STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Digi Dhan Mela, a Government of India initiative by Niti Aayog, for incentivising digitally enabled transformation, is to be held on 17th January at 11:00 AM.
This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Simrandeep Singh in a press conference, here on Saturday.
Highlighting this initiative, started on 25th December last year for 100 cities across the country as a vehicle to increase digitally enabled method of cash transfer, the Deputy Commissioner said that the event will witness participation of various banks, telecom companies, mobile wallet operators and stalls for ration card under NFSA, JMC, RTO, fertiliser companies, oil companies alongwith a structured event at 3:00 PM comprising dignitaries and celebrities.
Deputy Commissioner extended open invitation to the public with emphasis on services to be made available at the event including opening of new bank accounts, providing debit and RuPay cards, seeding of Aadhar and mobile numbers with bank accounts, training of usage of various apps for cashless transactions, registering of merchants for selling of Point of Sale (PoS) machines. He further said that Aadhar counters will offer corrections in mistakes like names and date of birth and issuance of PVC Aadhar card whereas the stalls for ration card will ensure on spot rectification of categories, address etc. He further added on the role of fertiliser companies in cashless transactions of fertilisers between farmers and the company and card packages to be offered by oil companies like Indian oil and Bharat Petroleum would also be a part of it.
The event will also see poster competition involving school and college students, the top five posters will be awarded with cash award and certificates besides presentation of other cultural programmes.
The Deputy Commissioner requested the people of the city to turn up in the event in large number and avail the opportunities to be provided at single platform for making a positive move towards cashless transactions.
Answering the media queries, the DC said two Panchayats Harsa Dhab-bad and Sargwal have been 100 per cent digitally enabled and will be felicitated on the day of the Mela to make this initiative a huge success at grass root level .
Calling this event a march towards cashless economy with multiple benefits to its users, the DC asked people from all walks of life to step in at the venue for Aadhar or ration card corrections and various training being offered for cashless transfers.
