April 8, 2017 9:46 PM

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President Pranab Mukherjee to draw lots for mega draw of Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana tomorrow

President Pranab Mukherjee will draw lots for mega draw of Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana tomorrow at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.<br/><br/>Three mega prizes for consumers worth 1 crore rupees, 50 lakh and 25 lakh rupees and three for merchants worth 50 lakh, 25 lakh and 12 lakh rupees would be announced, at the event through the 100th mega draw. <br/><br/>These winners will be felicitated by the Prime Minister on 14th of April at Nagpur, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti.<br/><br/>The government had launched the Lucky Grahak Yojana for consumers and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana for merchants on 25th of December last year to promote and encourage digital transactions. <br/><br/>These schemes are being implemented by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). Digi Dhan Melas have been held across India, in 100 cities over a period of 100 days generating a huge response among the people to adopt digital mode of payments.The Lucky Grahak Yojana rewards 1000 rupees daily to 15,000 customers undertaking digital transactions. <br/><br/>Weekly prizes upto one lakh rupees for consumers and 50 thousand rupees for merchants are given. As on 30th of March this year, 13.5 lakh consumers and 79,519 merchants have received prizes under these schemes.

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