The district administration is all set to organise a Digi-Dhan Mela in full and free Wi-Fi zone at library Ground in Sector 5 at Bokaro on 14 January.
Aiming to provide assistance and teach people to use online platforms to carry out transactions Digi-Dhan Mela is going to be organised; is scheduled to be inaugurated by the state chief minister Raghubar Das, informed Rai M P Ray, DC Bokaro.
BIADA and District Transport Office (DTO) Bokaro will be declared as fully cashless office while four panchyats under Kasmar block will be declared as Wi-Fi enabled panchyats, said DC.
We are on move and hope about 100 villages will get the Wi-Fi facility by January 31, during the first phase of the project as government aims to connect each panchayat across the district to the internet in a bid to make cashless transaction easy.
It is estimated that 150 various types of stalls would be erected in the mela includes Aadhar registration, Voter cards correction center, labour registration, digital transaction apps as well as e-pos machine training stalls, he said.
“The event will witness participation from banks, telecom companies, mobile wallet operators, transportation network companies, Aadhaar-enabled payment system (AEPS) vendors, traders, cooperatives and big merchants”, he added. Many PSU’s and private firms including SAIl’s BSl, BPSCl, ONGC, Electrosteel, HPCl, Delip Bulidcon, CCl, BCCl, Dalmia Cement will be also put up their representatives there to help citizens get comfortable with online transactions.
The visitors in the mela will be given assistance in opening bank accounts and registrations for Aadhaar card. During the fair, accounts opening facilities will be available there. Users will be teaches about digital payment mode such as RuPay Card, USSD, UPI and AEPS. E-posh machine will also be distributed in the fair, said the official.
The motto of this fair is to train people to accept online payments via newly launched apps. Participants will explain various options available for digital payments. They will also assist the visitors in downloading and installing various mobile apps for digital payments and help them do a digital transaction, said DC.