Lucky Draw Winner :Rs. 1-crore bounty for a Rs. 1,590 digital payment

Lucky Draw Winner :Rs. 1-crore bounty for a Rs. 1,590 digital payment

Pranab picks winner of scheme to promote cashless economy

A transaction of Rs. 1,590 has bagged a Central Bank of India customer lucky bounty of Rs. 1 crore under the government’s promotional scheme to popularise digital payments.

President Pranab Mukherjee picked up the lucky winners from the 100th draw of lots under the digital payments promotion schemes at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. He congratulated the six winners — three consumers and three merchants — of Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana.

In the consumer section, the first mega prize of Rs. 1 crore went to a customer of Central Bank of India, while the second prize of Rs. 50 lakh went to a Bank of Baroda customer. A customer of Punjab National Bank is the winner of third prize of Rs. 25 lakh. All the three customers had done transactions using their RuPay debit cards. The names of three winners were not yet known as the draw only displayed their transaction numbers. These will be matched with card details to identify the winners.

Three merchants also won prizes of Rs. 50 lakh, Rs. 25 lakh and Rs. 12 lakh, respectively. The winners will be felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 in Nagpur on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti.

Source:The Hindu