Mysuru: To increase awareness about digital payments, as part of nationwide campaign “Digi-Dhan Abhiyan”, the District administration had organised a daylong Digi-Dhan exhibition at J K Grounds here on Friday.
The exhibition was conducted to spread digital financial literacy among the public as part of Union Government’s move to conduct such exhibitions in all major cities of the country to popularise digital transactions. Speaking after inaugurating the expo, Deputy Commissioner D Randeep said that the aim of the fair was to educate people about digital banking and cashless transactions. “It’s an opportunity for people to understand the alternative mode of banking which was more convenient than the cash-based traditional banking. It’s just a start. With proper awareness, people gradually will switch to the new mode of banking. It will take some time”, he added
The exhibition had 50 stalls accommodating e-Wallet and m-Wallet services, Agricultural Seed Suppliers, UID, Public Distribution System, hand-looms and others. The stalls have been set up by various banks, corporates and Karnataka State-Level Bankers Committee (KSLBC). There were participants from various sectors including banking, agriculture, telecom, mobile wallet operators, transport, merchants associations, service operators, fair price shop owners, etc. Banks like State Bank of Mysore, Canara Bank, Axis Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, ICICI Bank, Vijaya Bank, Mysore Chamarajanagar Districts Co-operative Banks, State Bank of India, Department of e-Governance, Software Technology Park and Corporates like Paytm IOC and MYMUL, Telecom companies like Airtel, Jio, and BSNL displayed ways of doing cashless transactions through debit and credit cards using swiping machines and mobile phones.
Visitors were offered help for opening bank accounts, linking mobile number to accounts, Aadhaar enrolment, Aadhaar updates, seeding Aadhaar with bank account number, etc. Union Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Arjun Ram Meghwal too visited the expo.
