Pay just Re One through any cashless mode of transaction and enjoy regional flavour of Dahi, Chura and Til laddu at DigiDhan Mela to be organised in Bokaro on Saturday. Jharkhand cricketer Sourav Tiwari has been invited as Special Guest to encourage people for cashless transaction in the event to be organised in library Ground, which will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gahlot.
Divulging details of the programme, Information and Technology Department Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal said on Friday that the government was on the way to organise DigiDhan Mela in all the districts. He said that Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs Minister Amar Kumar Bauri, Union Minister Sudarshan Bhagat, local MlAs, MP and other distinguished guests will also be present at the occasion to encourage cashless transaction.
This will be second DigiDhan Mela to be organised in the State after extremely encouraging response which government received from first such Mela organised at Morhabadi Ground on the occasion of New Year. Third DigiDhan Mela is scheduled to be organised in Jamshedpur, for which dates are yet to be finalized.
“Dahi-Chura and Til laddu will be offered on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Saturday during DigiDhan Mela in Bokaro. Apart from whatever we have been doing for across the State in encouraging cashless transactions, Bokaro district administration has also tried a lot on its own to promote digital transactions. It has created a DigiSena of 500 volunteers from different schools, who will promote digital transactions in their families and around,” said Barnwal.
The Mela will have more than 50 stalls comprising of banks, UIDAI (Aadhaar), Information and Technology and others, where all the stalls will have facilities to receive payments through cashless mode.
Barnwal said that the names of those departments going completely cashless will also be declared during the Mela in Bokaro. He said that the government was doing its best to make most of the department cashless before April 14 this year.
The Mela is a part of DigiDhan Mela being organised at 100 places from December 25 last year to April 14 this year, when Mega lucky Draw for customers and merchants will be drawn. Meanwhile, 7,000 customers will be awarded Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 every week under lucky Grahak Yojna. Similar number of Traders will also be awarded Rs 50,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 every week under DigiDhan Vyapar Yojna.