Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday said that five per cent rebate would be given as incentive on the payment of various bills to utilities and other departments of the State Government through cashless transactions to encourage digital payments.
“Besides,Rs 5 is deposited in the accounts of such residents of Haryana as are registered users of UPI, USSD or e-Wallet and do at least one transaction through these methods,” said the Chief Minister while addressing ‘Smart Money Conclave’ in New Delhi.
He said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken the historic decision to demonetise high-denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 to put an end to black money and corruption and is making efforts to develop the Indian economy as a cashless economy.
The Chief Minister said that the revenue of the State Government has increased after implementation of cashless methods of payment and the faith of the people in the government has been strengthened due to the transparency brought into the system. Digital transactions would decrease the gap between the rich and the poor, said he.
Manohar lal said that as many as 2,500 youths in Haryana had been provided training in cashless methods of payment through various banks under the SAKSHAM Scheme so that they may educate and motivate other people to adopt digital payment methods.
Haryana Government has made many services online, which led to improvement in implementation of various government schemes. A scheme has been implemented to give away 50 cash prizes of Rs 1,000 each, ten prizes of Rs 5,000 each and five prizes of Rs 10,000 each to encourage cashless transactions in the state, said he.
A web portal was launched on December 5, 2016 for implementation of the scheme. After registration of one lakh persons on the web portal, draw was held on December 24 and the names of 65 lucky winners were uploaded on the web portal, the Chief Minister said.
He added that as many as 1.94 lakh persons have so far registered on the web portal, which reflected their enthusiasm among the people for adopting digital mode of payments.