Over 8 lakh people awarded Rs 133 crore under Niti Aayog's digital payment scheme

A total of Rs 133 crore was awarded to over 8 lakh people in the last 50 days under the Niti Aayog's scheme to promote digital payments.

"It's 50 days of our #DigiDhanMelas and over 8 lakh people have won Rs 133 crore already! 50 more days to go.", Niti Aayog said in a tweet.

The government on December 25 had launched two schemes, Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana to give the boost to digital transaction. The schemes would remain open till April 14.