BHIM app or otherwise known as Bharat Interface for Money is currently being used by over 125 lakh Indian citizens, Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley said in his Budget 2017 speech on Wednesday. Launched on December 30, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based BHIM app is currently available on Google’s Play Store. “Bhim App - 3 million download since launch, No 1 on Playstore in India amongst all apps, over 500,000 transactions since launch. Jaitley also said that the government will launch two new schemes to promote the use of the BHIM app. The government has also promised an update to the BHIM app as well in order to boost usage.

Source: Hindustan Times February 01, 2017 08:05 UTC