Announcing West Dugdha and South Dugdha Panchayat in Bokaro and East Singhbhoom, Kashida and Dharm bahal Panchayats as cashless, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that these panchayats will be given promotion amount of Rs one lakh each. On this occasion, he congratulated all the mukhiyas through video conferencing and asked them to promote cashless campaign in the surrounding panchayats.
Das said that the people of the areas are to be thanked for adopting cashless campaign. It will curb use of black money and develop basic infrastructure in the State. He said that our sole motto is to make Jharkhand cashless. All panchayats should be connected with micro ATM and linked with banks.
Additional CS-cum- Development Commissioner Amit Khare said that 695 accounts have been opened and an equal no. of Rupay cards have been distributed among the 695 families in West Dugdha Panchayat, Bokaro. As many as 80 PoS machines have been given to this panchayat and 60 transactions have been done through Paytm. In South Dugdha, 660 Rupay cards have been distributed to all account holders and 26 PoS machines have been given and 22 transaction has been done through Paytm.
Khare said that in Kashida, all 1871 families have been opened account and given Rupay card along with providing 14 PoS machines and 670 transactions have been done through Apps. At Dharmabahal, 1742 Rupay cards have been issued and 585 transactions have been done at 10 PoS machines. In Jamshedpur and Bokaro, 100 per cent accounts of 4 panchayats have been opened and Rupay card issued.
CS Rajbala Verma, Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal and other officers were present on this occasion.