Over 3 lakh consumers and more than 20,000 merchants have received prizes worth nearly Rs 61 crore at the government's recently started digital payments scheme titled 'Digi-Dhan Melas'. 

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With an aim to boost digital payments and to make cashless economy in the country, the NITI Aayog, which is the think tank of the Government of India, had started  24 'Digi-Dhan Melas' across the country on December 25, 2016.

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In a surprise move to curb black money, terrorism and corruption, prime minister Narendra Modi had announced scrapping of old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 as legal tender from circulation on November 8 last year resulting in a cash crunch across the country. 

According to data analytics provided by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), states such as Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have emerged as the top five states with maximum number of winners, NITI Aayog said in a statement.

The NITI Aayog's had started lucky draw schemes of digital payments namely 'Lucky Grahak Yojana (LGY)' for consumers and 'Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana (DVY)’for merchants at 24 Digi-Dhan Melas across the country on December 25 last year on daily and weekly basis and the two schemes will remain open till April 14, 2017.

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