Over 1 lakh students volunteer for Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan

With over 1 lakh college students registering as volunteers for HRD ministry's awareness drive on digital transactions, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said he hopes that number will soon reach 25 lakh.
The Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan (VISAKA) launched by the HRD Ministry has got a tremendous response and within the first four days of launching of the campaign. More than 1 lakh students of higher educational institutes have volunteered to be associated with the campaign, he said here.
Going by the response received so far, it is hoped that the number of volunteers will soon reach 25 lakh as more and more students are joining the training programme, Javadekar said.

In the wake of demonetisation, the HRD ministry had launched this month-long campaign, which began on December 12, to spread awareness about cashless transactions among university students and teachers across the country.
Training of students will start from tomorrow. They will be trained on opening of bank account, linking Aadhaar card with the account, linking mobile number to Aadhaar and all other required information for digital literacy to move towards a less cash society, the minister said.
In the first phase, the government is targetting 500 cities having more than one lakh population each, Javadekar said, adding he will address over 20,000 students on December 20 in Pune.