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10-Feb-2023: Digital Payments Utsav

Digital Payments Utsav

  • Ministry for Electronics & Information Technology launched a campaign promoting digital payments across India.
  • Events and initiatives are to be held from 9th February to 9th October 2023.
  • Focused on promoting digital payments in the cities of Lucknow, Pune, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru.

DigiDhan Awards

  • 28 awards were presented to top-performing banks, bankers, and fintech companies.
  • Awards were presented in different categories to recognize efforts in promoting digital payments and contributing to the growth of the digital economy.

Significance

  • Campaign brings together government, industry, and citizens to drive growth of the digital economy and promote financial inclusion
  • Initiatives will expand reach of the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) in India and beyond
  • Focus on connecting unconnected areas of India and making UPI a global payment method
  • National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) partners with other countries to achieve this goal.

Other Digital Initiatives:

Digital India Bhashini

  • AI-led language translation platform
  • will make AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources available to MSME, startups, and innovators.

Digital India GENESIS

  • Digital India GENESIS’ (Gen-next Support for Innovative Startups) is a National deep-tech startup platform.
  • Supports startups in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.

My Scheme

  • Service discovery platform for government schemes.
  • One-stop search and discovery portal for schemes.

Meri Pehchaan

  • National Single Sign On (NSSO) for One Citizen Login.
  • User authentication service in which a single set of credentials provide access to multiple online applications or services.

Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme

  • Trains specialized manpower in semiconductor design at Bachelors, Masters and Research levels.
  • Mentors startups involved in semiconductor design and makes available State-of-the-art facilities for design to the institutions.

Digital Locker (DigiLocker)

  • Paperless governance by providing digital space for document verification and storage.

MeghRaj

  • Initiative for harnessing benefits of cloud computing
  • Accelerates delivery of e-services, while optimising the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) spending of the Government.

Indiastack Global

  • Global repository of key projects under India Stack like Aadhaar, UPI, UPI123PAY, CoWIN Vaccination Platform, Government e Marketplace, DIKSHA Platform and Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission.
  • UPI services will soon be available to NRIs in 10 countries; Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE, the UK, and USA.

National Language Translation Mission and Digital Payments have come together to make UPI 123 Pay available in the local language.