The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has entered into a tie-up with ‘Offer World’ to release an app of the same name that rewards Android users for downloading apps listed on it, reports Newsnation. To avail this feature, Android users have to first download the app and register. On registering, the app takes users to the ‘home’ tab which displays money earned, money to be credited and the total amount of money that can be earned. Users can tap on the ‘offers’ tab to view a list of all the apps with offers. Downloading one of these apps gives the user a predetermined amount of cash to use, for example the Paytm app will net users Rs 15, the Newshunt app will earn users another Rs 15 while the Cleartrip all will credit the users with Rs 10. Uninstalling preinstalled apps and reinstalling them does not count. This amount can then be redeemed by the users to recharge their metro cards through the app itself. The minimum amount for availing the balance is Rs 100. DMRC claims that the card will be recharged within 48 hours of redeeming the money. Note that the app displays offer value in Rupees. However, given that these "Rupees" can only be used to recharge metro cards, they might as well be called “Delhi Metro Card points” making it useless for people outside Delhi or for those who don’t use the Metro. More importantly, the app sets a precedent of sorts. Post this move, DMRC could open…
