 "NITI Aayog to provide Rs 5 lakh to every district for digitisation")
To encourage each district in the country to take the digitisation route without fear, the NITI Aayog will be immediately transferring Rs 5 lakh to every one of them as seed money to kick-start this drive.
A letter has been written to district collector, commissioners and magistrates in this regard by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, who is also member of the committee to promote cashless payments.
For availing the incentive, the district collectors, commissioners or magistrates would have ensure that individuals transiting to digital payment mode should do at least two successful transactions by any of the five methods. These five modes are - Unified Payment Interface (UPI), Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), Aadhaar Enabled Payments, e-wallets and Rupay debit/credit/prepaid cards.
According to the letter, the top ten best performing districts of India will be awarded the Digital Payment Champions of India Award by NITI Aayog.
Similarly, the 50 panchayats which go cashless will be awarded digital payment award of honour.
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