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29 Banks Witnesses 9,500 Visitors In Two Dayer Digi Dhan Mela

[New Delhi] 29 Banks Witnesses 9,500 Visitors In Two Dayer Digi Dhan Mela And Provided Eighteen Mobile Wallet
Around 9,500 persons attended a two-day awareness camp to create awareness about digital payments and help people open bank accounts and enroll for Aadhaar,
As per Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ,.Digital transactions worth Rs 60,000 were conducted at the event that concluded today,
and witnessed footfall of over 9500 visitors in two days
The camp commenced on December 17 culminated today at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium, Delhi.
The objective of the initiative was to enable citizens and merchants to undertake real-time digital transactions through the DigiDhan Bazaar and encourage them to use digital platforms for day-to-day transactions,
“As many as 72 participants from 29 banks including State Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Andhra Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank, ICICI Bank were present,”
Eighteen mobile wallet operators like MobiKwik, Oxygen, TranServ; telecom companies like Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio participated in the event.
Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) vendors, merchants (through marketing associations), co-operatives like Kendriya Bhandar and organised retail fruits and vegetable chains like Safal, Mother Dairy took part in the DigiDhan Mela.
“Cashless transactions took place worth Rs 60,000 at the DigiBazar,”
The UIDAI counter at the Mela created about 500 new Aadhaar accounts and registered over 2,000 new applications and NPCI (National Payment Corporation of India) has made almost 6000 people aware about USSD (, AEPS and RuPay card in a span of two days, it added.