TMI BlogOver 6.26 lakh people win prizes worth ₹ 97.07 crore as a part of NITI Aayog’s Digital payment promotion schemesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Over 6.26 lakh people win prizes worth ₹ 97.07 crore as a part of NITI Aayog’s Digital payment promotion schemes - News and Press Release Dated:- 2-2-2017 - News - More than 6,26,000 people have won prizes worth ₹ 97.07 crore as a part of NITI Aayog s digital payment promotion schemes to give a boost to cashless economy across the country till since 25 th December last year till 30 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... th January this year..The move is a part of the ongoing efforts of the Government to create an ecosystem which provides incentives for digital transactions. Among the lucky winners are 5,55,000 consumers who have won ₹ 1000 each under the Lucky Grahak Yojana- Daily scheme while 26,145 consumers have won under the Lucky Grahak Yojana- Weekly scheme. In addition over 35000 merchants have bee ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n declared winners under the Digi dhan Vyapar Yojana-weekly scheme. Data from National Payment Corporation of India, NPCI reflects that people from different age groups, occupations and different walks of life have taken part in a big way in the Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-dhan Vyapar Yojana giving a boost to digital transactions.The two schemes were launched on December 25, 2016 and shall rem ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ain open till April 14, 2017. Every day 15,000 daily winners vie for total prize money of ₹ 1.5 crore at the rate of ₹ 1000 per person. Over 14,000 winners qualify for weekly draws with the total prize money of over ₹ 8.3 crore per week. Customers and merchants using RuPay Card, BHIM, UPI (Bharat Interface for Money/Unified Payment Interface) USSD based *99# service and Aadhaar e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nabled Payment Service (AePS) are eligible for participating in the daily and weekly lucky draws. These lucky draws are being held at Digi-Dhan Melas across the country. 40 such Digi-Dhan Melas have been held across the country since 25 th December, 2016 till date. Over 100 Digi-Dhan Melas will be held across the country to inculcate digital payment among the people. By 1 st February, the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... exercise has covered cities from 21 States and 4 UTs. The venue for the upcoming Digi-Dhan Melas is as follows- Date State City 3.2.17 Andhra Pradesh Vishakhapatnam 4.2.17 Bihar Gaya 5 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... .2.17 Gujarat Surat 6.2.17 Rajasthan Jodhpur 7.2.17 Meghalaya Shillong 8.2.17 Rajasthan Kota 9.2.17 Jharkhand Dhanbad 10.2.17 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Karnataka Mysore 11.2.17 Kerala Thiruvanathapuram 12.2.17 Daman Diu Diu 13.2.17 Maharashtra Nagpur 14.2.17 Mizoram Aizwal 15.2.17 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Chhattisgarh Jagdalpur 16.2.17 Tamilnadu Chennai 17.2.17 Telengana Warangal 18.2.17 Haryana Hissar 19.2.17 Gujarat Bharuch 20.2.17 A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ndhra Pradesh Guntur 21.2.17 Tripura Agartala 22.2.17 Jharkhand Jamshedpur 23.2.17 Nagaland Kohima 24.2.17 Haryana Faridabad 25.2.17 Ka ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rnataka Hubli-Dharwad 26.2.17 Kerala Kozikode 27.2.17 Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur 28.2.17 Maharashtra Nashik Background: Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana awards were launched in New Delhi on ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... December 25, 2016 by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley and Union Minister of Electronics Information Technology and Law Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad to incentivize digital payments. The lucky draws have been planned at over 100 Digidhan Melas spread across the country in 100 different cities till April 14, 2017. The highlights of the Schemes are as follows- Al ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l transactions done by consumers and merchants from November 9, 2016 till April 14, 2017 will be eligible for winning prize under the scheme. All such transactions irrespective of the fact whether it has won daily / weekly prize, will be eligible for Mega Draw to be conducted on April 14, 2017. Three Mega prizes for consumers worth ₹ 1 crore, ₹ 50 lakh and ₹ 25 lakh. For ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... merchants too, there would be three mega prizes worth ₹ 50 lakh, ₹ 25 lakh and ₹ 12 lakh. The draw of winners are presented at different centres on each day by the senior officials of NPCI in the presence of senior minister from GoI, representatives of NITI Aayog and general public. Schemes have total outlay of ₹ 340 crore of which - ₹ 300 crores would be spent ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on consumers and merchants while the remaining ₹ 40 crore on awareness and publicity. Total winners under the scheme are expected to be over 18.75 lakh. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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