NPCI declares Rs 54.90 crore prize money for NITI Aayog’s lucky draw schemes

NPCI declares Rs 54.90 crore prize money for NITI Aayog’s lucky draw schemes

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has declared Rs 54.90 crore prize money to over 3.42 lakh winners for NITI Aayog’s lucky draw schemes Lucky Grahak Yojna (LGY) and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojna (DVY). There are 15,000 daily winners qualifying for total prize money of Rs. 1.5 crore

and over 14,000 weekly winners qualifying for total prize money of over Rs. 8.3 crore every week. It will run till April 14, 2017. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka emerged as the top five states with maximum number of winners under the age group of 21 to 30 years.

NPCI:

♦ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an umbrella organization for all retail payments system in India. It was set up with the guidance and support of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).

♦ Chairman: Balachandran M

♦ Headquarters‎: ‎Mumbai, Maharashtra

♦ Founded‎: ‎2008