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5 Apps And Services That Are Making Indian Roads A Little Safer

From minimising distraction from cellphones to dispatching quick response teams, here are 5 apps and services that make taking the wheel a little safer.

5 Apps And Services That Are Making Indian Roads A Little Safer

Kruzr minimizes distraction by handling phone calls through a ?smart chatbot'. The app first declines the call and initiate a chat with the caller to inquire if the call is important. If it is, then the person is asked to call again and the app forwards it.

5 Apps And Services That Are Making Indian Roads A Little Safer

In an emergency situation, Safely Home automatically alerts the police, ambulance and the user's emergency contacts. By leveraging location tracking, the app can monitor speed and movement to detect road crashes.

5 Apps And Services That Are Making Indian Roads A Little Safer

Party Hard Drivers: Specifically geared to make sure that you don't take to the wheel after a night of drinking, the service promises to provide reliable chauffeurs, at a reasonable price, to drive you and your car home.

5 Apps And Services That Are Making Indian Roads A Little Safer

To help users handle emergency situations in Delhi-NCR, the One Touch Response service dispatches their own team and coordinates with the police and emergency services to ensure that evacuation and medical attention reaches the site as soon as possible.

5 Apps And Services That Are Making Indian Roads A Little Safer

Only functional in Rajasthan, the HumSafar Road Safety app aggregates the details of hospitals, police stations, ambulance services and other emergency services and sends out precise map locations.

About The Campaign

About The Campaign

NDTV along with Mastercard is launching a multi-platform campaign “Cashless Bano India”, to create digital awareness and educate the masses about digital payment solutions for day to day transactions.

The campaign aims to take the message of a cash free India to the country, and will charter a blue print which can help all stakeholders to become a part of the digital revolution.

We aim to reach out to people and educate them on:

1) Digital and financial literacy

2) New generation digital payment solutions

3) Enabling merchants and consumers to understand and adopt secured and safe payment Solutions

4) Ease of usage at point of sales

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  • Amitabh Kant
    In the next 3 to 4 years, India will technologically leap forward. Every person with a mobile will become a walking ATMAmitabh KantCEO, NITI Aayog
  • Ari Sarker
    The banking industry is going to move away from the practice of a blended merchant rate, we will have a separate cost for credit and debitAri SarkerCo-President, Asia Pacific, Mastercard
  • Sunil Mehta
    Security is an ongoing process. Nothing can be absolutely secure. We need to solve problems on an everyday basisSunil MehtaMD and CEO, Punjab National Bank
  • Praveen Khandelwal
    There should be no transaction costs on merchants or consumers. This should be covered by government subsidiesPraveen KhandelwalGeneral Secretary, The Confederation of All India Traders
  • Dr Arvind Virmani
    At least for the next 5 years or so, cellphones would be the best medium to reach people throughDr Arvind VirmaniPresident, Forum for Strategic Initiatives and Former Chief Economic Advisor