Aims to make Thahekhu first cashless village in Nagaland
Dimapur, January 19 (MExN): The Dimapur District Administration has decided to launch a campaign to be named ‘Digi Dimapur’ with an objective of popularising and promoting digital payment system. In the first phase, the district administration has adopted Thahekhu Village to make it the first cashless village in Nagaland.
Kesonyu Yhome, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur in a press release stated that the district administration would coordinate the activities of various agencies like banks and government offices to launch awareness campaigns and digital drives to enable more transactions in digital mode. The schemes of union government like the Lucky Grahak Yojana, Digi Dhan Vyapari Yojana would be popularised so that people may take advantage of the same by making digital payments.
All the government offices and utilities beginning with the DC office itself would be going cashless in a time bound manner. For the under-banked sections special account opening sessions would be held leveraging the Jan Dhan Yojana. All bank account holders would be given ATM/Rupay cards and mobile banking facilities. The district administration exhorts all the citizens to actively participate in the ‘Digi Dimapur’ campaign.
