Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 10: In first of its kind initiative, where industry has come forward to help every village transform into a digital village, CII J&K State Council, kick started e-Rural Mela in R S Pura with the support of MLA, Dr Gagan Bhagat.
“Digital and cashless transactions would boost GDP growth of the country in a meaningful transition for Indian economy,” said Dr Bhagat, while addressing the gathering of prominent guests and villagers of R S Pura during the launch of CII e-Rural Mela organised by Confederation of Indian Industry in Jammu today. He said India is on the verge of a transition from a largely cash economy to a less cash and a more digital economy “.
Rahul Sahai, Chairman, CII J&K State Council said, ” Promotion of a digital economy has a transformative impact and the people of India have supported the initiative. I am hoping a similar level of large scale transformation in J&K, too. For the common man, a shift to digital payments has generated significant benefits. Migration to digital payments is the way forward towards a cashless economy. CII is organizing various initiatives to spread awareness about the move. We are empowering people in non-urban and rural areas to enable them to adopt technology. Embracing digital and cashless economy was the collective responsibility of the Government, citizens as well as the corporate sector.”
In his opening remarks, Rajeev Bansal, Chief Manager, State Bank of India, said, ” Demonetisation is the biggest positive step undertaken for the betterment of the country. With the Government’s flagship ‘Digital India Programme’, adoption of digital payments is playing a crucial role in realizing the vision of a digitally-empowered economy. The vision also aims to change life in rural India by making every citizen a ‘Netizen’ who will be fully-empowered citizens.
Sushil Sharma, SDM, RS Pura, said also spoke on the occasion. He said Govt is working to enhance digital infrastructure for high-speed connectivity aiming at paperless and cashless services.
Prof Gowhar Rasool, gave a very informative presentation on digital payment on behalf of NITI Aayog and answered various queries of people.
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