar energy- Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi (from 1 June 2022)
First airport to run entirely on solar power- Cochin International Airport
First and only air-conditioned railway station- M Visheshwarayya Terminal, Bengaluru
First grassroots innovation-based standards formulated by- Bureau of Indian Standards
First Tribal Health observatory to be opened in- Odisha
First Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) was launched in – Odisha
First Para-badminton academy has been opened in – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
First service of theme based Bharat Gaurav Train- Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi operated by private service provider “South Star Rail”