SME Times News Bureau | 08 Feb, 2017
The Delhi government on Tuesday declared Surakhpur village in south-west
Delhi as the capital's first "fully digital payment enabled village".
An official statement said Sub-Divisional Magistrate Anjali Sehrawat had made the formal announcement.
To
achieve the feat, the government took a series of steps including
sensitising people about the benefits of moving towards less-cash
society, training in cashless means of transaction and reaching out to
women "who were largely confined to the domains of their homes", it
added.
"Door to door survey was carried out by Civil Defence
Volunteers (CDVs) to assess the extent of banked population and Aadhar
enrolment. An Aadhar enrolment camp was organised in the village to
enable people to get Aadhar cards," the government said.
In
January, a mega camp was organised with representatives of 20 different
banks to bring all banking services at their doorstep.
"All 113
households in the village have at least one bank account which is mobile
phone linked and Aadhar seeded. It makes this villages 100 per cent
digital payment enabled village," the statement added.
